Robert Sheehan Biography
Robert Michael Sheehan is an Irish actor. He is best known for television roles such as Nathan Young in Misfits, Darren Treacy in Love/ Hate, and Klaus Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy, as well as film roles such as Tom Natsworthy in Mortal Engines and Simon Lewis in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The actor has received multiple Irish Film and Television Award and BAFTA Award nominations. In 2020, he was listed as number 41 on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s greatest film actors.
How old is Robert Sheehan? – Age
The Irish actor is 33 years old as of 7th January 2020. He was born in 1988 in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland.
Who are Robert Sheehan Parents? – Father and Mother
The actor was raised in Ireland as the son to Maria her lovely mother and Joe Sheehan his father, who was a garda. Upon being confirmed, Adam was added to his name after Michael. He was well raised by his parents with love and care.
Robert Sheehan Siblings
The actor was not the only child in the family. He has two siblings. He is the youngest of three children born in his family. His other siblings who were raised together are; Brendan Sheehan and Shauna Sheehan. They were all raised by their parents with love and care.
Robert Sheehan Education
The actor attended St Paul’s school in Portlaoise. Unsure of whether acting was a sustainable career choice, he studied film and television at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. He missed several months of the course to film Summer of the Flying saucer, and failed his first year examinations, and decided not to attempt the repeats.
At school, he played the banjo, the bodhran, and the spoons, having joked that he was like “Footloose with spoons”; he also participated in Fleadh Cheoil.
Is Robert Sheehan in a Relationship? – Spouse
No, the actor is currently single. He has spoken openly about experimenting with his sexuality when younger, but identifies as heterosexual. The actor was lately dating Sofia Boutella but things did not end well for the both of them. He broke up with The Mummy star Sofia Boutella in October 2018, after dating for four years. The pair started dating in March 2014, after meeting on the set of the film Jet Trash in Goa, India. Thankfully, they worked out how to advance their careers and maintain their relationship. He has no children yet.
Robert Sheehan Career
The Irish actor became interested in acting in primary school, when he played Oliver in Oliver with a Twist. At the age of fourteen, he auditioned for song for a Raggy Boy, and won the role, spending three months in Cork to film. He later joined the Laois Open Door theatre group, and played the crippled boy in a production of The cripple of Inishmaan.
In 2008, he appeared Rock Rivals and Bitter Sweet, a two-part television comedy drama. During this time, he also appeared in films including Ghostwood.
The actor starred as one of the lead characters in the Cherrybomb in 2009 after leaving the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. In March 2009, he appeared in the role of BJ in the Channel 4 trilogy Red Riding. He described the role as “weighty” and a “step up” from his previous work, and credits the show with changing his career.
From 2009 to 2010, he starred as Nathan Young, a young offender, in the first two series of the British TV series Misfits. In April 2011, it was announced that Sheehan would not be returning to the show for the third season. In May 2011 he was nominated for a BAFTA Award in the “Male Supporting Actor” category for his role in Misfits.
Beginning in 2010, he played Darren, a member of gangland Dublin in Love/Hate. He accepted the part because he wanted to work with Stuart Carolan and Dave Caffrey, and featured in three seasons. He was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for the role in 2011 and 2013.
The actor was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award in the Rising Star category in 2010. The following year, he starred in the film Killing Bono, and in John Crowley’s production of The Playboy of the Western World at the Old Vic Theatre. He appeared in the second season of the BBC crime drama series Accused, which aired in 2012.
He played Simon Lewis in the 2013 film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and followed it with roles in Anita B., The Road Within, Moonwalkers, and The Messenger in 2014 and 2015. In late 2015, he played Richard III in Trevor Nunn’s revival of The Wars of the Roses, an adaption of William Shakespeare’s plays Richard III and the three part Henry VI. In a 2018 interview with Hot Press, Sheehan described the role as his recent favourite, citing the “magic” and “transcendent experience” of being on stage.
The Song of Sway Lake premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2017, and was released theatrically the following year. During 2017, he also appeared in Geostorm and featured in the second season of Fortitude, for which he was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award.
In 2018, he appeared in Genius: Picasso as Carlos Casagemas and in The Young Offenders Christmas special as a caricatured version of himself. In 2019, he starred in the Netflix Original series The Umbrella Academy as Klaus Hargreeves.
Robert Sheehan Net worth
The Irish actor has an estimated net worth of around $2 million as of 2021.
