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Manus
Halligan

Trinity College Dublin Drama graduate. Stage, screen, and voice artist based in Ireland.

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Biography

About Manus

Manus Halligan is a Dublin-based actor with over a decade of professional experience across theatre, film, television and radio.

His theatre work spans everything from large-scale productions at the Abbey Theatre to intimate work at Project Arts Centre, with collaborators including Collapsing Horse, Decadent Theatre, Anú Productions, Livin Dred, Corcadorca, and Fishamble. On screen, he has appeared in RTÉ originals, History Channel documentaries, and international co-productions.

Manus is also a professional voice-over artist, represented by Voicebank Ireland.

14+

Years Experience

30+

Theatre Productions

15+

Screen Credits

TCD

Drama & Theatre, 2011

Training

BA Drama and Theatre Studies, Trinity College Dublin (2011)

Representation

Acting: Halina Froudist — Actors and Movers

Voice-over: Voicebank Ireland

Skills & Disciplines

Latest

Latest News

May 2026

The Maker — Dan Colley and Riverbank Arts Centre's production will be performing at the Southbank Centre, London, May 30–31st. Book tickets →

June 2026

Lost Lear will perform at Katowice's Open the Door Festival in Poland June 13th. Book tickets

Photography

Images

Headshot — Pato Cassinoni

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

Production photo

Run (2013)

Run — Short Film (2013)

The Titans That Built America

She Stoops To Conquer — Abbey Theatre

The Maker

Lost Lear — Pato Cassinoni

Stage

Theatre Credits

The Maker

Riverbank Arts Centre / Dan Colley

Drexel

Molly Sweeney

Decadent Theatre Co.

Frank

Staging The Treaty

Anú Productions

Kevin O'Higgins

Lost Lear

Riverbank Arts Centre / Dan Colley

Liam

The Cartographer's Pen

Jimmy Murphy

Tarry Flynn

Livin Dred

Eusebius / Ensemble

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

Collapsing Horse / Riverbank Arts Centre

Alice and the Wolf

Barnstorm Theatre Co.

Wolf

Susie and the Story Shredder

Bombinate Theatre Co.

King Levi

Some Names Were Changed

15th Oak Productions

Manus

The Aeneid

Collapsing Horse Theatre Co.

Cato / Ensemble

Conor at the End of the Universe

Collapsing Horse Theatre Co.

Puppeteer

Human Child

Collapsing Horse Theatre Co.

Ensemble

MONSTER/CLOCK

Collapsing Horse Theatre Co.

Baldock / Ensemble

Far Away

Corcadorca

Todd

Inside The GPO

Fishamble

Seán Mac Diarmada

The Poor Little Boy With No Arms

One Duck

Fiorkin

She Stoops To Conquer

Abbey Theatre

Ensemble

King Lear

Abbey Theatre

Ensemble

Before Monsters Were Made

15th Oak

Graham

Reckoners

15th Oak

Jamie

The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle

15th Oak

Ensemble

Five Minutes Later

Sugarglass

The Making of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Project Arts Centre

Film & Television

Screen Credits

Short Film

Take Care Now

Ted · Dir. Richard Childs

Television — RTÉ / Hulu

Obituary

Ritchie · 2023

Television — History Channel

The Titans That Built America

2021

Short Film

The Fear

The Monster · Dir. Stevie Russell, 2020

Feature Film

Metal Heart

Bank Teller · Dir. Hugh O'Conor, 2019

Music Video

Saint Sister

2019

Music Video

Kodaline

2017

Television — RTÉ

Rebellion

2016

Television — German ZDF

Inspector Jury: The Deer Leap

2017

Short Film

The Cocaine Famine

Niallser · Dir. Sam McMullen, 2018

Short Film

Back Home

Dir. Diarmaid McGrath, 2017

Short Film

Dig

Dir. Des Creedon & John Kilkenny, 2017

Short Film

My Life For Ireland

Edward · Dir. Kieron J. Walsh, 2016

Short Film

Run

The Boy · Dir. Sam McMullen, 2013

Voice

Voice-Over

Manus is a professional voice-over artist represented by Voicebank Ireland. His voice brings warmth, clarity, and a distinctive husky quality to commercial, documentary, and corporate projects.

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