Irish Actor Robbie Sheehan Selected for the Prestigious ‘Shooting Star’ Award at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010

Irish actor Robert Sheehan (Cherrybomb, Summer of the Flying Saucer) has been selected for the prestigious SHOOTING STAR initiative and will be honoured with an award along with nine other Shooting Stars at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010.

Robert beat off stiff competition against nominees from 20 other countries in the European Film Promotion's (EFP) member organisation to be selected as one of Europe's ten best up-and-coming actors. The Shooting Stars will be presented to leading filmmakers and members of the industry and will attend high profile events during the festival next year.

Commenting on the selection Robbie Sheehan said "I'm delighted and honored to have been chosen to represent Ireland and to be part of the exclusive club that is 'Shooting Stars'. I'm also very grateful because the award has shown itself to be a positive omen to the careers of those who have been involved in the past.

Robert has been acting since childhood making one of his debut appearances in Aisling Walsh's acclaimed feature film Song for a Raggy Boy. Since then, he has appeared in a numerous Irish and UK television programmes such as Foreign Exchange, Young Blades, The Clinic, The Tudors and Rock Rivals. He recently starred alongside Sean Bean and Paddy Considine in the Red Riding trilogy of films based on the novels by David Peace which aired on Channel 4 earlier this year to much critical acclaim.

Robert was cast opposite Rupert Grint, Kimberly Nixon and James Nesbitt in the feature film Cherrybomb which premiered at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival and is due to hit cinemas in 2010. Another feature film due to go on release in 2010 is The Season of the Witch in which Robert stars alongside Oscar winner Nicolas Cage and Golden Globe winner Ron Pearlman.

Robert can currently be seen in Misfits, a new UK comedy drama on E4 and will star in Love and Hate, a new Irish TV drama mini-series featuring Aidan Gillen which is due for transmission on RTÉ next year.