# Sean Boru > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sean_Boru > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sean_Boru.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Boru > Source revision: 1263476131 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Sean Boru** (born **Desmond Patrick Bruen**; 20 March 1953, in Dublin, [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) – 14 February 2011, in Essex, [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom))[1] was an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [actor](/source/Actor) and [author](/source/Author). ## Career In 2005 Boru wrote a one-man stage show called *And over here on the left*,[2] in which he played the character of a tour guide. Turning the theatre into the bus, he used a mix of film, still pictures, and 3D images, projected onto the stage and a screen, for the audience to focus on. Boru went to Hollywood in 2006 to film a contribution, as a biographer, to a documentary made by the E! Entertainment channel, about [Michael Carroll](/source/Michael_Carroll_(lottery_winner)), as part of the *[E! True Hollywood Story](/source/E!_True_Hollywood_Story)* series on lottery winners. In the film *[Jack Said](/source/Jack_Said)* (2009) Boru had a small part. [Pete Doherty](/source/Pete_Doherty) asked him to [ghostwrite](/source/Ghostwriter) his autobiography in early 2009; after months of negotiations Boru declined the offer on the grounds that the model [Kate Moss](/source/Kate_Moss) was concerned about her private life being exposed. After many emails from her lawyers, and talks with mutual friends of Moss, Boru made the decision to not proceed. In 2009 he was asked by film director Liam Galvin to play a part in the film *[Killer Bitch](/source/Killer_Bitch)*[3] in which he played a porn film maker murdered by former football bad boy Jason Marriner. [citation needed] ## Personal life Boru was a regular visitor to his native [Dublin](/source/Dublin). He was a full member of the prestigious [Lillie's Bordello](/source/Lillie's_Bordello), which is a known haunt of celebrities. He was a regular visitor to the [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival) in France. Sean Boru lived in [Halstead](/source/Halstead), Essex, near the end of his life and was separated from his second wife Lesley; he has five children. He wrote a regular 2 page column in all of the 45 lifestyle magazines issued monthly by the Fish Publishing Group, covering five counties, Herts, Bucks, London, Essex and Kent with an estimated readership of 2 million people.[citation needed] ## Cancer Boru was diagnosed with [lymphatic cancer](/source/Lymphatic_cancer) (Hodgkins Lymphoma) in 1998, 2000 and 2002. He received [radiotherapy](/source/Radiotherapy) the first 2 times, then [chemotherapy](/source/Chemotherapy). He filmed the second and third treatments with the intention to help other patients and their relatives to understand the procedures. During his 3rd treatment Boru wrote his [autobiography](/source/Autobiography) as a private project for his children and grandchildren. His book *No Sense of Tumour* (June 2004) was published by [Trafford Publishing](/source/Trafford_Publishing).[4] This led to him writing *Careful what you wish For* (2006), the biography of [Michael Carroll](/source/Michael_Carroll_(lottery_winner)), a 2002 British [National Lottery](/source/National_Lottery_(United_Kingdom)) winner of £9.7m. The book was issued by [John Blake Publishing](/source/John_Blake_(journalist)) in October 2006 (ISBN 1-844-54313-7). Boru died on 14 February 2011. [citation needed] ## Writing In 2006 he was signed by literary agent Diane Banks, and was the ghost writer for an edition of the [Alex Higgins](/source/Alex_Higgins) story, published in May 2007 by Headline. Sean Boru also wrote a history book about [London](/source/London) entitled *A Unique Historie of London: Featuring the American Connections* (2006); ISBN 1-424-11869-7, published by Publish America. In 2008, after three years of applications, Boru was invited to audition for the Dragons Den, he wanted to raise £250,000 to put on a unique theatre show based on his former bus tour of London, when he was a tour guide. After 2 auditions he was shortlisted for the next series in 2010. Also in 2008 he met actor/producer Simon Phillips, and won the part of Detective Edwards in the second of the Jack films series, *[Jack Said](/source/Jack_Said)*. The character was carried over into the next `Jack` film, *Jack Falls* (2011) with [Dexter Fletcher](/source/Dexter_Fletcher) in the role. In 2009, he launched a book entitled *A historie of London and Londoners* (ISBN 978-0-7524-4861-9), published by the History Press. [citation needed] He also wrote *The Little Book of Snooker* (2010) about snooker history, evolution, player biographies and fun stats, his friend Jimmy White wrote the foreword. The royalties are being used to provide free copies of his 2005 film, *Sleeping With the Light On*, an informative film for cancer patients. The book was written with the help of Jimmy White who also launched the book with Boru in April 2010 at Waterstones, [Epsom](/source/Epsom). [citation needed] ## Filmography - *Daddy Fox* as Charming Barrister (2000) - *[Cradle of Fear](/source/Cradle_of_Fear)* as The Coroner (2001) - *[Another Life](/source/Another_Life_(2001_film))* as Courtroom photographer (2001) - *[The Hound of the Baskervilles](/source/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(2002_film))* as Lord Edward (2002) - *[Conspiracy of Silence](/source/Conspiracy_of_Silence_(2003_film))* as Father Murphy (2003) - *Dreamteam* as Frank (2003) - *Lost Dogs* as Izzy (2005) - *Jack Said* as Detective Edwards (2009) - *Killer Bitch* as Sean (2009) ## References 1. [Profile at IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1693248/bio) 1. ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020847/http://www.seanboru.com/19101.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.seanboru.com/19101.html) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 1. ["British Council: The British Films Catalogue"](http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=4F42658A1d84d23627wYN240B50B)[dead link] 1. ISBN 978-141-202405-1 ## External links - [Barnes & Noble: Biography](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/No-Sense-of-Tumour/Sean-Boru/e/9781412024051/?itm=2#TABS) - [Sean Boru](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1693248/) at IMDb - [https://web.archive.org/web/20070623161430/http://www.seanboru.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20070623161430/http://www.seanboru.com/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sean Boru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Boru) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Boru?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.