Dave Fanning was born in 1954 in Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and producer, known for Sineád, Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) and Home (2019). He is married to Ursula Courtney. They have three children.
In Britain, in recent years, Dave was Programme Consultant on ITV's
'South Bank Show' for their music special 'Cool Clear Crystal Streams'
and presented many documentaries on music including a BBC Radio 4
profile on Bono.
Throughout the 90s he presented almost 400 editions of The Movie Show.
He was also movie critic for The Sunday World Newspaper (Ireland) from
1997 to 2004.
He has always supported young, new Irish talent and his very first
session in RTÉ 2FM was with a young, four-piece Dublin band called U2
and his friendship with the band continues to this day. He has been
compared with John Peel.