Devon Murray

Devon Murray
Murray at London Film and Comic Con 2011.
Born	Devon Michael Murray 28 October 1988 (1988-10-28) (age 23) Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Devon Michael Murray (born 28 October 1988) is an Irish actor known for playing Seamus Finnigan in the Harry Potter films. Before Harry Potter, Murray had played Christy in This is My Father, Malachy in Angela's Ashes, and Geoffrey in Yesterday's Children.

Murray was born in County Kildare, Ireland, the only child of Michael and Fidelma Murray. After singing his way to success in talent competitions nationwide, Devon joined the Billie Barry stage school. Later he transferred to The National Performing Arts stage school and went from strength to strength as his abilities developed and matured. Murray's acting career began in the film This Is My Father which opened the door to opportunities on the big screen. Angela’s Ashes closely followed by Yesterday’s Children increased Murray’s worldwide recognition, paving the way to his role of Seamus Finnigan in the Harry Potter film series. He recently appeared in the video for the popular Irish song Everybody's Drinkin' by "Damo and Ivor."

Murray is an accomplished horseback-rider and has competed in a number of tournaments throughout Ireland. For this he has won several medals. Murray relaxes doing horseback-riding, skateboarding, quad biking and spending time out with friends. He also enjoys dance, rap and Irish music such as Christy Moore.^{[citation needed]} Murray is Roman Catholic.^[1]

It was revealed by Daniel Radcliffe on a special feature of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD that Murray had the record for breaking the most number of prop wands during the course of any single film—ten in total.

He reprised his role as Seamus Finnigan for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	This Is My Father	Christy
1999	Angela's Ashes	Middle Malachy
2000	Yesterday's Children	Young Geoffrey Sutton	TV Movie
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Seamus Finnigan	Released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US and India
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Seamus Finnigan
2002	Kelly	Himself	TV Series
2003	Interviews with Students	Himself	(video documentary short)
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Seamus Finnigan
2004	Head to Shrunken Head	Himself	(video documentary short)
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Seamus Finnigan
2006	Reflections on the Fourth Film	Himself	(video documentary short)
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Seamus Finnigan
2008	Gone Fishing	Young Bill
2008	The Podge and Rodge Show	Himself	TV Series episode #4.8
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Seamus Finnigan	Draught of living death potion explodes in his face
2008	The 9th Meteor Ireland Music Awards	Himself	Presenter
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1	Seamus Finnigan
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2	Seamus Finnigan	Blows up bridge

References

1. ^ Devon Murray Official Website
2. ^ Devon Murray to reprise role in hp7

External links

• Devon Murray at the Internet Movie Database
• DevonMurray.net

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Name	Murray, Devon
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Date of birth	28 October 1988
Place of birth	Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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