Robert Sheehan is an Irish actor best known for television roles such as Nathan Young in Misfits, Darren Treacy in Love/Hate, and Klaus Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy.

Sheehan is also known for the film roles such as Tom Natsworthy in Mortal Engines and Simon Lewis in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.

Sheehan has received multiple Irish Film and Television Award nominations and a British Academy Television Award nomination and in 2020, he was listed as number 41 on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s greatest film actors.

Sheehan was born in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland to parents Maria and Joe Sheehan.

Sheehan’s dad was a garda (policeman).

Garda, also referred to as the Gardaí or “the Guards”, is the national police service of the Republic of Ireland.

The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government and it is headquartered in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

Sheehan is the youngest of the three children born to his parents.