John D Ruddy

John Ruddy
Born
Letterkenny, Ireland
OccupationActor

John D Ruddy is an Irish actor and artist.

Personal life

Ruddy was born in Letterkenny, County Donegal.[1]

Career

Acting

Ruddy has been involved in many theatre productions in his native Ireland. His first notable role was in the multi-award winning production of The 39 Steps directed by Pluincead Ó Fearraigh which toured across Ireland in September 2012.[2]

He went on to play Billy McKeague in The Rising by Joe O'Byrne, a two-man play of a Protestant and a Catholic telling the story of the 1916 Easter Rising. The play premiered in the Powerscourt Theatre, Dublin in June 2012 and toured Ireland in 2013 and 2014.[3]

Ruddy's performance was widely praised with The Irish Times stating "Ruddy's characterisations – particularly his inner-city Concepta and, at times, his Pádraig Pearse – are so funny that they divert us guiltily from the weight of the lesson."[4] Irish culture magazine Vulgo described Ruddy and his co-star Nick O'Connell as "exciting new talent" and "say that you saw the electric O'Connell and Ruddy here first" in their review of the show.[5]

YouTube

Ruddy created the webcomic Manny Man 2010.[6] The weekly strip poked fun at pop culture including Star Wars, Pokémon, Doctor Who and Game of Thrones.

He made his first historical animation, Irish History in 6 Minutes, in 2013 which went viral in his homeland.[7][8][9] His subsequent videos tackling World War I, World War II have each amassed over a million views on YouTube.[10][11]

Ruddy's animations have since been inducted into the Donegal County Museum.[12]

Artwork

In addition to his animations, Ruddy is also an illustrator, and provided illustrations for Kieran Kelly's book, Letterkenny: Where the Winding Swilly Flows.[13]

Books

Ruddy has published two books: Manny Man Does: Revolutionary Ireland and Manny Man Does: History of Ireland.[14][15]

References
  1. "John D Ruddy". Irish Actors Guide. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. "Award-winning '39 Steps' for All Irelands". Donegal News. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. "The story of the 1916 Rising told by both sides (with a little Irish dancing)". Irish Journal. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. "This loud and proud telling of the 1916 Rising leaves no soldier behind". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. "Exciting new talent in Joe O'Byrne's "The Rising", choreographed by Breandan De Gallai at Powerscourt Theatre". Vulgo. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. "Manny Man". Smack Jeeves. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. "Donegal teacher becomes YouTube star with entertaining history lessons". Irish Post. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "Animated short tells history of Ireland in six minutes". Joe.ie. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  9. "John Ruddy's new Manny Man video gets over 50,000 hits". Donegal News. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. Drohan, Freya (26 August 2015). "Donegal teacher uploads interactive lessons to YouTube - and gets 3 million views". Independent.ie. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  11. "Donegal School Teacher goes Viral with Youtube lessons". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. "Donegal County Museum – Films by John D. Ruddy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  13. "Kieran Kelly – Letterkenny: Where the Winding Swilly Flows". Angrianan. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  14. "Russian Revolution in 10 minutes". Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  15. "Amazon.com: John D. Ruddy".
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