Name Michael Enright | Role Actor | |
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Movies Pirates of the Caribbea, Old Dogs, National Lampoon's Dorm Da Similar People Gore Verbinski, Scott Hillenbrand, Walt Becker, Peter Rafelson | ||
Michael Enright: Hollywood actor who went to fight IS
Michael Enright (born c. 1964) is a British actor. Enright played supporting characters in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (as deckhand) and Old Dogs, as well as in several TV series (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Julien Beckers, Law & Order: LA as Nick, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sammy Cutler, Cold Case as Ric Yanko and Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior as Thomas Luca, "Castle" as Noel Du Preez. In 2015, Enright volunteered for the Kurdish People's Protection Units to fight ISIL.
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- Michael Enright Hollywood actor who went to fight IS
- British actor fights isis michael enright fighting isis is a liability in syria tomonews
- Early life
- Kurdish YPG
- References
British actor fights isis michael enright fighting isis is a liability in syria tomonews
Early life
Born in Manchester, United Kingdom, Enright became a journeyman actor at the age of 16. He grew up in the Moss Side area of Manchester. At the age of 19 Enright moved to Hollywood. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, Enright had planned to enlist in the US Army and join the War on Terror, but was dissuaded from it by friends.
Kurdish YPG
Enright has joined the Kurdish YPG to fight against ISIL in January 2015, after watching the execution of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh. Enright contacted the Kurdish People's Protection Units through his British SAS friend and was told to fly to the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah via Istanbul. According to Enright, he passed physical training in the People's Protection Units and learned to assemble and dismantle a Kalashnikov rifle blindfolded in order to be able to perform it at night on the front line. Enright was given an AK-47, and says he performs sentry duty on the front line.
Former U.S. soldier Jordan Matson, who is fighting with the YPG, has called Enright "mentally unstable" and accused him of trying to sell his story to the media.