Aindrias Stack | |
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Born | Galway, Ireland | 9 November 1977
Known for | Actor, musician, storyteller |
Awards | Best Actor, Best Solo Show, Most Outstanding Performer and more (see table) |
Website | aindrias |
Aindrias Stack (aka Aindrias de Staic) (born 9 November 1977, Galway, Ireland) is an Irish actor, musician and one of a new generation of Irish storytellers. He performs in both Irish and English. Aindrias Stack is best known for his award-winning one man shows Around the World on 80 Quid,The Year I Got Younger,The Summer I Did the Leaving and The Man From Moogaga.
His first West End role was in Woody Sez, [1] a show about the life and music of Woody Guthrie. His first lead role in a feature film was I Am Raftery – The Weaver of Words where he portrayed the blind 19th century itinerant Irish poet in the biographical movie. [2]
Other film roles include Malarkey,The Year I Got Younger,Further We Search (directed by Darius Devas – 2009) and A Moment of Grace (directed by Dimitrios Pouliotis – 2010).
Irish television appearances include The Clinic on RTÉ and Craic de Staic on TG4. In 2013, he was one of three judges on TG4's Scór Encore, on which contestants perform traditional music, song or dance. [3] [4] He was the presenter of the competition dance show An Jig Gig on the same network in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Year | Award | Event | Title | Result |
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2006 | Best Actor | Geelong Shoot Out | Malarkey (directed by Joe Loh) [5] | Winner |
2007 | Sweet Award | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Around the World on 80 Quid [6] | Winner |
2008 | Best Irish Short Documentary | Galway Film Fleadh | The Year I Got Younger (directed by Gen Bailey) [7] | Winner |
2008 | Best Solo Show | New Zealand Fringe Festival | Around the World on 80 Quid [8] | Winner |
2008 | Most Outstanding Performer | Dunedin Fringe Festival | Around the World on 80 Quid | Nominated |
2008 | Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | The Year I Got Younger [9] | Nominated |
2009 | Official Selection | Galway Film Fleadh | Shtax: A Homecoming (directed by John Murphy) | Awarded |
2009 | Three Weeks Editors Award | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | The Summer I Did the Leaving [10] | Winner |
2010 | Bright Spark Award | Tropfest | A Moment of Grace (directed by Dimitrios Pouliotis) [11] | Winner |
2014 | Galway Water Best Comedy Award | Galway Fringe Festival | The Man From Moogaga | Winner |
2018 | Best Radio Comedy | Celtic Media Awards Llanelli 2018 | The Man From Moogaga [12] | Winner |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2012 | Stranded | Vin | Short version of Wasteland | |
2010 | Songs for Amy | James the Chef | [13] | |
2010 | The Promotion | J.P. | Short | |
2010 | Wasteland | Vin | [14] | |
2010 | A Moment of Grace | Michael | Short | [15] |
2010 | Craic de Staic | Himself | TV comedic documentary | |
2010 | I Am Raftery – The Weaver of Words | Raftery | Feature film | [2] |
2009 | How Good Would It Be | Supporting Role | Feature film | |
2009 | Further We Search | Simon | ||
2009 | Support Me Not | Nathan | Short | [16] |
2009 | Nothing Personal | Fiddle Player | ||
2009 | Shtax: A Homecoming | Himself | Documentary | [17] |
2008 | The Year I Got Younger | Himself | Short | [18] |
2008 | The Clinic | Tony the Busker | TV series – 4 episodes | |
2006 | Malarkey | Fiddle Player | [19] |
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