Sean Maguire

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name = Sean Maguire
birthname = Sean Martin Michael Maguire
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location = Ilford, Essex, England
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"This article is about the English actor and singer. For the Irish fiddler, see Sean McGuire (fiddler)."

Sean Martin Michael Maguire (born 18 April 1976) is an English actor and singer, who rose to fame in 1988 when at the age of 11 he took on the role of "Tegs" Ratcliffe on the BBC children's drama "Grange Hill", in which he remained until 1992. For a short time after leaving Grange Hill, he played Aidan Brosnan in "EastEnders".

He has appeared in several feature films and had moderate success as a singer as well. He is also known in the US for his roles as Donovan Brink in the UPN sitcom "Eve", and as Kyle Lendo in the CBS sitcom "The Class".

Biography

Maguire was born in Ilford, Essex. As his name reflects, he is of Irish descent.Fact|date=July 2008 His family originates from the town of Cavan in County Cavan, Ireland.Fact|date=July 2008

His first role was at the age of five, opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in "A Voyage Round My Father". In 1993 he joined the cast of the British soap "EastEnders" playing Aidan Brosnan, a young Irish footballer playing for fictional side Walford F.C. In 1994, Sean left the show to take a starring role in the BBC drama series "Dangerfield", playing Marty Dangerfield. He has also appeared in "Holby City" and "Sunburn". In 1995, Sean was voted "3rd person you'd most like to see get messy" by CBBC viewers and famously received a custard pie in his face from presenter Chris Jarvis dressed as "The Anorak".

Like many soap actors, Maguire then pursued a career in music, releasing three albums, his self-titled debut album in 1994, "Spirit" in 1996 and "Greatest Hits" in 1998. Sean's biggest hit was "Good Day", which reached number 12 in May 1996. During this time, Maguire appeared on the Childliners record "The Gift Of Christmas" alongside acts such as Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, E.Y.C., MN8, Deuce, Ultimate Kaos, Let Loose, East 17, Peter Andre, Michelle Gayle, Dannii Minogue and many more. Not content with acting on TV Sean has recently branched out into films. In the early 90s, he appeared in "Waterland" alongside Ethan Hawke and Jeremy Irons, and has also allegedly been credited as having a part in "A Kiss Before Dying", but his part may have ended up on the cutting room floor as he didn't appear to be in this film after all.

In 2001, Maguire played the title role in TV-movie "Prince Charming", alongside Bernadette Peters, Christina Applegate and Scottish comedian Billy Connolly - with Martin Short as his assistant Rodney. In 2005, he also made "Third Wish" - which co-starred actors Jenna Mattison, Armand Assante, Betty White and James Avery. He also appeared as "Euan" in the defunct WB Network sitcom "Off Centre" (which also co-starred actors Eddie Kaye Thomas from the "American Pie" movies and Jason George from also defunct US soap "Sunset Beach").

Maguire plays one of the main characters, Donovan Brink, on the television series "Eve". He was starring in the CBS sitcom "The Class", playing gay character Kyle Lendo, but the show was canceled in May 2007. He recently completed filming in 2006/2007 for a US comedy film "LA Blues". He played a character called Jack Davis.

His movie "Meet The Spartans" went to No. 1 in the US box office chart in 2008, and he is set to star in "Mr Eleven" on ITV1 in the autumn. Maguire has also signed on to a guest spot in Cupid for ABC, portraying an Irish musician.

It was announced by The Hollywood Reporter on July 28, 2008, that Maguire had landed the lead role in Krod Mandoon And The Flaming Sword Of Fire, a new fantasy series for the Comedy Central network, which will air in Spring 2009. His character is described as a 'sensitive, but clueless freedom fighter'.

Filmography

Films

*"A Voyage Round My Father" (1982)
*"The Meaning Of Life" (1983)
*"Waterland" - Peter (1992)
*"The Secret Garden" (1993)
*"Out Of Depth" - Paul Nixon (2000)
*"Prince Charming" - Prince 'Charming' John (2001)
*"The Third Wish" - Brandon (2005)
*"The Dukes" - Dave (2007)
*"L.A. Blues" - Jack Davis (2007)
*"Meet the Spartans" - Leonidas (2008)

TV

*"Grange Hill" - Terence 'Tegs' Ratcliffe (1988 - 1992)
*"Dodgem" - Simon Leighton (1991)
*"Growing Pains" - Jason Begley (1992)
*"The Bill" Episode: "A Better Life" (1993)
*"EastEnders" - Aidan Brosnan (1993)
*"Dangerfield" - Marty Dangerfield (Series 1 & 2) (1995)
*"A Man Of Letters" - Alan (1997)
*"Dear Nobody" - Chris (1997)
*"Holby City" Episodes: "Staying Alive (Parts 1 & 2)" - Darren Ingram (1999)
*"Sunburn" - Lee Wilson (Series 2) (2000)
*"Urban Gothic" Episode: "Thirteen" - Jude Redfield (2000)
*"Off Centre" - Euan Pierce (2001 - 2002)
*"Eve" - Donovan Brink (2003 - 2006)
*"The Class" - Kyle Lendo (2006 - 2007)
*"Mr Eleven" - Dan (2008)
*"Cupid - Remake" (2009)
*"Krod Mandoon and The Flaming Sword of Fire" - Krod Mandoon (2009 - )

Discography

Albums

*"Sean Maguire" (1994) - #75 UK
*"Spirit" (1996) - #43 UK
*"Greatest Hits" (1998)

ingles

tage work

*"Romeo and Juliet"
*"Loot"
*"Funny About Love"

External links

*imdb name|id=0536630|name=Sean Maguire
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_class/bio/maguire.shtml Sean Maguire Bio at CBS - The Class]
* [http://www.seanmaguire.co.uk/ The official Sean Maguire website]