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My Take
Robert Sheehan is one of those actors whose charisma seems almost impossible to contain in a frame. I first noticed him as Nathan in Misfits, where his motormouth chaos basically carried the show, and he brought that same live-wire energy to Klaus in The Umbrella Academy. He is Irish, from Portlaoise, and there is a loose, theatrical quality to him that makes even messy projects watchable. I think he is at his best playing damaged, funny outsiders rather than conventional leads. Mortal Engines and The Mortal Instruments did not fully use him, but in the right unhinged role he is genuinely magnetic.
Overview
Robert Sheehan (born 7 January 1988) is an Irish actor. He is best known for television roles such as Nathan Young in Misfits, Darren Treacy in Love/Hate, and Klaus Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy, as well as film roles such as Tom Natsworthy in Mortal Engines and Simon Lewis in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Robert Sheehan
- Name (Japanese)
- ロバート・シーハン
- Reading
- ろばーと・しーはん
- Born
- January 7, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Dragon
- Origin
- Port Laoise, County Laois, Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- James Joyce Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.