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Brian Matthew McGuire is a man of many talents. Actor. Writer. DJ. and a Musician. He is on a fast track as a comer in the industry, his latest film won the “Best of the Fest” at the prestigious Edinburgh International Film Festival and “Best Picture” at the Florida Film Festival and will première in London June 1st. Brain has been invited to the all star premiere and will attend along with the two other stars and the director Alex Holdrige. The U.S. will open in the theatres August, distributed world wide by IFC.
Currently Brian is in pre-production on “WORKING THE COMB OVER”, a joint collaboration with writing partner Dan Finkle and CAA.
McGuire’s acting credits include “APPETITE FOR CONSTRUCTION” for which he won the Cinema Texas Best Actor Award; “THE CASSIDIY KIDS”(IFC) starring Anne Ramsay (“Six Feet Under”), Kadeem Hardison and Judah Freidlander (“30 Rock”); “DEAR PILLOW”, winner of the Atlanta Film Festival Grand Jury Award and the Boston Underground Film Festival Bunny Award; ”SEXLESS” also written and directed by Alex Holdridge won the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award at SXSW; “WRONG NUMBERS” winner of the Austin Film Festival Audience Award; Adam Rifkin’s DETROIT ROCK CITY; a co-starring role in “TWO MOTHERS FOR ZACHARYT,” a GLAAD Media Award winning made for TV movie starring Vanessa Redgrave; and a leading role in JESUS OF JUDSON written by award winning Jacob Vaughn.
McGuire is also a successful musician fronting his band “GENE WILDER” as well as DJing at nightclubs around the world. Some of McGuire’s music is featured on the soundtrack for “In Search of a Midnight Kiss” and can be found on his label, LEFTHOUSE RECORDINGS.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the second of seven Irish kids and lives true to the quote, “Only real Irishmen are from Chicago.” |