Francis Magee

Francis Magee is an Irish actor who turned to acting after eight years as a fisherman and later trained at the Poor School in London. Born in Dublin and raised on the Isle of Man, he first became known on television as villain Liam Tyler in EastEnders, a role he held from 1993 to 1995. He appeared in films such as The Calling (2000), Layer Cake (2004), and Sahara (2005). On the small screen, he played Victor Rodenmaar in House of Anubis, the short tempered nurse Leslie McManus on No Angels from 2004 to 2006, Saunders Welch in City of Vice, and Yoren in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. His later credits include the Black Mirror episode Men Against Fire, Into the Badlands, Absentia, White Lines, and the Irish crime series Kin, where he played Bren Kinsella. During the 1980s he fronted bands Joe Public and Jo Jo Namoza.