Stuart Dunne is an Irish actor and artist. He is best known for his
dark and violent portrayal of the character Billy Meehan on the Irish
soap opera Fair City. He was nominated at the 2003 Irish Film and
Television Awards for Best Actor in a Television Drama for Fair
City.Dunne was born in 1957 in Dublin, Ireland. He comes from a large
family, nine sisters and two brothers, from Drimnagh. He studied for
five years in the Focus Theater under the direction of Deirdre
O'Connell. Dunne married in 1988 years to his wife Geraldine, who is
also his agent, and in 1991 their son Neil was born.Dunne is a
self-taught artist who has had his work shown on The Late Late Show on
RTÉ One. He has also exhibited in the IFSC, the Davis Gallery, the
James Gallery, and in England and the USA. Dunne's work hangs in The
Roily Gallery, the oldest gallery in Dublin.Dunne is currently working
on the project; "Vincent: Questioning the Method", a character study
where he will take on the role of Vincent Van Gogh through method
acting. Set in Ireland, the film will reinterpret the last seventy
days of Van Gogh's life in a modern-day retelling of this harrowing
tale. The study will be documented by a film crew 24/7 for the
duration, and will yield both web content and eventually a documentary
feature. For more information go www.themethod.ie.
dark and violent portrayal of the character Billy Meehan on the Irish
soap opera Fair City. He was nominated at the 2003 Irish Film and
Television Awards for Best Actor in a Television Drama for Fair
City.Dunne was born in 1957 in Dublin, Ireland. He comes from a large
family, nine sisters and two brothers, from Drimnagh. He studied for
five years in the Focus Theater under the direction of Deirdre
O'Connell. Dunne married in 1988 years to his wife Geraldine, who is
also his agent, and in 1991 their son Neil was born.Dunne is a
self-taught artist who has had his work shown on The Late Late Show on
RTÉ One. He has also exhibited in the IFSC, the Davis Gallery, the
James Gallery, and in England and the USA. Dunne's work hangs in The
Roily Gallery, the oldest gallery in Dublin.Dunne is currently working
on the project; "Vincent: Questioning the Method", a character study
where he will take on the role of Vincent Van Gogh through method
acting. Set in Ireland, the film will reinterpret the last seventy
days of Van Gogh's life in a modern-day retelling of this harrowing
tale. The study will be documented by a film crew 24/7 for the
duration, and will yield both web content and eventually a documentary
feature. For more information go www.themethod.ie.
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