Arts imitates life for New York-based Cork actor Michael Mellamphy

The star of stage and screen is preparing to tread the boards at Cork Arts Theatre in a one-man play focusing on immigration

Michael Mellamphy gets into character for 'The Smuggler' which will run at Cork Arts Theatre from July 16-19.

He went from working as a barman to playing one in the hit series Law and Order. 

But it wasn’t until the programme aired months later that Cork man Michael Mellamphy realised it was his character who cracked the case.