John Ruddy
Born
Letterkenny, Ireland
Occupation(s)School teacher, actor, YouTuber

John D Ruddy is an Irish actor, artist, teacher and YouTuber.

Personal life

Ruddy was born in Letterkenny, County Donegal.[1]

Career

Acting

Ruddy has been involved in a number of theatre productions in Ireland. His first notable role was in the multi-award-winning production of The 39 Steps directed by Pluincead Ó Fearraigh which toured across Ireland in September 2012.[2]

He went on to play Billy McKeague in The Rising by Joe O'Byrne, a two-man play of a Protestant and a Catholic telling the story of the 1916 Easter Rising. The play premiered in the Powerscourt Theatre, Dublin in June 2012 and toured Ireland in 2013 and 2014.[3]

Ruddy's performance was reviewed in The Irish Times where the reviewer stated that "Ruddy's characterisations – particularly his inner-city Concepta and, at times, his Pádraig Pearse – are so funny that they divert us guiltily from the weight of the lesson."[4] Irish culture magazine Vulgo described Ruddy and his co-star Nick O'Connell as "exciting new talent" and "say that you saw the electric O'Connell and Ruddy here first" in their review of the show.[5]

YouTube

Ruddy created the webcomic Manny Man 2010.[6] The weekly strip poked fun at pop culture including Star Wars, Pokémon, Doctor Who and Game of Thrones.

He made his first historical animation, Irish History in 6 Minutes, in 2013 which went viral in Ireland.[7][8][9] His subsequent videos covering World War I, World War II each amassed over a million views on YouTube.[10][11]

Ruddy's animations have since been inducted into the Donegal County Museum.[12]

Books

In addition to his animations, Ruddy is also an illustrator, and provided illustrations for Kieran Kelly's book, Letterkenny: Where the Winding Swilly Flows.[13]

Ruddy also published two books of his own: Manny Man Does: Revolutionary Ireland and Manny Man Does: History of Ireland.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "John D Ruddy". Irish Actors Guide. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Award-winning '39 Steps' for All Irelands". Donegal News. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "The story of the 1916 Rising told by both sides (with a little Irish dancing)". Irish Journal. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "This loud and proud telling of the 1916 Rising leaves no soldier behind". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Exciting new talent in Joe O'Byrne's "The Rising", choreographed by Breandan De Gallai at Powerscourt Theatre". Vulgo. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Manny Man". Smack Jeeves. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Donegal teacher becomes YouTube star with entertaining history lessons". Irish Post. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Animated short tells history of Ireland in six minutes". Joe.ie. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "John Ruddy's new Manny Man video gets over 50,000 hits". Donegal News. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Drohan, Freya (26 August 2015). "Donegal teacher uploads interactive lessons to YouTube - and gets 3 million views". Independent.ie. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Donegal School Teacher goes Viral with Youtube lessons". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Donegal County Museum – Films by John D. Ruddy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Kieran Kelly – Letterkenny: Where the Winding Swilly Flows". Angrianan. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Russian Revolution in 10 minutes". Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Amazon.com: John D. Ruddy".
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