Michael Anthony McNulty (born 14 December 1982), known professionally as Matthew McNulty, is a German-born British actor. His credits include Emmerdale (2001), See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006), Looking for Eric (2009), The Musketeers (2016), Cleaning Up (2019), and Domina (2021), and The Rising (2022).
McNulty was born on 14 December 1982 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany,[1] and lived in Berlin and Münster,[1] before moving to Atherton, Greater Manchester, England,[1] when he was 10 years old.[1] He attended Hesketh Fletcher high school, Atherton,[1] then furthered his education at Winstanley College in Wigan.[1] At 15 years of age, he was a lead in a school play, and enjoyed the role enough to make acting a career choice.[1]
McNulty was attending drama classes in Manchester when casting director Judi Hayfield approached him to audition for his first feature film. He juggled working in a builder's yard with performing.[2]
In 2001, he made his screen debut as Dominic Skelton in an episode of Emmerdale.[3] In 2006, he played his first lead role in See No Evil: The Moors Murders,[1] alongside Joanne Froggatt, Sean Harris, and Maxine Peake.[1]
In 2009, he starred as the young Eric Cantona in the Ken Loach film Looking for Eric.[3] The same year, he starred as Luis Buñuel in Little Ashes.[4][5]
In 2019, he appeared as Sam's estranged husband Dave in Cleaning Up, alongside Sheridan Smith.[3]
In 2021, he portrayed Gaius in the historical drama TV series Domina.[6]