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Enda Oates
Enda Oates (born 1962), occasionally credited as Enda Oats, is an Irish stage, film, and television actor. He has received attention for his stagework, but is best known to Irish television audiences as the Reverend George Black in the long-running series Glenroe for RTÉ, and as Barreller Casey in the sitcom Upwardly Mobile.
Oates was born in County Roscommon in 1962 and moved to Dublin in 1981 where he currently resides. He studied at Roscommon CBS, and earned a Leaving Certificate in 1980. The following year he attended Athlone Regional Technical College before becoming a civil servant for five years before becoming a thespian. His wife is named Louise and the couple have one son. Oates is also a noted horse enthusiast and has appeared on several television programmes about horses.
Referred to as one of "Ireland’s foremost acting talents" by the Roscommon Herald, Oates' career has spanned over twenty years onstage, in radio, television and film. Although he made a 1984 appearance in Remington Steele, he turned professional in 1986 after sharing the Evening Herald "Newcomer of the Year Award", along with Aidan Gillen (The Wire). The official opening of the Strokestown International Poetry Festival was performed by Oates.
In 1989, his theatrical connections with actor/producer John Lynch saw him awarded the part of the Rev. George Black in the series Glenroe. Oates played Rev. George from 1989 to 1997 and was the role which made him widely recognizable to the general Irish public. In 1990, he had a minor role in the Pat O'Connor-directed film Fools of Fortune, about a Protestant family caught up in a conflict between Irish republicans and the British Army during the Troubles.
In 1994, Oates played the role of "The Garda" opposite Albert Finney and Michael Gambon in A Man of No Importance, a film which dealt with themes of homosexuality. Between 1995 and 1998 he played Barreller Casey in the Irish sitcom series Upwardly Mobile. In 1998 he had a small role the film St. Ives (televised in the UK as All for Love), based on the unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Oates also appeared in an episode of The Ambassador that same year.
In 2000, Oates starred in three episodes of Trí Scéal and played "Brian" in Ordinary Decent Criminal. Directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, the film is loosely based on the story of Martin Cahill, a famous Irish crime boss and featured Oates; the cast included Kevin Spacey, Helen Baxendale and Colin Farrell.
In 2000, Oates had a small role in An Everlasting Piece, a comedic film set in 1980s Northern Ireland, also with a subplot about the Troubles. In 2003, Oates had a minor role in the Joel Schumacher film, Veronica Guerin, about Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, murdered in 1996, which starred Cate Blanchett in the title role.
Enda won a Best Male Performance Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA) in 2015 for his Role as Pete in RTE's Television Drama Fair City. Other nominees in the category included Brendan O Carroll for Mrs Browns Boys and fellow Roscommon colleague Chris O Dowd for Moone Boy.
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Enda Oates
Enda Oates (born 1962), occasionally credited as Enda Oats, is an Irish stage, film, and television actor. He has received attention for his stagework, but is best known to Irish television audiences as the Reverend George Black in the long-running series Glenroe for RTÉ, and as Barreller Casey in the sitcom Upwardly Mobile.
Oates was born in County Roscommon in 1962 and moved to Dublin in 1981 where he currently resides. He studied at Roscommon CBS, and earned a Leaving Certificate in 1980. The following year he attended Athlone Regional Technical College before becoming a civil servant for five years before becoming a thespian. His wife is named Louise and the couple have one son. Oates is also a noted horse enthusiast and has appeared on several television programmes about horses.
Referred to as one of "Ireland’s foremost acting talents" by the Roscommon Herald, Oates' career has spanned over twenty years onstage, in radio, television and film. Although he made a 1984 appearance in Remington Steele, he turned professional in 1986 after sharing the Evening Herald "Newcomer of the Year Award", along with Aidan Gillen (The Wire). The official opening of the Strokestown International Poetry Festival was performed by Oates.
In 1989, his theatrical connections with actor/producer John Lynch saw him awarded the part of the Rev. George Black in the series Glenroe. Oates played Rev. George from 1989 to 1997 and was the role which made him widely recognizable to the general Irish public. In 1990, he had a minor role in the Pat O'Connor-directed film Fools of Fortune, about a Protestant family caught up in a conflict between Irish republicans and the British Army during the Troubles.
In 1994, Oates played the role of "The Garda" opposite Albert Finney and Michael Gambon in A Man of No Importance, a film which dealt with themes of homosexuality. Between 1995 and 1998 he played Barreller Casey in the Irish sitcom series Upwardly Mobile. In 1998 he had a small role the film St. Ives (televised in the UK as All for Love), based on the unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Oates also appeared in an episode of The Ambassador that same year.
In 2000, Oates starred in three episodes of Trí Scéal and played "Brian" in Ordinary Decent Criminal. Directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, the film is loosely based on the story of Martin Cahill, a famous Irish crime boss and featured Oates; the cast included Kevin Spacey, Helen Baxendale and Colin Farrell.
In 2000, Oates had a small role in An Everlasting Piece, a comedic film set in 1980s Northern Ireland, also with a subplot about the Troubles. In 2003, Oates had a minor role in the Joel Schumacher film, Veronica Guerin, about Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, murdered in 1996, which starred Cate Blanchett in the title role.
Enda won a Best Male Performance Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA) in 2015 for his Role as Pete in RTE's Television Drama Fair City. Other nominees in the category included Brendan O Carroll for Mrs Browns Boys and fellow Roscommon colleague Chris O Dowd for Moone Boy.