Michael Begley is a British television and theatre actor and writer. Begley has written two stage plays: ''Martha Loves Michael'', which was co-written with Sally Abbott, and ''The Guys''. He wrote the television series ''Cowboys and Indians'' with Abbott and

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, and has written several episodes of ''

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''. He won Best Newcomer at the

Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards The Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards (MENTA) were a theatre awards ceremony that recognised live theatre within Greater Manchester. They were administered by the ''Manchester Evening News'', and presented at an annual ceremony in Manchester ...

in 1996 for his roles in '' The Tempest'', '' Wildest Dreams'' and ''

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'', and was nominated in the

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for Best Supporting Actor in 2002. His television and film acting roles include ''

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'', '' Bob & Rose'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Being Human'', and most recently, an episode of ''EastEnders'', which he also wrote.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Begley, Michael Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British male television actors British male stage actors British television writers British male television writers