1. Sean Maguire was born on 18 April 1976 and is an English-American actor and singer who has been professionally making films, television shows and performing on stage for over 40 years.
20 Facts About Sean Maguire
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Originally from London, Maguire started his career at age five starring alongside Lord Olivier in A Voyage Round My Father.
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Sean Maguire then rose to fame at age ten when he was cast in the BBC drama Grange Hill in the role of "Tegs" Ratcliffe in which he remained until 1991.
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Sean Maguire has appeared in several feature films and had success as a singer.
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Sean Maguire is known in the United States for his roles as Donovan Brink on the UPN sitcom Eve, and as Kyle Lendo in the CBS sitcom The Class.
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At the age of seven, Sean Maguire played one of the many children in the "Every Sperm is Sacred" musical number in the 1983 film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
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In 1993, Sean Maguire joined the cast of the British soap opera EastEnders playing Aidan Brosnan, a young Irish footballer playing for fictional side Walford FC In 1994, he left the show to take a starring role in the BBC drama series Dangerfield, playing Marty Dangerfield.
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Sean 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.
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Sean Maguire's biggest hit was Good Day, which reached number 12 in May 1996.
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Sean Maguire announced his retirement from the music industry during his final performance at Maesteg Town Hall, part of his Chick N Bay 9T5 4EVA tour.
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Emotional scenes were witnessed in the audience as Sean Maguire launched into his final song, "Gone and Long Forgotten".
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Sean Maguire has branched out into films: in the early 1990s, he appeared in Waterland opposite Ethan Hawke and Jeremy Irons.
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Sean Maguire appeared as Euan in the defunct WB Network sitcom Off Centre with Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason George.
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Sean Maguire played one of the main characters, Donovan Brink, on the television series Eve.
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Sean Maguire starred in the CBS sitcom The Class, playing gay character Kyle Lendo, but the show was cancelled in May 2007.
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Sean Maguire's film Meet the Spartans went to No 1 in the US box office chart in 2008, and he starred in Mr Eleven on ITV1 in autumn 2008.
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Sean Maguire signed on to a guest spot in Cupid for ABC portraying an Irish musician.
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Sean Maguire played the lead role in Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, a comedy fantasy series in which he plays a "sensitive, but clueless freedom fighter".
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Sean Maguire is one of six siblings from the famous Irish dance family.
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Sean Maguire married police detective Tanya Flynn on 19 October 2012.