Born in Connemara in the West of Ireland on May 29th 1985, Ciaran Charles got his first taste of the film industry as a child in Roger Corman's Trained for Action. He graduated from St Mary's College and went on to attend university in Edinburgh. His background is in Radiology and in 2012/2013 he studied at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles. He is a nephew of the playwright John Lynch.