Dónal Finn
Birthday: Born in 1995-08-31 in Dromina, County Cork, Ireland
Deathday: Alive
Dónal Finn is an Irish actor known for playing Mat Cauthon in the Prime Video fantasy series The Wheel of Time (2023). A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he has also appeared in SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022), Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), originated the role of Orpheus in the West End production of Hadestown (2024), and co-starred as James Moriarty in the Guy Ritchie Amazon series Young Sherlock (2026).
TV Credits
The Wheel of Time
Character: Mat Cauthon
The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy with the power to tip the balance between Light and Dark forever. They must choose whether to trust this stranger – and each other – with the fate of the world before the Dark One breaks out of His prison, and the Last Battle begins....
The Witcher
Character: Nettly
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts....
SAS Rogue Heroes
Character: Eoin McGonigal
The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two....
Young Sherlock
Character: James Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes is a disgraced young man, raw and unfiltered, when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder case that threatens his liberty. His first ever case unravels a globe-trotting conspiracy that changes his life forever....
The Other Bennet Sister
Character: Mr. Hayward
Mary isn't your typical period drama heroine. She is awkward, anxious, preachy, full of facts, a terrible singer… overlooked by her mother and seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life… until Mary takes matters into her own hands....
Movie Credits
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Character: Albert (Baker)
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers....
Four Letters of Love
Character: Sean Gore
Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull them together, so too does life threaten to tear them apart....
How to Build a Girl
Character: Karl Boden
The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on Caitlin Moran's bestselling semi-autobiographical novel....
Albion
Character: Gabriel
Mike Bartlett's play Albion, directed for the stage by Rupert Goold, is a tragicomic drama about national identity, family, passion and the disappointment of personal dreams. Filmed at London’s Almeida Theatre, the play is set in the garden of an English country house. The house has been bought by successful businesswoman Audrey Walters, who intends to restore the ruined garden to its former glory and create a memorial to the son she recently lost in a foreign war....
Angel
Character: Killian
Four kids struggle to make sense of the world while fighting to protect their land....