Ciarán Sheehan (born ) is an Irish-born singer and actor who has appeared in several

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and

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productions. Born in Dublin, he made his Broadway debut in ''

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'', playing Babet and understudying

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. In 1993, he joined the cast of ''

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'', where he played Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny. While he left the Broadway cast in 1995, he played the title character in a Canadian production of the musical between 1995 and 1996. He has worked with the

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as an actor appearing in Frank McCourt's '' The Irish… and How They Got That Way'', '' The Hostage'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. His work as Billy in a Boston-based production of ''

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'' gained him several best actor nominations, and his work as Wolfe Tone in Peter Danish's ''The Final Days of Wolfe Tone'' in Nashville, Tennessee also received a number of nominations. In film, he won a best actor award from the Cutting Room International Short Film Festival for his role in the 2018 short film '' The Waiting Room''.

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