Biography - Laurence Kinlan was born in Dublin. His first role was playing the lead in Alan Bleasdale's drama, Soft Sand Blue Sea for Channel 4. Film features include Angela's Ashes, Saltwater, Everlasting Piece, Last Days in Dublin, On The Nose directed by David Caffrey and Country directed by Kevin Liddy. He appeared in the series The Bill directed by Pip Broughton and as one of the main characters in RTE�s new series On Home Ground. Theatre appearances include the role of Leonard in On Such As We, directed by Wilson Milam at the Abbey Theatre and more recently A Month in the Country, directed by Jason Byrne, at the Abbey Theatre. Laurence appeared in Ned Kelly as Dan Kelly alongside Heath Ledger , Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Naomi Watts in a Universal Pictures/Working Title production directed by Gregor Jordan. Laurence also appeared in Veronica Guerin directed by Joel Schumacher, The Halo Effect directed by Lance Daly, Intermission directed by John Crowley, < b>Boy Eats Girl directed by Stephen Bradley and 'Irwin' in Breakfast on Pluto directed by Neil Jordan, In Like FlynnÍ directed by Niall Heery for Subotica Films and most recently in ïJohnny WasÍ directed by Mark Hammond with Vinnie Jones and Samantha Mumba.