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Gary Lewis (Bem, Bim and Bom) has worked extensively in film, television and theatre. His film credits include: Scorsese's Gangs of New York; Stephen Daldry's Billy Elliot and One Life Stand (Best Film, New York Silicon Alley Festival); Peter Mullan's Orphans (for which he won the Gijon Film Festival '98 Best Actor award); Ken Loach's My Name is Joe and Carla's Song; and Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave. He also played the lead in Damien O'Donnell's BAFTA-nominated short film Danger Doyle's Doo. His theatre credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ecstasy, and Love Lies Bleeding, among many others.

Sean McGinley (Bam) has an impressive list of credits in film, theatre and television. His theatre performances in both Ireland and the UK include the Abbey's productions of Famine, A Long Day's Journey into Night and Whistle in the Dark, which went on to play at the Royal Court, and The Shaughraun, which earned him a Time Out Best Actor award. At the Gate he has performed in The Three Sisters and Aristocrats. His film credits include John Boorman's The General, Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy and Michael Collins, Mel Gibson's Braveheart and Jim Sheridan's The Field. He played the lead in RTÉ's series Making the Cut and DDU and in the highly acclaimed four-part series Family, directed by Michael Winterbottom.