Myles Breen
Myles Breen is an Irish actor, performer, writer and storyteller.
Biography
[edit]Myles Breen was born and raised in Limerick City, Ireland, on September 2, 1964. As a child, he attended speech and drama classes and competed in Féile Luimnigh. He attended University College Cork in the early 1980s and was a member of the UCC Dramatic Society.[1] He was a founding member of the Bottom Dog Theatre Company in 2008.[2]
He was the playwright one-man show Language Unbecoming a Lady was originally produced in 2009 for Limerick Pride. It was later performed nationally and at the Origins Irish Festival in New York (2015), for which he won the best actor award at the festival.[3][1] He also wrote The Bachelor of Kilkish (2014) which was originally performed in Lime Tree Theatre.[4] He wrote and performed in A Wilde Fan (2021), an homage to Oscar Wilde.[5] All three of these productions were directed by Liam O'Brien (Irish actor).[6] Breen has made several television and film performances, including Killinaskully,The Clash of the Ash (1987 film), Northanger Abbey (2007 film), Corp & Anam (2011), and Harvey: The Monster Catcher (2012).[7]
In 2014, he was honoured with a Limerick Person of the Month award.[8] Two years later, he was selected as the Grand Marshall of the Limerick Pride Parade.[9] He has played various roles with Island Theatre Co. such as Manus in ‘Translations’, Eugene in ‘Biloxi Blues’, Danny Mann in ‘The Colleen Bawn’, Claudius in ‘Hamlet’ and various roles in ‘Pig Town’ and ‘Under Milk Wood’.
Myles’ other acting roles include Joxer in ‘Juno & the Paycock’, Antonio in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ (Steeple), Andrew Aguecheek in ‘Twelfth Night’ (Natural Shocks), Philly Cullen in ‘The Play boy of the Western World’ (Yew Tree ) and Heskie in ‘Love, Peace and Robbery’ (Magic Roundabout). He has also appeared with Daghdha, Animated State, Gallowglass, Quare Hawks, Graffiti, Aisling Ghear, Impact, and Teaspach.
In Modern times, Myles performs in the Irish Pantos, having performed in 15, including ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Aladdin’, ‘Snow White’ (performed at CentreStage), ‘Cinderella’ (performed in the Olympia) and ‘Pinocchio’ (performed in the Everyman). Myles also writes and directs the annual ‘Creative Show’ event, put on by the Limerick Youth Theatre in collaboration with the Daughters of Charity. The Creative Show has run for 12 years being performed in both the Lime Tree Theatre and Belltable, with Breen running all of them.
Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Character | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Clash of the Ash | Willy | |
| 2006 | Why The Irish Dance That Way | Businessman | |
| 2007 | Northanger Abbey | Mr. King | |
| 2009 | The Euthanizer | Leader | Short |
| 2012 | Harvey: The Monster Catcher | Harvey | Short |
| 2014 | Play It Again Son! | Film Director | Short |
| 2015 | Myles Breen: Unbecoming A Lady | Bobby | Short |
| 2016 | Day Off | Ronnie | Short |
| 2016 | Date: Time | Ronnie | Short |
| 2016 | Relax The Cracks: A Full Shim Film | Diarmuid | Short |
| 2023 | The 12 Flannery's | Bartender | Short |
| 2025 | Through The Grapevine | Wesley | Short |
Television series
[edit]| Year | Title | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Fair City | Roy Kingston | 1 episode |
| 2007-2008 | Killinaskully | Magic Contestant/Re-enactor No.2 | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Mattie | Chicken 1 | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Corp & Anam | J.D | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Hidden Assets | Bartender | 1 episode |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "SPOTLIGHT On Limerick's Cultural Heroes – Myles Breen". Limerick.com. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Bottom Dog Theatre Company - Companies - Irish Theatre". www.irishtheatre.ie. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Judy. "One-man show on life and love in a 'hidden Ireland'". connachttribune.ie. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "The Bachelor of Kilkish". irishplayography.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "A Wilde Fan - Lime Tree Theatre". Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ O'Reilly, Aoife (19 September 2021). "Myles Breen is back on stage for an "in-person" "in venue" performance of A Wilde Fan". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Myles Breen". IMDb. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Áine (4 August 2014). "Limerick Person of the month honour for Myles Breen". www.limerickleader.ie. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ Woulfe, Jimmy (18 March 2016). "St Patrick's Day: Actor in role of a lifetime at head of cast of thousands in Limerick". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- Myles Breen at IMDb