Biography

Cliff Moylan was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts to an Irish father from County Clare and an Irish-American mother from County Detroit. He is best known for his portrayal of real life hero Sergeant John MacLellan in the Peter Berg directed film Patriots Day.

Cliff has worked with acclaimed directors Peter Berg, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, Jodie Foster and Steven Zaillian as well as Benny and Josh Safdie. He has also exchanged on-screen dialogue with John Turturro, Laura Linney, Jon Voight, Damian Lewis, Giancarlo Esposito, Liev Schreiber and JK Simmons.
- IMDb mini biography by: Cliff Moylan