Alan Smyth

Alan is an actor, writer and director. He was born and raised in Dundalk, Ireland before moving to Dublin to train as an actor. He has performed in every major theatre in Ireland, and further afield at The Opera House, Cairo; Lincoln Centre, New York; and The Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina.

As producer, credits include the Irish Premieres of The Real Thing; Burn This; and Dinner with Friends.

He is best known in Ireland as the country’s first gay soap character, Eoghan Healy, in Fair City, a role he played for 5yrs.

He moved to the USA in 2007. Since then he has guested/recurred on many TV shows including: CSI:NY, NCIS, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, The Middleman, Person’s Unknown, Leverage, Castle, Grimm, Caper, Children’s Hospital, The Bold & the Beautiful, The Last Ship, Dice, Better Things.

His feature film work in the US includes The Fallen Faithful; Poor Behavior (written and directed by Theresa Rebeck); The Outfield; and Under my Skin, which is currently playing the festival circuit. 

He is a prominent audiobook narrator, and can currently be heard in several serialized podcasts (In particular, check out Styx.. it's a cracker!)

Theatre in LA includes Absurd Person Singular and Zealot at South Coast Rep; Poor Beast in the Rain (The Matrix). He is company member of Bepoke Plays, a writer-based theatre company here in LA;  and a proud member of InHouse Theatre for several years, with whom he played Dermot in Port Authority (which he also co-directed), and Kenneth in A Night in November.

*** 'A Night in November' returns to LA, playing September 5th - 8th at The Pico Playhouse, prior to a North American tour*** Tickets available soon through CIACLA.

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