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| Popular As | Eugene O'Hare |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 43 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 5, 1980 (Ireland) |
| Birthday | August 5 |
| Town/City | Ireland |
| Nationality | Ireland |
Eugene O'Hare’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Eugene O'Hare was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Eugene O'Hare is an Irish actor, playwright, radio and screen writer. He created the role of Detective Quigley in the BBC/Starz series Dublin Murders. His plays, published by Methuen, include "The Weatherman" and 'Sydney & the Old Girl".
He moved to London when he was eighteen and after a brief time returning to work at Dublin's Abbey Theatre he landed the role of Doalty in Brian Friel's Translations at the Royal National Theatre in London.
O'Hare has worked extensively in London theaters such as The Royal Court, Tricycle, Shakespeare's Globe and in the West End. He was lauded by the late Sam Shepard for a masterful performance as Austin in Shepard's seminal play "True West".
Shepard flew to the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre in 2013 to see the production and was instrumental in securing its transfer to London's Tricycle Theatre. He played opposite the BAFTA-winning Chernobyl actor Alex Ferns as his warring brother.
It was the last major production before Sam Shepard's death. O'Hare created the role of Magennis in Jez Butterworth's hit play The Ferryman directed by Sam Mendes in 2017. His first American stage role was on Broadway playing Colm Meaney's son in the Eugene O'Neill masterpiece A Moon for the Misbegotten.
O'Hare later returned to New York to St Ann's Warehouse to create the role of Pierre opposite Adrian Lester in Lolita Chakrabarti's multi award-winning debut play Red Velvet. He is also a film and television actor and played series regular Detective Quigley in the 2019 BBC/Starz series Dublin Murders adapted by Sarah Phelps from the bestselling crime novel series by Tana French.
In 2020 he will create the role of series regular Eddie Lyons in Season 3 of Marcella (ITV/Netflix). In 2017 O'Hare wrote the BBC short film The Music Room featuring the entire Ulster Orchestra. He has written several short stories for BBC Radio 4 including A World of One's Own which was broadcast on Christmas Day 2015.
His short story "Bosco" for Radio 4 was narrated by Stephen Rea and is currently being adapted as a feature-length film with backing from Northern Ireland Screen. He also wrote the National Theatre Connections play "Hospital Food" set in a teenage cancer unit.
Two world premiers of his full length plays opened on the main stage of The Park Theatre in London in 2019. The first play The Weatherman was directed by Alice Hamilton and ran for five weeks from 12th August.
Writing for whatsonstage.com, critic Alun Hood said "It heralds the arrival, in O'Hare, of a fearless new playwright with a singular voice". The second play Sydney & the Old Girl directed by Phillip Breen and starring Miriam Margolyes and Mark Hadfield opened on the 30th October and ran for five weeks.
The play was a sell out commercial hit and prompted the Park Theatre to install extra seating to cope with demand. O'Hare is a member of Field Day Theatre company founded by Brian Friel. He lives in London.
