Philip Carney

Philip was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1974. He graduated from Balliol College Oxford with a degree in modern history. He subsequently qualified as a lawyer and has over 20 years' experience as a maritime lawyer with leading commercial law firms in England, Spain and Greece. While in Greece, Philip started performing with the theatre group of the Athens French Institute before appearing in the film "Adults in the Room" by Academy Award winning director, Costa Gavras. He is the current president of the Greek-Irish Society, which promotes social and cultural relations between the two countries. He is the grandson of writer James Carney (Love & Rage, 1999), and the brother of writer/actor Eoin Carney (A New World, 2013).