Does Robert Sheehan smoke?: Yes [9]Hot Press.Does Robert Sheehan drink alcohol?: Yes Robert Sheehan enjoying alcohol in a party.Cannabis is Robert Sheehans favourite drug. [10]Hot Press.Robert Sheehans father, Joe Sheehan was a Garda (a policeman in the Republic of Ireland).Robert Sheehan developed acting skills at a very early age when he played Oliver in Oliver with a Twist in primary school.Robert Sheehan was fond of playing instruments like the banjo, the bodhrn, and the spoons in his school days. He also participated in Fleadh Cheoil, an Irish music festival.Robert Sheehan went to Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology to study film and television. He studied for a year but failed terrifically in his examinations while shooting for the movie Summer of the Flying Saucer in 2008. Summer of the Flying Saucer- starring Robert Sheehan.Robert landed his first job just at age of 12 after his mother brought him along to an open audition for Song for a Raggy Boy..Sheehan being the youngest of the three children was a pampered child. He was never forced to do anything he did not want to do. He said his parents were surprisingly supportive, and that his mother was practically his manager as well as his chauffeur in the struggling days of his career, driving him to auditions and film sets. It was his mother who helped him to secure a role in Song for a Raggy Boy'(2003) his debut. [11]Archive Today.In 2015, Sheehan told the Irish Independent in an interview that in his early 20s, he wanted to become a gym junkie with an intimidating torsos . But later he realised that he didnt want that. He quoted, I think part of the development of ones eccentricity, you have to realise what you are and who you are before you can build upon that..