Oisín Stack is an Irish actor. He played
Kat Moon's long-lost son,
Dermott Dolan, in the ''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...
'' spin-off series ''
Kat and Alfie: Redwater'' and Elliot in
''Absentia''.
Early life
Stack was born to an Irish father and French mother, and was brought up by his mother in
Arklow
Arklow ( ; ; ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the Battle of Arklow, bloodiest battles ...
,
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 in Ireland, 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces ...
, Ireland. At the age of 11, they moved to
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
, France and 18 months later they moved to
Chichester
Chichester ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in the Chichester District, Chichester district of West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher ...
, England. Stack decided he wanted to be an actor at an early age but drama school in the United Kingdom was too expensive, so he auditioned for French drama schools and got a place at the
Paris Conservatoire.
Career
Stack's early acting career was based mainly in France, Spain and Chile.
He appeared in the French crime comedy film ''
The Family'' in 2013, and the 2014 remake of ''
Rosemary's Baby'', as well as a Russian production, ''
Mata Hari''.
Stack signed up to a UK-Irish agent and a few months later,
in March 2016,
he was cast as
Dermott Dolan in the ''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...
'' spin-off series ''
Kat & Alfie: Redwater'', two weeks before he started filming.
This was Stack's first Irish television role and his first "villain" role, as he usually plays "romantic" or "best friend" roles.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Irish male actors
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Irish male film actors
Irish male television actors
Irish people of French descent
Male actors from Chichester
Male actors from County Wicklow
People from Arklow