Michael Legge
About
Biography
Biography
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?."
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Music (Feature Film)
Life Events
1989
Began professional acting career
1999
Had leading role in the Swedish-made "Straydogs"
1999
Starred opposite Laura Fraser in "Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?", set in 1977 in Sheffield, England
1999
Played narrator Frank McCourt as an adolescent in "Angela's Ashes"
2000
Co-starred in the London stage production of "Cressida"
