Michael Karim Malarkey (born 21 June 1983) is a British-American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of

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in the series ''

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''.

Early life

Malarkey was born in

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, to an

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father and a British mother of

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and

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origins. He is the oldest of three brothers and was raised in

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. In 2006, Malarkey travelled to England to study at the

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Personal life

Malarkey is married to

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since 2009, an English actress, with whom he has two sons, Marlon (2014) and Hugo (2019). They played together in one episode of ''Project Blue Book''.

Career

Malarkey had his beginnings on the London stage appearing in various theatre productions including lead roles in ''

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'' by

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and '' Beyond the Horizon'' by

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, an adaptation of ''

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'' in the role of

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and in the Original London Company of ''

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'' in the role of singer

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. Malarkey also appeared in several film and television projects including recurring roles in series' ''Raw'' for Rte and

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with

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before landing the role of Lorenzo "Enzo" St. John in season 5 of the television series ''

'' as a recurring character. After gaining popularity with the viewing public, Malarkey's role was upgraded to a series regular starting in Season 6 and through the end of Season 8. In 2017 he appeared as "Dizel" in ''

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'' for Amazon Video, as "Sam Foster" in ''

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'' for Crackle and as "Cinch Barton" in film ''

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''. Malarkey played the role of Captain Michael Quinn in ''

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'' for

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. As a musician, after two EPs in 2014 and 2015, he released his debut full-length record, ''Mongrels'' on 8 September 2017 accompanied by music videos for singles ''Uncomfortably Numb'' and ''Mongrels''. In January 2020, Malarkey released his second album, ''Graveracer.''

Filmography

Video games

Theatre

*2009: ''Inches Apart'' as Lee (Theatre 503, London – Winner of Theatre 503/Old Vic New Voices Award) *2010: ''Spring Storm'' as Arthur (The National Theatre, London) *2010: ''Beyond the Horizon'' as Robert (The National Theatre, London) *2011: ''

'' (musical) as

(Original London Company – Noël Coward Theatre, West End) *2012: ''The Intervention'' as Jed (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh) *2012: ''

'' as

(Wilton's Music Hall, London)

Discography

;EP’s *''Feed the Flames'' (2014) *''Knots'' (2015) * ''Captain Solitaire'' (2018) * ''Strays'' (2022) ;Singles * ''Feed the Flames'' (2014) * ''Dancing in the Grey'' (2015) * ''Scars'' (2017) * ''Mongrels'' (2017) * ''Dog Dream'' (2017) * ''I Just Want You'' (2017) * ''Captain Solitaire'' (2018) * ''To Be a Man (Mahogany Sessions)'' (2018) * ''Graveracer'' (2019) ;Studio albums * ''Mongrels'' (2017) * ''Graveracer'' (2020)

References

External links

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