Stage name Scicolone), Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky), and Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino), are four more well known examples of this trend. Similarly, retired veteran broadcaster Dave Roberts was born David T. Boreanaz but is known professionally as Dave Thomas and later Dave Roberts as ethnic surnames were discouraged when he first began his career during the 1950s; however, his son actor David Boreanaz chose not to adopt a stage name. The use of stage names for ethnic purposes may vary widely depending on the media market the personality is representing. For example, in Buffalo, New York, a city
Tom Hickey (actor) Bernard Farrell, and Marina Carr. In the early 1980s, the playwright Tom MacIntyre asked him to play the lead role in his adaptation of Patrick Kavanagh's poem "The Great Hunger". Following the success of that collaboration, he has become an acclaimed interpreter of MacIntyre's work, in such plays as "Rise Up Lovely Sweeney", "The Gallant John Joe" and "What Happened Bridgie Cleary". As a character actor, Hickey has appeared in numerous films, including "My Left Foot", "Inside I'm Dancing", and "Breakfast on Pluto". He was also cast in two of director Lenny Abrahamson's films: "Garage" and "What Richard Did". In