Billy Roche

Billy Roche ( born January 11, 1949 in Wexford ) is an Irish actor, playwright and prose writer.

Life and work

Roche was born in Wexford and still lives there. First, he was lead singer of the band The Roach; as an actor he appears since 1988.

In the 1980s, Roche began to write. His best-known plays are The Wexford Trilogy ( A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast in the Rain, Belfry ) Cavalcaders, Amphibians and search As We. In addition, he has also published a novel, Tumbling Down. A collection of short stories, Tales from Rainwater Pond, appeared in 2006.