Michael Condron

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Michael Condron is a Canadian born actor from Northern Ireland. [1]

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Career

Condron was born in Toronto, Canada, and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

He has been active in several stage productions, mainly at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. [1] He portrayed Robert McGladdery in the BBC docu-film Last Man Hanging in 2008, [2] and he played the role of Ricky in the BBC One series Number 2s in 2015. [3] He appeared in minor roles in feature films such as Keith Lemon: The Film and High-Rise . [1]

He most notably portrayed Bowen Marsh in season 5 and season 6 of the HBO series Game of Thrones . [4] He was nominated for A Screen Actors Guild Award for Best performance in An Ensemble for Game of Thrones in 2016.

Condron played Ben McGregor in the TV comedy series Soft Border Patrol (2018-2020). Since 2022, he has been portraying Griff Reynolds in Coronation Street .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Last Man Hanging Robert McGladdery TV film
2012 Keith Lemon: The Film Hoff Film Director
2015 High-Rise Delivery Man
2020 Solitary Ken Bradley
2021 Doineann Aidan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Pulling Moves Ambush Man1 episode ("The Grandfather Clock")
2007 The Tudors Sailor1 episode ("Look to God First")
2008 Fairy Tales Police Constable1 episode ("Billy Goat")
2015Number 2sRicky6 episodes
2015–2016 Game of Thrones Bowen Marsh 10 episodes
2018–2020 Soft Border Patrol Ben McGregor7 episodes
2022–2024 Coronation Street Griff ReynoldsRegular role

Theatre (selection)

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