Eoin Macken

Eoin Macken
Macken at the Man of Steel movie premiere in Sydney in June 2013
Born	Eoin Christopher Macken (1983-02-21) February 21, 1983 (age 34) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Actor, model, author
Years active	2003–present

Eoin Christopher Macken (born 21 February 1983) is an Irish actor, film maker, author, and model.

Macken has modelled for Abercrombie and Fitch, Ralph Lauren, and GQ, and has appeared in films such as The Callback Queen, and Centurion. He has appeared on television in series such as RTÉ's Fair City as Gavin Cluxton and in BBC series Merlin as Sir Gwaine. In addition, Macken has directed several feature films: Christian Blake in 2008, Dreaming For You, The Inside and Cold. Macken also directed the documentary The Fashion of Modelling. He currently stars in the NBC series The Night Shift as T.C. Callahan.

Macken was born in Dublin, he began his modelling and acting career at University College Dublin's Fashion Show in 2002 and 2003, after which he joined the model agency Morgan the Agency and was selected as the face of the Abercrombie and Fitch 2003 campaign. He has also modelled for Ralph Lauren and GQ, and was the face of the 2008 Braun campaign. He has a younger sister : Freya; two half-brothers : Joshua (born 1996) and Rhys (born 1999) and a half-sister : Jane (born 2002).

His first major film role was in Studs in 2005, which starred Brendan Gleeson and Emmett J. Scanlan. He went on to play leading roles in indie films Triple Bill and Rise of the Bricks. After the death of his father in 2007, Macken took a break from acting. He returned to performing the following year in the role of drug dealer Gavin Cluxton in Fair City. He played the part for more than four months and also appeared live on the show Fair City Sings, where he performed the song "Hallelujah".