Emmet Kirwan

{{short description|Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Emmet Kirwan''' is an Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter. Emmet is known for starring in RTÉ2's Sarah & Steve and for writing and starring in the 2014 play, and 2018 movie version of ''Dublin Oldschool''.<ref>{{cite news |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625091750/https://www.dailyedge.ie/emmet-kirwin-late-late-show-4036302-May2018/ |url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/emmet-kirwin-late-late-show-4036302-May2018/ |title=Emmet Kirwan seriously put it to Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late, and people loved him |date=26 May 2018 |archivedate=25 June 2018 |url-status=live |website=DailyEdge.ie}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/acid-test-writer-and-actor-emmet-kirwans-take-on-drugs-culture-hits-the-big-screen-w7f5gxx6n |work=The Times |date=24 June 2018 |first=Eithne |last=Shortall |title=Acid test: writer and actor Emmet Kirwan's take on drugs culture hits the big screen}}</ref> Other credits include parts in ''Ella Enchanted'', '''71'' and ''Inside I'm Dancing''.<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201095010/http://www.thejournal.ie/emmett-kirwan-interview-2574261-Jan2016/ |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/emmett-kirwan-interview-2574261-Jan2016/ |title='When a working class person writes, you're asked: Is it like Roddy Doyle?' |url-status=live |archivedate=1 February 2016 |accessdate=25 June 2018 |date=31 January 2016 |website=TheJournal.ie}}</ref> In 2012 he performed ''Just Saying'', a monologue written and directed by Dave Tynan, which to date has received over 500,000 views on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news |first=Karl|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115210628/http://totallydublin.ie/film/film-features/people-are-defining-themselves-by-tea-bags-just-saying-director-dave-tynan-interview/ |last=McDonald |accessdate=25 June 2018 |website=TotallyDublin.ie |url=http://totallydublin.ie/film/film-features/people-are-defining-themselves-by-tea-bags-just-saying-director-dave-tynan-interview/ |date=9 January 2013 |archivedate=15 January 2013 |title='People are defining themselves by tea bags': 'Just Saying' Director Dave Tynan Interview}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/just-saying-filmmaker-left-reeling-as-short-on-lost-generation-strikes-a-chord-online-28952337.html |title='Just saying' film-maker left reeling as short on lost generation strikes a chord online |work=irish Independent |accessdate=25 June 2018 |first=Nicola |last=Anderson |date=29 December 2012}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Kirwan grew up in the Raheen area of Tallaght.<ref name=civittheatre>{{cite web |url=https://www.civictheatre.ie/blog/civic-news/local-actor-writer-emmet-kirwan-returns-to-his-roots-with-dublin-old-school/ |title=Local Actor & Writer Emmet Kirwan Returns "Home" with Dublin Old School |accessdate=18 July 2024 |date=10 January 2017 |website=www.civictheatre.ie}}</ref> 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, graduating in 2001.<ref name=curtisbrown>{{cite web |url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/emmet-kirwan |title=Emmet Kirwan - Playwright and Writer for Film & Television |accessdate=18 July 2024 |date=2023 |website=Curtis Brown}}</ref><ref name=irishplayography>{{cite web |url=https://irishplayography.com/person?personid=31469 |title=People - Emmet Kirwan |accessdate=18 July 2024 |website=Playography Ireland}}</ref><ref name=tn2>{{cite web |url=https://www.tn2magazine.ie/tcd-graduate-spotlight-emmet-kirwan/ |title=Graduate Spotlight: Emmet Kirwan |accessdate=18 July 2024 |date=29 January 2017 |last=Forder |first=Amyrose |website=www.tn2magazine.ie}}</ref>

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