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Posted: 2015-05-30 03:44:00
A long way from the glitz and bling of movie premieres ... Actor Michael Enright is now p

A long way from the glitz and bling of movie premieres ... Actor Michael Enright is now part of the Kurdish People's Protection Unit. Picture: Web grab / Al-Aan TV Source: News Corp Australia

A HOLLYWOOD actor, with no military experience, says in a TV interview that he is prepared to die fighting against the Islamic State in Syria.

Michael Enright, a 51-year-old English-born actor who starred alongside Johnny Depp in the 2006 movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz inKnight and Day (2010), 2009 comedy Old Dogs with John Ravolta and Robin Williams, and plays Julien Beckers in TV drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has joined Kurdish fighters against ISIS — a “stain on humanity” in Syria.

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Prepared to die in fight with terrorist group Islamic State ... Michael Enright with Tom Cruise, who he appeared with in 2010 film Knight and Day. Picture: Facebook Source: Facebook

“This is not just a Kurdish call, this is a call to humanity to obliterate (ISIS),” Enright told Gulf-based Al-Aan TV.

Enright is one of dozens of foreign fighters that have joined the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the self-styled Kurdish enclave of Rojava.

Hollywood actor with no military training ... Michael Enright, pictured with Anne Hathawa

Hollywood actor with no military training ... Michael Enright, pictured with Anne Hathaway, has joined the Kurdish People’s Protection Units. Picture: Facebook Source: Facebook

Most have a military background unlike Enright. Many have been recruited through YPG”s Facebook page with some having their airfares paid by crowd-funding websites.

Armed, ready to kill and prepared to die ... Hollywood actor Michael Enright with a rifle

Armed, ready to kill and prepared to die ... Hollywood actor Michael Enright with a rifle in the Kurdish enclave of Rojava. Picture: Web grab / Al-Aan TV Source: News Corp Australia

“I didn’t come here to run, I came here to fight. If I die, I die,” said Enright, adding that he had written letters to his family as a way of preparing them for his death. He has previously said that he did not inform his famous friends of his departure, for fear they would try and stop him.
Calls the Islamic State a 'stain of humanity' ... Michael Enright as Julien Beckers in TV

Calls the Islamic State a 'stain of humanity' ... Michael Enright as Julien Beckers in TV drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Source: Supplied

The well-organised Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) has emerged as a key partner for the US-led alliance against ISIS in Syria. It is active in areas in Syria that are predominantly inhabited by Kurds, mostly in the northeast — Afrin, Ayn al-Arab and Hasakah provinces that are along Syria’s northern boarder.

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