List of Irish actors

See also: List of Irish child actors

This list of notable actors from Ireland includes performers in theatre, film, television and radio. ^{[1] [2]}

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Born in the 17th and 18th centuries

• Spranger Barry (1719–1777)
• Maria Ann Campion (1777–1803)
• Thomas Doggett (1640–1721)
• Anna Marcella Giffard (1707–1777)
• Elizabeth O'Neill (1791–1872)

Born 1800–1849

• Ada Dyas (1843–1908)

Born 1850–1899

• Sara Allgood (1879–1950)
• W. Graham Browne (1870–1937)
• Mary Charleson (1890–1961)
• Patricia Collinge (1892–1974) (Irish-American)
• D'Arcy Corrigan (1870–1945)
• Eileen Crowe (1899–1978)
• Maureen Delany (1888–1961)
• Al Ferguson (1888–1971) (Irish-American)
• Barry Fitzgerald (1888–1961)
• Charles K. Gerrard (1883–1969) (Irish-American)
• Douglas Gerrard (1891–1950) (Irish-American)
• Creighton Hale (1882–1965) (Irish-American)
• Forrester Harvey (1884–1945)
• J. M. Kerrigan (1884–1964)
• F. J. McCormick (1899–1978)
• Kitty McShane (1897–1964)
• Matt Moore (1890–1947) (Irish-American)
• Brefni O'Rorke (1889–1946)
• Arthur Shields (1896–1970)

Born in the 1900s

• Max Adrian (1903–1973)
• George Brent (1904–1979)
• Harry Brogan (1904–1977)
• Chris Curran (1908 - 1996)
• Cathleen Delany (1907–1977)
• Hilton Edwards (1903–1982) (born in London)
• Joan Henley (1904–1986)
• Ria Mooney (1903–1973)
• Frank O'Donovan (1900 - 1974)
• Noel Purcell (1900-1985)
• Shelah Richards (1903–1985)
• Eve Watkinson (1909–1999)

Born in the 1910s

• Cyril Cusack (1910–1993) (born in South Africa; Irish-English)
• Eithne Dunne (1919–1988)
• Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005)
• Marie Kean (1918–1993)
• Dan O'Herlihy (1919–2005) (naturalised American citizen)
• Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998) (naturalised American citizen)
• Micheline Patton (1912–2001)
• Cecil Sheridan (1910 - 1980)
• Noel Willman (1918–1988)

Born in the 1920s

• Brendan Cauldwell (1924 - 2006)
• Robert Carrickford (1928–2016)
• Barry Cassin (1924 - 2017)
• May Cluskey (1927 - 1991)
• John Cowley (1923 - 1998)
• Peggy Cummins (1925–2017) (born in Wales)
• Maureen Cusack (1920–1977)
• Patricia Driscoll (1927–2020) (British-Irish)
• David Kelly (1929–2012)
• Doreen Keogh (1924–2017)
• Eugene Lambert (1928 - 2010)
• Richard Leech (1922–2004)
• Joe Lynch (1925–2001)
• Tomás Mac Anna (1926 - 2011)
• Anna Manahan (1924–2009)
• Ray McAnally (1926–1989)
• Sean McClory (1924–2003)
• Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009) (born in New York)
• Siobhán McKenna (1923 - 1986)
• T. P. McKenna (1929–2011)
• Fintan Meyler (1929–2005)
• Noelle Middleton (1926–2016)
• Charles Mitchel (1920–1996)
• Kieron Moore (1924–2007)
• Edward Mulhare (1923–1997)
• Neasa Ní Annracháin (1922 - 2014)
• Maureen O'Hara (1920–2015)
• Milo O'Shea (1926–2013)
• Maureen Potter (1925 - 2004)
• Godfrey Quigley (1923 - 1994)
• Norman Rodway (1929 - 2001)
• Ann Rowan (1929 - 2014)
• Kathleen Ryan (1922–1985)
• Phyllis Ryan (1920–2011)
• Niall Tóibín (1929–2019)

Born in the 1930s

• Brenda Doyle (1933 - 1981)
• Maurice Good (1932–2013)
• Richard Harris (1930–2003)
• Frank Kelly (1938 - 2016)
• Des Keogh (born 1935)
• Pat Laffan (1939–2019)
• Rosaleen Linehan (born 1937)
• Joseph Maher (1933–1988) (naturalised American citizen)
• Jim Norton (born 1938)
• Patrick O'Connell (1934–2017)
• Joan O'Hara (1930–2007)
• Máirín O'Donovan (born 1936)
• Aideen O'Kelly (1936–2015)
• Peter O'Toole (1932–2013)
• Derry Power (born 1935)
• Maureen Toal (1930 - 2012)

