Conor MacNeill

Conor MacNeill (born 4 July 1988) is a film, television, and stage actor from Northern Ireland.

The film was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and was premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

He starred as Ciaran MacIonraic in Irish comedy drama An Crisís, for which he received a Nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy drama series at the 2010 Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo.

He performed extensively on stage in Ireland.

Acting in productions at Lyric Players' Theatre, Gate Theatre and Project Arts Centre.

He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2011 Irish Times Theatre Awards.

In 2011, he appeared, with Brendan Fraser in Whole Lotta Sole directed by Terry George He also appeared alongside David Wilmot in RTÉ's Saving The Titanic playing Frank Bell.

MacNeill made his London stage debut in 2012 at the Donmar Warehouse and appeared on stage alongside Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh, directed by Michael Grandage at the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End throughout the summer of 2013.

In Spring 2014 this production transferred to Broadway at the Cort Theatre for a limited run.

The show garnered 6 TONY Award nominations.

In 2016 MacNeill appeared in Whit Stillman's film Love & Friendship and in the final episodes of the RTE/BBC series The Fall.

In 2017 he appeared in series 2 of No Offence on Channel 4.

In April 2017, he appeared in The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.

MacNeill had a small role as William Kemmler in The Current War in 2017.

In 2023, MacNeill appeared as Martyn Smith in BBC One's true crime drama The Sixth Commandment, portraying the crimes of Ben Field.

In February 2024, it was announced that MacNeill had been cast as Ned Gowan in the Outlander prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood.

He was due to reprise the role of Gavin in series 3 during 2018.

He reprised his role as Diarmuid Corcoran in the Broadway transfer of the show at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in late 2018.

He is best known for his roles as Kenny Kilblane in the BBC Two and HBO series Industry (2020–).

MacNeill was born in West Belfast.

In his early career he appeared in such films as Fifty Dead Men Walking and Peacefire directed by Macdara Vallely.

He made a cameo appearance as 'Fanta' in Cherrybomb.

He played the character of Dave in Five Minutes of Heaven.