Chris Newman ,born 16 December 1987, is an Irish actor with roles in films Song for a Raggy Boy

Song For a Raggy Boy

Song For a Raggy Boy is a 2003 film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events.-Plot:...

and Perrier's Bounty

Perrier's Bounty

Perrier's Bounty is an Irish crime thriller comedy set in modern-day Dublin. Describing it as an "urban western", sophomore director Ian Fitzgibbon directs the film, which stars Brendan Gleeson, who plays the villainous title character, as well as Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent as son and...

and TV series The Clinic

The Clinic (TV series)

The Clinic is an award-winning Irish primetime television medical drama series produced by Parallel Film Productions for RTÉ. It debuted on RTÉ One in 2003 to positive reviews and proved to be one of the network's most popular shows. The show ran for seven seasons between September 2003 to November...

, Love is the Drug

Love is the Drug (TV series)

Love is the Drug was a short lived drama based in Drogheda, Co. Louth and it ran on RTÉ Two for their 2004 season....

, Stardust

Stardust (TV miniseries)

Stardust is a 2006 miniseries produced for RTÉ by Brackside Merlin Films. The first episode surrounds the night a fire broke out at the Stardust Disco in North Dublin on 13 February, 1981, in which 48 people died. The second episode depicts the search for answers and justice by families and...

, Aisling's Diary

Aisling's Diary

Aisling's Diary is an Irish young person's programme aired on RTÉ produced by CampbellRyan Productions. The show was created by Nuno Bernardo....

, and Love/Hate

Love/Hate (TV series)

Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...

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Early life

Chris began attending the Billie Barry Stage School at the age of five. Although the school focused mainly on dance, it introduced him to being on stage. When he was thirteen, he auditioned for Aisling Walsh

Aisling Walsh

Aisling Walsh is an Irish writer and director.-Early life:She was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1958 to Raphael Walsh, a furniture designer and manufacturer from Navan, County Meath...

's acclaimed feature film, Song for a Raggy Boy

Song For a Raggy Boy

Song For a Raggy Boy is a 2003 film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events.-Plot:...

, which he had to audition for six times before eventually being cast in the role of Patrick Delaney.

Career

After a summer of filming with Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

-Early life:Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish parents. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and raised in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly in Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of...

, Iain Glen

Iain Glen

Iain Glen is a Scottish film and stage actor.Iain Glen was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and trained at RADA where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal. He was married to Susannah Harker from 1993 to 2004; they have one son, Finlay...

 and Marc Warren

Marc Warren

Marc Warren is an English actor, known for his British television roles as Danny Blue in Hustle, Dougie Raymond in The Vice and Dominic Foy in State of Play.-Career:...

, Chris landed a role in the TV series, The Clinic, alongside a young Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Una Ronan is an Irish film actress. She began her career as a child and came to international prominence in 2007 after co-starring in the film Atonement, which gained her nominations for a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.Ronan has since appeared in...

, who played his sister. For the next few years, he juggled school work with leading roles in Love is the Drug, Stardust, and Aisling's Diary. In 2009, he teamed up with Robert Sheehan for the second time in the crime-drama Love/Hate (TV series)

Love/Hate (TV series)

Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...

. He worked previously with Sheehan on Song for a Raggy Boy. In 2010, he had a small part in the comedy gangster film, Perrier's Bounty, also starring Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy is an Irish film and theatre actor. He is often noted by critics for his chameleonic performances in diverse roles and distinctive blue eyes and general sex appeal....

, Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty...

, and Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

James "Jim" Broadbent is an English theatre, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, Hot Fuzz, and Bridget Jones' Diary...

 before working with Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan is an American television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.-Early life:Flanigan was born Joseph Dunnigan III in Los Angeles, California...

 and John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies is a Welsh actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

 on the Sci-Fi TV movie, Ferocious Planet.

Other Work

He appeared in a documentary for Irish television Hollywood Trials

Hollywood Trials

Hollywood Trials was an observational documentary series which ran on RTÉ Two Ireland, in 2008.The series followed ten Irish actors trying to break into Hollywood...

in 2008 and starred in a video for Irish band No Roller's debut single "Ocean". His first taste of theatre was when he took the lead role in Chatroom.