Born in the 1940s

• Jim Bartley (born 1945)
• Jeananne Crowley (born 1949)
• Sinéad Cusack (born 1948)
• Sorcha Cusack (born 1949)
• Tony Doyle (1942 - 2000)
• Fionnula Flanagan (born 1941)
• Scott Fredericks (1943–2017)
• Brenda Fricker (born 1945)
• Michael Gambon (1940–2023) (Irish-English)
• Gillian Hanna (1944–2019)
• John Kavanagh (born 1946)
• Donal McCann (1943–1999)
• Barry McGovern (born 1948)
• Dearbhla Molloy (born 1946)
• Eamon Morrissey (born 1943)
• Sam Neill (born 1947) (Irish-New Zealander)
• Joe Pilkington (1940–1999)
• Stephen Rea (born 1946)
• Anita Reeves (1948–2016)
• Biddy White Lennon (1946 - 2017)

Born in the 1950s

• Patrick Bergin (born 1951)
• Páraic Breathnach (born 1956)
• Pierce Brosnan (born 1953)
• Gabriel Byrne (born 1950)
• Tony Clarkin (born 1952)
• Lorcan Cranitch (born 1959)
• Gemma Craven (born 1950)
• Niamh Cusack (born 1959)
• Olwen Fouéré (born 1954)
• Brendan Gleeson (born 1955)
• Brendan Grace (1951 - 2019)
• Finbar Lynch (born 1959)
• Francis Magee (born 1959)
• Seán McGinley (born 1956)
• Colm Meaney (born 1953)
• Dermot Morgan (1952 - 1998)
• Marie Mullen (born 1953)
• Liam Neeson (born 1952)
• Bríd Ní Neachtain (born 1959)
• Brendan O'Carroll (born 1955)
• Eilish O'Carroll (born 1952)
• Maurice O'Donoghue (born 1950)
• Rynagh O'Grady (1954 - 2021)
• Daragh O'Malley (born 1954)
• Fiona Shaw (born 1958)

Born in the 1960s

• Angeline Ball (born 1969)
• Orla Brady (born 1961)
• Kenneth Branagh (born 1960) (British citizen)
• Jane Brennan (born 1960)
• Todd Carty (born 1963) (born in London)
• Carrie Crowley (born 1964)
• Liam Cunningham (born 1961)
• Ned Dennehy (born 1965)
• Alison Doody (born 1966)
• Maria Doyle Kennedy (born 1964)
• Ian Fitzgibbon (born 1962)
• Jennifer Gibney (born 1964)
• Aidan Gillen (born 1968)
• Tony Guilfoyle (born 1960)
• Conleth Hill (born 1964)
• Tina Kellegher (born 1967)
• John Lynch (born 1961)
• Michael McElhatton (born 1963)
• Barry McEvoy (born 1967)
• Pauline McLynn (born 1962)
• Tom Murphy (1968–2007)
• Graham Norton (born 1963)
• Brían F. O'Byrne (born 1967)
• Ardal O'Hanlon (born 1965)
• Deirdre O'Kane (born 1968)
• Colm Ó Maonlaí (born 1966)
• Aisling O'Sullivan (born 1968)
• Gabrielle Reidy (1960–2014)
• Paul Ronan (born 1965)
• Pat Shortt (born 1967)
• Ray Stevenson (1964-2023)
• Tommy Tiernan (born 1969)
• Stanley Townsend (born 1961)
• Don Wycherley (born 1967)

Born in the 1970s

• Leigh Arnold (born 1979)
• Caitríona Balfe (born 1979)
• Cathy Belton (born 1970)
• Eva Birthistle (born 1974)
• Elaine Cassidy (born 1979)
• Andrea Corr (born 1974)
• Pádraic Delaney (born 1977)
• Simon Delaney (born 1970)
• Lisa Dwan (born 1977)
• Colin Farrell (born 1976)
• Michael Fassbender (born 1977) (born in Germany)
• Hilda Fay (born 1973)
• Orla Fitzgerald (born 1978)
• Jonathan Forbes (born 1976)
• Bronagh Gallagher (born 1972)
• Sharon Horgan (born 1970)
• Amy Huberman (born 1979)
• Sinéad Keenan (born 1977)
• Simone Kirby (born 1976)
• Dervla Kirwan (born 1971)
• Edward MacLiam (born 1976)
• Aidan McArdle (born 1970)
• Peter McDonald (born 1972)
• Owen McDonnell (born 1974)
• Keith McErlean (born 1975)
• Aoife McMahon (born 1973)
• Siobhán McSweeney (born 1979)
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 1977)
• Dylan Moran (born 1971)
• Cillian Murphy (born 1976)
• Tadhg Murphy (born 1979)
• David Murray (born 1970)
• Hugh O'Conor (born 1975)
• Chris O'Dowd (born 1979)
• Jason O'Mara (born 1972)
• Lochlann Ó Mearáin (born 1973)
• Genevieve O'Reilly (born 1977) (Irish-Australian)
• Lorraine Pilkington (born 1974)
• Rachel Pilkington (born 1974)
• Glenn Quinn (1970–2002)
• Rachel Rath (born 1976)
• Hilary Rose (born 1979)
• Emmett J. Scanlan (born 1979)
• Andrew Scott (born 1976)
• Alex Sharpe (born 1971)
• Victoria Smurfit (born 1974)
• Stuart Townsend (born 1972)
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (born 1977)
• Catherine Walker (born 1975)
• Richard Wall (born 1977)
• Eileen Walsh (born 1977)

