David Rawle

David Rawle born 16 October 2000 is an Irish actor from Carrigallen County Leitrim He is best known for starring in the Irish sitcom Moone Boy cowritten by and costarring Chris ODowd His first audition for acting was for Santa Claus In 2012 he was nominated at the British Comedy Awards for Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist Between 2012 and 2015 David played Martin Moone in Moone Boy an Irish sitcom on Sky One In the series which is set in the early 1990s he had an imaginary friend called Seán he is the youngest child of a family living in rural Boyle County Roscommon Martin aided by his imaginary friend has a unique perspective on life His imagination comes into play both in his childish drawings which come alive through animation and in the ridiculous schemes he comes up with against Seáns better judgement With Seáns help Martin negotiates life as the youngest in a chaotic scatterbrained Irish family He also provides the voice of Ben in the 2014 film Song of the Sea Since September 2011 he has been a member of the Leitrim Youth Theatre in Carrigallen In January 2013 he along with Moone Boy costar Ian OReilly appeared in Bressies music video for his single Show Me Love