Mike Finn

Mike Finn is an Irish playwright and filmmaker based in Limerick, Ireland. He graduated from the National Film School (IADT) with a Masters in scriptwriting and was also made an honorary fellow of the University of Iowa. In 2016, he became the first theatre artist to be in residence in The Belltable. Several of his plays cover local Limerick history.

Career Finn began his professional playwriting career in the early 1990s as a founding member of the Island Theatre Company, where he wrote several plays. His breakthrough came with The Crunch in 1992 (co-written) and his first major solo play, Pigtown, which premiered at Belltable in 1999. Additionally, this play won him the Stewart Parker Award Other works by Finn include The Quiet Moment, The Crunch and Shock & Awe, Stories, Langered and One, The Big Question, The Affair on the Square, We Are What We Witness, The Revenger's Tragedy, Porkville, Wreckquiem and Life in 2 Syllables.

In 2017, he wrote a historical play about the Irish Soviets, released in Belltable and Bread not Profit in 2019, performed in Cleeves factory. In 2025, Finn's play The Rising of the Women was released in collaboration with the GAFF. Finn has also written wrote scripts for pantomimes, including Aladdin and his Magic Lamp.

He started writing for television in 2006, working alongside Pat Shortt to co-write the television series Killinaskully.

Awards

Stewart Parker Trust Awards (2000): Won for his historical play Pigtown, which later played Off-Broadway and in San Jose. The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards (2000): Received four nominations for Pigtown.

Playwright

The Crunch (1992) Charlie Chaplin's Mother Was An Irish Man (1995) Pigtown (1999) The Quiet Moment (2002) Shock & Awe (2003) Ellis Island (2003) One (2006) The Revenger's Tragedy (2009) The Unlucky Cabin Boy (2015) Bread Not Profits (2019) Waiting for Poirot (2021) Blue Train (2024) Wreckquiem (2025)

Short plays

Porkville (2010) Life in 2 Syllables (2012) The Big Question (2014) The Affair on the Square (2016) Stories (2017) We Are What We Witness (2018) Langered (2019)

Filmography

Screenwriter

I'm From Limerick (2002) Killinascully (2005–2008) Inside the Crystal Ball (2009) Mattie (2009–2011)

Actor

Star Portal as Otto (1997) My Brother's War as Special Security Man (1997) The Haunting of Hell House as Lt Ryan (1999) Cowboys & Angels as Raid Garda 2 (2003) Planetfall as Cast of Bastard and Commando (2005) Killinaskully as Sherlock Holmes, Raider 1, Mossie (2004–2008) Inside the Crystal Ball as Off Screen Reporter (2009) Mattie as Chicken 2 (2010) The Apparel as Suit Man (2016) Blue Lights as Charles (2021) Hidden Assets as Bar Owner (2021)

Additional filmography

1990: Faces of Death IV: Special Thanks 2026: Once Upon a Time in a Cinema: Adr Sound Recordist