 in 2015. The challenging part marks the 26-year-old's debut main role on screen, and if the reviews are anything to go by, it could be the first of many. Éanna's performance in The Sixth Commandment has already received strong praise, with one critic hailing it as "grimly authentic" and a "masterclass in creepy understatement." This positive feedback has been echoed over on Twitter, where one viewer called the Irishman's portrayal of Field "exceptional" and another saying it was "sensationally chilling." Éanna is no stranger to showbiz, having entered the entertainment industry at the tender age of 12. After taking up drama in primary school, he landed his first screen role as Thomas Farr in the 2009 Irish supernatural film, The Eclipse. He would go on to take an extended break from professional acting to focus on his schoolwork, before enrolling in an acting degree at prestigious The Lir Academy in Dublin. After graduating, he appeared in the 2019 international sci-fi film, Vivarium, alongside US actor Jesse Eisenberg and British actress Imogen Poots. Éanna bagged his first major role as an adult in 2020, after being cast in Normal People as Connell's best friend, Rob Hegarty. Speaking about his participation in the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel, the talented actor said, "I felt a great responsibility doing it." Rob, who was introduced to viewers as a joker student with misogynistic beliefs at the beginning of the s){kind=link}
Ãanna Hardwicke, who plays convicted killer Ben Field in The Sixth Commandment, had an impressive background in acting ahead of his role in the new BBC One true crime series
Ever since landing a lead role in the The Sixth Commandment, Ãanna Hardwicke has quickly gained a reputation a rising star in the world of TV.
The Irish actor plays convicted killer Ben Field in the new BBC One four-part series, which explores the terrifying true story of a young student who was jailed for murdering retired lecturer Paul Farquhar (Timothy Spall) in 2015. The challenging part marks the 26-year-old’s debut main role on screen, and if the reviews are anything to go by, it could be the first of many.
Ãanna’s performance in The Sixth Commandment has already received strong praise, with one critic hailing it as “grimly authentic” and a “masterclass in creepy understatement.” This positive feedback has been echoed over on Twitter, where one viewer called the Irishman’s portrayal of Field “exceptional” and another saying it was “sensationally chilling.”
Ãanna is no stranger to showbiz, having entered the entertainment industry at the tender age of 12.