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Macdara Ó Fátharta, Irish actor, plays the part of the villain Tadhg on the Irish language TG4 drama, Ros na Rún.
A native of Inis Meáin, Ó Fátharta has been a regular member of the cast since its first season in 1996. Prior to that he had spent two years with an acting school with the Abbey Theatre and subsequently twenty years with the Abbey from 1972-1996, while there he acted in plays by John B. Keane, Brian Friel, Tom Murphy, Shakespeare, Chekov, all of his production involvement can be found in the Abbey archives. In 1975 he appeared in a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called "Katie Roche" where he played the part of Jo Mahony. He has over ten television productions to his credit, and parts in films such as Far and Away, The Blackwater Lightship, and the first ever Irish language feature film Poitín.
He is married to Eileen Dunne who is a news presenter on RTÉ.
Playography
- Katie Roche (1975)