Paul Ronan

Paul Ronan
Born	Paul Anthony Ronan (1965-03-21) 21 March 1965 (age 60) Manchester, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Monica Brennan ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	Saoirse Ronan

Paul Anthony Ronan (born 21 March 1965) is an Irish actor.

Early life

Paul Anthony Ronan was born on 21 March 1965 in Manchester, son of Thomas "Tommy" Ronan and Una Carson. ^[1]

Career

In 1995, Ronan's acting career started. Ronan has been a regular performer in TV and films since the mid-'90s, notably as Edso Dowling in the Ballykissangel TV series; ^{[2] [3]} other TV appearances include Rebel Heart and The Tudors .

Personal life

In 1992, Paul Anthony Ronan married Monica Brennan. The couple divorced in June 2025.

They have one daughter, Saoirse Ronan, who has been acting professionally since 2003. ^{[4] [5]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Faithful	Young guy in car
1997	The Devil's Own	Sean Phelan
1997	A Further Gesture	Liam
1997	The Boxer	Eddie Carroll's cornerman
1999	Shergar	Lynch
1999	Exiled	Brendan
2000	Ordinary Decent Criminal	Billy Lynch
2000	When the Sky Falls	Mangan
2001	Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?	Price	Short film
2002	The Escapist	Officer
2003	Bloom	Lenehan
2003	Veronica Guerin	Jimmy Guerin
2005	It Happened One Night	Tom	Short film
2007	Speed Dating	Dan Moran
2007	Poker Nights	Jeff	Short film
2009	One Hundred Mornings	Sgt. Lavelle
2009	Nothing Personal	Man in car
2013	Life's a Breeze	Supervisor
2013	How I Live Now	Chasing man
2014	Poison Pen	Darcy
2015	Fading Away	Street sweep
2015	1916, Souls of Freedom	Paul Ronan	Short film; also associate producer
2016	Twice Shy	George O'Meara
2016	Lily	Dermot	Short film
2016	Don't Listen	Martin
2017	Saving Santa	Barry Fair	Short film
2017	Family Business	Liam	Short film
2018	This Day	Dimples
2019	Never Grow Old	Bill Crabtree
2021	Who We Love	Dermot

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Performance	Tommy Owen	Episode: "Shadow of a Gunman"
1998	New York Undercover	Ethan McManus	Episode: "The Troubles"
1999	A Rose for Annie	Tom Mullaney	Television film
1999	DDU	James Kelly	2 episodes
2001	Rebel Heart	Liam Lynch	Television miniseries (3 episodes)
2001	Ballykissangel	Edso Dowling	8 episodes
2003	The Clinic	Agitated man	1 episode
2005	Showbands	Micko	Television film
2009	The Tudors	Duke William of Cleves	2 episodes
2014	Love/Hate	Brendan	3 episodes
2015	JFK.The Badge Man Conspiracy	Thomas	Television film
2018	Striking Out	Dermot Doyle
2018-2024	Fair City [4]	Anto Collins

References

1. "Paul Ronan". IMDb. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
2. "Ballykissangel returns to screens". 1 March 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
3. "BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Doyle's daughter joins Ballykissangel". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
4. Price, Ryan. "Saoirse Ronan's dad appearing in popular Irish soap opera tonight". The Irish Post. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
5. "Saoirse Ronan's dad Paul lands role in Fair City". 21 February 2018.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• Paul Ronan at IMDb