Background
McMenamin was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where he attended Street Michael"s College.
McMenamin was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where he attended Street Michael"s College.
He attended drama classes at Ardhowen Youth Theatre before moving on to work with the Ulster Youth Theatre.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1998. McMenamin has appeared on various British Broadcasting Corporation and Independent Television programmes, including 4:50 From Paddington, an episode of Agatha Christie"s Marple (starring Geraldine McEwan), in which he played Cedric Crackenthorpe, and in the Channel 4 comedy series The Young Person"s Guide To Becoming A Rock Star. In 1999 he was cast in the title role of the BBC1 television movie David Copperfield.
He co-starred in The Golden Hour ( Independent Television, 2005), playing a doctor.
In January 2009, he appeared in a one-off special episode ("The Grinning Manitoba") of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Jonathan Creek, playing a grounds keeper. He co-starred in the 2001 movie To End All Wars.
In 2008, he played the lead role in the The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. In 2012 he played leading fireman Frederick Barrett in the docudrama Saving The Titanic.