Emmet Kirwan is an Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is known for starring in

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's Sarah & Steve and for writing and starring in the 2014 play, and 2018 movie version of ''

Dublin Oldschool ''Dublin Oldschool'' is a 2018 film starring Emmet Kirwan, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Seana Kerslake and Sarah Greene (actress), Sarah Greene The film was directed by Dave Tynan Irish theatre, and is based on a play originally written by Emmet Kirwan ...

''. Other credits include parts in ''

Ella Enchanted ''Ella Enchanted'' is a fantasy novel written by Gail Carson Levine and published in 1997. The story is a retelling of ''Cinderella'' featuring various mythical creatures including fairies, elves, ogres, gnomes, and giants. The book won a Newb ...

'', '' '71'' and ''

Inside I'm Dancing ''Inside I'm Dancing'' ( ''Rory O'Shea Was Here'', as released in the USA, et al), is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Damien O'Donnell; written by Jeffrey Caine and Christian O'Reilly; and starring James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Ga ...

''. In 2012 he performed ''Just Saying'', a monologue written and directed by Dave Tynan, which to date has received over 500,000 views on

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Early life and education

Kirwan grew up in the Raheen area of

Tallaght Tallaght ( ; , ) is a southwestern outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The central village area was the site of a monastic settlement from at least the 8th century, which became one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres. Up to th ...

. He attended St. Mark's Community School and became involved with the Dublin Youth Theatre. He then studied theatre studies and acting at the Samuel Beckett Centre in

Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...

, graduating in 2001.

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* * Living people 21st-century Irish male actors Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Male actors from County Dublin Irish male film actors Irish male dramatists and playwrights Irish male television actors Irish screenwriters Irish male stage actors Year of birth missing (living people) People from South Dublin (county) {{Europe-actor-stub