Ely Solan is an Irish actor who has received widespread critical acclaim for his emotionally raw performance in the Oscar nominated short film
Detainment (2018). He has won awards for his performance at several international film festivals including a Young Artist Academy Award in Hollywood.
He plays "Rory" in season 2 of
Drop Dead Weird (2017) and he plays "Robert" in the upcoming feature film
Four Kids and It (2020). He previously played "Young Charles" in
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017), "Young Dave" in the BBC drama
Dave Allen at Peace (2018), "Bertie Makepeace" in
Inspektor Jury: Der Tod des Harlekins (2018), "Young Brandon" in
Christmas Perfection (2018), "Paul Blake" in
Der Irland-Krimi (2019) and he plays the voice of "Jimmy" in the animated children's series Peak Zoo.