Michael Patrick Breen    
           ACTOR     Irish Dancer / Instructor / Choreographer          

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Rockfleet
(Carrigahowley)
Castle

One of the
Pirate Queen's
castles

Photograph taken by my
friend Cathy Hines
 July 2004
(My family owns the
large  field on the
hill to the left of
the castle)



ME at Grainne Uaile's
front door!
Taken July 1999





           
                        With Ricky Gervais - July 10th, 2008

       
        Mystery ER                  Criminal Minds           Grey's Anatomy

Upcoming & Recent Projects:

October - Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Studios 
10/12 - Irish Dance - Seaside Highland Games, Ventura
10/24 - "Gaelic Gathering" - Irish Dance Performance

10/13 (18 & 26) -
"MYSTERY ER" - Dr. Rakow
First Airing - on the Discovery Health Channel
Monday, October 13th - 
5:00pm & 8:00pm (all time Pacific)
Saturday, October 18th - 1:00pm

Sunday, October 26th - 7:00pm & 11:00pm
I play "Dr. Rakow" in the episode titled "String Theory". 
Two stories per show: 
1) "Nothing To Sneeze At" - 2) "String Theory"
 
Check your local listings.

***
My 'Secret' VH1 Project will air early November.
Details coming soon - Stay Tuned :-)

Recent Projects:
04/30 - "Grey's Anatomy" 
05/01 - "The Sarah Silverman Program" 
05/03 - "Happy Endings" - Short film for FX Pilot Competition
05/04 - "Dying Days" - Bartender - Indi feature film 
05/05 - "Rules of Engagement" 
05/12 - "Noah's Arc" - The Clerk - Indi short film 
05/25 - VH1 - Secret Project - to air early fall
06/01 - Irish Dance Performance
06/09 - "Private Practice" - Amy Brenneman's patient
06/12 - "Mystery ER" - Dr. Rakow - Discovery Health Channel
06/13 - "Private Practice" - recalled
06/17 - "Private Practice" - recalled
06/23 - "Ghost Whisperer"
06/25 - "Prison Break"
06/26 - "Entourage"
06/29 - "The Mother of Invention" - Indi feature film
07/01 - Documentary: My Irish Set Dancing Group filmed
07/07 - Ron Howard's "Angels and Demons" - Ukrainian General
07/14 - Ron Howard's "Angels and Demons" - Ukrainian General
07/21 - Independent Film Shoot - "THE HOLLYWOOD SET"
07/22 - Independent Film Shoot - "THE HOLLYWOOD SET"
07/23 - Ron Howard's "Angels and Demons" - Ukrainian General
07/26 - Irish Dance - Anniversary Party
07/28 - Ron Howard's "Angels and Demons" - Ukrainian General
08/19 - "Private Practice" - recalled
08/21 - "Grey's Anatomy"
08/23 - Video Shoot
08/29 - PSA
09/02 - "Private Practice"
09/03 - "Eli Stone"
09/05 - "Grey's Anatomy"
09/08 - "Medium"
09/19 - "Criminal Minds"
09/22 - "The Office"
09/24 - "How I Met Your Mother"
09/25 - "MONK"
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      COMING SOON!!!

                                      A New Short Film
               Written and Directed by Michael Patrick Breen


THE HOLLYWOOD SET

                                    Starring 

        Karen Kahler   &   Michael Patrick Breen

            with:   Dolly Martin, Aaron Matthew Loy, Tim Martin, 
                   Christopher P. Ellis, Patty Ellis, Marissa Garcia 
                          & The Los Angeles Irish Set Dancers

      
                    
Karen Kahler                         Michael Patrick Breen

             
MySpace.com/TheHollywoodSet
           bebo.com/The Hollywood Set
                                   Production Stills
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 NEWS ....... 2007/2008
  ...... New Look!!
  ...... James Joyce / Sean O'Casey 
  ...... Vodafone Ireland Commercial
  ...... Pan African Film Festival
  ...... Jeremy Irons Acting Masterclass
  ...... Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
  ...... A Short Film on YouTube
 
...... Film Festivals
  
......
MTV Movie Awards Finalist
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  ...... New Look!! 
  I cut my hair!!! Shaved off my Go-T!!!

  
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...... Theatre:
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce and SHADOW OF A GUNMAN by Sean O'Casey

 
  



  

   Michael Patrick Breen
   as Father Arnall 




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  ...... VODAFONE IRELAND Commercial
                                                                        

  "Rugby Fan" in the new
  VODAFONE Ireland 
  commercial, filmed at
  Paramount Studios,   
  January 2008

  Directed by
  award winning director
  Richie Smyth from Dublin 
  To air on Irish TV only
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  ...... PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL

 I appear in 
 SMOKELESS  
  
 Official Selection: 

 Pan African Film Festival 

  Los Angeles - Feb '08
  Altanta - August '08

 Directed by:
 Micheal David Ricks

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  ...... Acting Masterclass with
Jeremy Irons
  and casting director John Hubbard at the
  Galway Film Fleadh in Ireland, July 2007.

