Kildare actor lands role in major Christmas movie
A Former Fair City actor has landed a role in a major Christmas movie.
Leixlip native Derek O'Sullivan, who played the character Collie in the Carrigstown soap a decade ago, shares scenes with veteran Hollywood star Christopher Plummer in The Man Who Invented Christmas.
The movie, which also stars Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey fame, is coming to cinemas on November 22.
The film tells of the magical journey that led to the creation by Charles Dickens of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and other classic characters from "A Christmas Carol."
Oscar-winning Plummer (87) is famous for a long career in movies such as The Sound of Music, A Beautiful Mind and Beginners.
O'Sullivan told KildareNow: "It's fantastic to be working with actors of that calibre and it will be very positive for my career.
O'Sullivan is currently represented by agent Mary Murray who starred as 'Janet' in gripping RTE drama Love/Hate and also had a role in hit film Adam and Paul.
He said: "Acting is a very intense profession. It can consume your whole life with audition after audition.
"So I decided to take a step back for a while and do different things. Now I'm coming back very refreshed and motivated."
O'Sullivan previously worked in an Hollywood movie about notorious Irish-American mob boss Whitey Bulger - Whitey 19.
He also appeared in War of Independence film A Nightingale Falling which tells the story of two women who befriend a Black and Tan soldier.
He has also been cast in high-profile TV commercials.