Michael Legge
Lanky, dark-haired, freckle-faced Michael Legge came to moviegoers' attention as the older incarnation of narrator Frank McCourt in the "Angela's Ashes" (1999), the film adaptation of McCourt's Pulitzer-winning memoir. A native of Newry in Northern Ireland, Legge was already a veteran stage and TV performer when he won that role over some 15,000 aspirants. As a child, he came to the attention of drama teacher Sean Hollywood who encouraged the youngster. Work in local theater followed as did a featured role in the 1996 British television drama "The Precious Blood." 1999 proved to be a banner year for Legge as he landed pivotal roles in three features. In addition to his finely wrought portrayal of McCourt in "Angela's Ashes," he demonstrated his versatility as a teenager who discovers the hideaway of three feral youths during an unnamed conflict in the intense, Swedish-made "Straydogs" and displayed his comic gifts and natural charm as a disco-loving teen in 1977 Sheffield in "Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?."
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Michael Legge
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crawlers | Film Editing | - | 2018 |
79% |
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The Stag | Little Kevin (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway: The Movie | Luke (Voice) | - | 2013 |
47% |
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Tower Block | Jeff (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery: The Movie | Luke (Voice) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coffee Run |
Unknown (Character), Director |
- | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Working Stiffs |
Ed Drago (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Stand Off | Randy Weller (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Dirty Little Trick | Screenwriter | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Evan Straw |
Peter Yakov (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Democrazy |
President Douche (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 2005 |
57% |
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Cowboys & Angels | Shane Butler (Character) | $33.7K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barrio Wars | Screenwriter | - | 2002 |
40% |
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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Vince Smith (Character) | - | 1999 |
52% |
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Angela's Ashes | Older Francis "Frank" McCourt (Character) | $13.0M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Precious Blood | John Willis (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Loons |
Jasper/ Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1991 |