Michael Enright (actor)

Michael Enright, 2015 in YPG uniform

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.[1] In 2015, Enright volunteered for the Kurdish People's Protection Units to fight ISIL.

Early life

Born in Manchester, United Kingdom, Enright became a journeyman actor at the age of 16.[2] He grew up in the Moss Side area of Manchester.[2] At the age of 19 Enright moved to Hollywood.[2] 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.[2]

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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] Enright was given an AK-47, and says he performs sentry duty on the front line.[2]

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.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Enright". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Hollywood's Jihadi Hunter". Daily Mail. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pirates of the Caribbean actor Michael Enright fighting with Kurdish YPG against Islamic State". ABC News. 17 Jun 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jordan Matson - ***Attention to whomever is in charge of...". Facebook. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  5. ↑ Percy, Jennifer, "Road Warriors," The New York Times Magazine (October 4, 2015)

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