            
              Out of focus / Bad Hair Day Picture!!
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  ...... Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon
  I am in a scene with Kevin Bacon!! 
  Well, me and about 100 others! I did extra work on 
  Universal Studios' "Frost/Nixon", directed by Ron 
  Howard. I was in two scenes: also with 
  Frank Langella, Oliver Platt and Sam Rockwell 


          
           "70's Groovy" with actress Laura Bocalletti
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  ...... Short Film on YouTube

   

                   "Balls Of Gold" 
                       directed by Andrew Wright
            Click on pictures above to watch movie
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  ...... Film Festivals

  I appear in Teppei Nakamura's The Birthday
  which has been selected for four film festivals.
 
  Official Selection ........
     1)  
New York International Independent Film
            & Video Festival 
      
Screened Sept. 30th - Laemmle Sunset 5 - Hollywood
 
      Michael Patrick Breen, Steve Bakken, Teppei Nakamura, Ian Pfister

             2)   Calgary Fringe Film Festival
                          BEST DIRECTOR  nomination 
             3)  
Independents' Film Festival 
             4)   Fukui Film Festival, Japan 


           

     Teppei's film RATS (which I also appear in
                      has been selected for:  
               1)  The Rogue Independent Film Festival

               2)  The Tokyo Internet Movie Festival
               3)  The Gem City Film Festival
               4)  The SASDV Film Festival

      Click on poster above to see trailers for both movies
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    CONNECTICUT FILM FESTIVAL - May 2008
                  "ONE NIGHT STAND" 
             directed by Michaelangelo Covino
      WINNER - BEST FILM - Occidental Film Comps 2008
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           MTV's BEST FILMMAKER 2008
                     FINALIST - Top 25
                    "MYHEAVEN.COM"
                    directed by Alberto Belli
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         Submitted to Cannes Film Festival
                       "BAD DREAMS"
                 directed by Sterling Williams
  
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               *** FINALIST ***
             Spoof Movie Competition 2007


Written, Produced, Directed by / and starring Bill Caco

            I play the British Intelligence Agent -
        "The Man" at the beginning of the film

          Click on pictures below to WATCH MOVIE 
            This movie has been viewed over 50,000 times
                   
on the MTV and YouTube websites!!

    
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Past Projects:
      
           
"Berlitz" - Commercial
                    Voice Over and First Class Passenger
                    directed by Scott Stephens
"Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man" - Theatre
                    Father Arnall and Tommy Owens
                    directed by Brian o h-Eachtuigheirn
"VODAFONE Ireland" - Commercial - Rugby Fan
                     directed by Richie Smyth
"Halloween Horror Nights" - Freddy Krueger
                    Universal Studios, Hollywood
"Frost/Nixon" - Orthodontist (extra)
                    directed by Ron Howard
"Casino Royale with Cheese" - British Intelligence Agent
                    directed by Bill Caco
          FINALIST - MTV Movie Awards Spoof Movie Competition
"The Object" - Philip 
                    directed by B.J. Schwartz, USC
"Playing With Traffic" - Jesus Christ 
                    directed by James Thompson, NYFA
                    screened at Warner Bros. Studios
"The Office" [BBC] - David Brent (Ricky Gervais) - (LEAD) - Scene Study
                    directed by Alice Park, ACCD
"Artwankle Academy Of Mime" - Captain Horatio J.R. Burtlebum
                    directed by Joe Farrell, LMU
                    screened at LMU
 

                   


 

                                                
Performing the
Brush Dance
on stage in
"An Irish Christmas"
Dec 2006

Also performed the traditional Christmas "Wren Boys"

with my dance troupe
The Los Angeles
Irish Set Dancers


IRISH SET DANCING CLASSES
I teach Irish Set Dancing (Traditional Irish Country Dancing)
Every TUESDAY night - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Los Angeles (Los Feliz / Hollywood area)
Visit a class. Bring a friend.
Visit my Irish Dance website:
www.IrishDanceLosAngeles.com

SHAMROCK VIDEO
I also work as a videographer with Frank Rudiger
of Shamrock Video.
www.ShamrockVideo.com
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Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s
The Pirate Queen

The Spectacular New Musical
from the authors of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon

Recently staged on BROADWAY

From the producers of Riverdance
Moya Doherty and John McColgan

The Pirate Queen takes elements from the extraordinary life of
Grace O'Malley ( Grainne Uaile / Granuaile ), pirate, chieftain,
lover and mother in 16th Century Ireland. 

Grace O'Malley lived and died in County Mayo in the west of
Ireland. This is where my family is from, and lives, and where I
call "Home". When I am at "Home" in Derradda (Ireland),
I can look out of my bedroom window and see one of Grace's castles.

Rockfleet Castle (aka Carrigahowley Castle) is situated on an inlet of
Clew Bay in an area called Rosyvera, approximately 3 1/2 miles from
the town of Newport.

Visit the official website:
http://www.thepiratequeen.com

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                 Congratulations! 
                                    To
  "CELTIC SPRING"  

                FINALIST - 2006 
                        NBC's

           "America's Got Talent"

My friends, the very talented Wood Family from Ojai, California 
made it all the way through to the FINALS of the NBC talent show.
They are AMAZING Celtic musicians and Irish dancers.

Visit their website for more information
and upcoming performances:

http://celticspringband.com
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