Conor MacNeill, is an actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who has appeared on stage, film and television, in such films as Fifty Dead Men Walking and Peacefire directed by Macdara Vallely. He made a cameo appearance as 'Fanta' in Cherrybomb. He played the character of Dave in Five Minutes of Heaven. The film was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and was premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
He starred alongside Risteárd Cooper as Ciaran MacIonraic in Irish comedy drama An Crisís, for which he received a Nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy drama series at the 2010 Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo. He performed extensively on stage in Ireland. Acting in productions at Lyric Players' Theatre, Gate Theatre and Project Arts Centre. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2011 Irish Times Theatre Awards.
Conor MacNeill ,appeared in 2011 with Brendan Fraser, David O'Hara and Martin McCann, in Whole Lotta Sole, directed by Terry George. The film premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. He appeared alongside David Wilmot in RTÉ's Saving The Titanic playing Frank Bell.
In 2013 he appeared as series regular Pvt. McIlvenny in Privates on BBC One and reprised his role as Ciaran MacIonraic in Crisis Eile for TG4.
MacNeill made his London stage debut in 2012 at the Donmar Warehouse and appeared on stage alongside Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh, directed by Michael Grandage at the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End throughout the summer of 2013. In Spring 2014 this production transferred to Broadway at the Cort Theatre for a limited run. The show garnered 6 TONY Award nominations.
MacNeill appeared in2016 ,Whit Stillman's film Love & Friendship and in the final episodes of the RTE/BBC series The Fall. In 2017 he is appearing in series 2 of No Offence on Channel 4.
