Desmond Eastwood | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 19, 1994 (age 30) |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2017-present |
| Television | Normal People |
Desmond Eastwood is a stage, television and film actor from Northern Ireland.
Born in Lisburn, the son of Mary and Desmond Eastwood, he attended Friends' School, Lisburn. He graduated with a law degree from Queen's College, Belfast in 2014, before moving to Dublin to study acting at the Gaiety School of Acting. He has five siblings. His brother Colum is a film maker. [1] [2]
He has appeared in television productions including Krypton , Vikings and Blood , working alongside Adrian Dunbar, and worked on Game Of Thrones . He also appeared in his brother's first feature film Black Medicine, which starred Antonia Campbell-Hughes. [1]
He could be seen in 2020 television series Normal People playing Niall who befriends the character Connell, played by Paul Mescal. [3] For his role in the series he was nominated for best supporting actor at the 17th Irish Film & Television Awards. [4] [5] Eastwood and Mescal were performing in The Lieutenant of Inishmore together on stage in Dublin when the production was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee labelled his Normal People character "the soundest one", [7] and Eastwood later appeared in her series as Benny. [8]
He has roles in 2023 Liam Neeson film In the Land of Saints and Sinners , [9] and Pierce Brosnan film The Last Rifleman . [10] [11]
He plays Detective Murray Canning in the first two series of the BBC One Northern Ireland police drama Blue Lights . [12] [13]
He can be seen in 2024 Finnish drama Stormskerry Maja [14] and Christoph Waltz comedy action film Old Guy . [15]
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Krypton | Taz-Ran | |
| 2020 | Normal People | Niall | |
| 2020 | Vikings | Messenger | |
| 2021 | Black Medicine | Conor | |
| 2022 | Derry Girls | Benny | |
| 2023 | In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Curtis June | |
| 2023- | Blue Lights | DS Murray Canning | |
| 2023 | The Last Rifleman | Tony McCann | |
| 2024 | Stormskerry Maja | Lieutenant John Wilson | |
| 2024 | Old Guy | Colton |