Born in the 1980s

• Yasmine Akram (born 1982) (born in the United Arab Emirates; Irish-Pakistani)
• Ian Lloyd Anderson (born 1986)
• Jonas Armstrong (born 1981)
• Aisling Bea (born 1984)
• Ruth Bradley (born 1987)
• Jessie Buckley (born 1989)
• Kerry Condon (born 1983)
• Peter Coonan (born 1984)
• Peter Campion (born 1987/1988)
• Nicola Coughlan (born 1987)
• Jamie Dornan (born 1982)
• Clare Dunne (born 1988)
• Moe Dunford (born 1987)
• Rory Fleck Byrne (born 1988/1989)
• Fiona Glascott (born 1982)
• Brian Gleeson (born 1987)
• Domhnall Gleeson (born 1983)
• Denise Gough (born 1980)
• Kelly Gough (born 1987)
• Sarah Greene (born 1984)
• Amy-Joyce Hastings (born 1980)
• Kojii Helnwein (born 1981)
• Siobhan Hewlett (born 1983) (born in London)
• Jade Jordan (born 1988)
• Ruth Kearney (born 1984)
• Rory Keenan (born 1980)
• Joanne King (born 1983)
• Allen Leech (born 1981)
• Susan Loughnane (born 1987)
• Conor MacNeill (born 1988)
• Eoin Macken (born 1983)
• Dominique McElligott (born 1986)
• Jane McGrath (born 1988)
• Katie McGrath (born 1983)
• Charlene McKenna (born 1984)
• Stephanie McKeon (born 1987)
• Susan McFadden (born 1983)
• Damien Molony (born 1984)
• Deirdre Mullins (born 1982)
• Samantha Mumba (born 1983)
• Charlie Murphy (born 1988)
• Devon Murray (born 1988)
• Ruth Negga (born 1982) (born in Ethiopia)
• Nora-Jane Noone (born 1984)
• Diarmuid Noyes (born 1988)
• Aidan O'Callaghan (born 1988)
• Danny O'Carroll (born 1983)
• Fiona O'Carroll (born 1980)
• Valerie O'Connor (born 1981/1982)
• Colin O'Donoghue (born 1981)
• Dónall Ó Héalai (born 1987)
• Orla O'Rourke (born in Zambia)
• Danielle Ryan (born 1983)
• Killian Scott (born 1985)
• Robert Sheehan (born 1988)
• Aidan Turner (born 1983)
• Jos Vantyler (born 1988)
• Niamh Walsh (born 1988)

Born in the 1990s

• Niamh Algar (born 1992)
• Sarah Bolger (born 1991)
• Lauryn Canny (born 1998)
• Siobhán Cullen (born 1990)
• Gemma-Leah Devereux (born 1990)
• Gavin Drea (born 1990)
• Aisling Franciosi (born 1993)
• Danielle Galligan (born 1992)
• Patrick Gibson (born 1995) (born in London)
• Jack Gleeson (born 1992)
• Louisa Harland (born 1994)
• Aaron Heffernan (born 1990)
• Eve Hewson (born 1991)
• Ella Lily Hyland (born 1998)
• Sam Keeley (born 1990)
• Barry Keoghan (born 1992)
• Seána Kerslake (born 1992)
• Tara Lee (born 1994)
• Clinton Liberty (born 1998)
• Evanna Lynch (born 1991)
• Patrick Martins (born 1997) (born in Lagos, Nigeria)
• Daryl McCormack (born 1992)
• Mark McKenna (born 1996)
• Paul Mescal (born 1996)
• India Mullen (born 1993)
• Alex Murphy (born 1997)
• Clíona Ní Chiosáin (born 1990)
• Ruairi O'Connor (born 1991)
• Laurence O'Fuarain (born 1990)
• Alison Oliver (born 1997)
• Shane O'Meara (born 1992)
• Liah O'Prey (born 1999) (born in Spain; Irish-French)
• Fionn O'Shea (born 1997)
• Nathan O'Toole (born 1998)
• Emma Eliza Regan (born 1992)
• Jack Reynor (born 1992)
• Saoirse Ronan (born 1994) (born in New York)
• Amy Shiels (born 1991)
• Ann Skelly (born 1996)
• Emily Taaffe (born 1984)
• Kelly Thornton (born 1997)
• Elva Trill (born 1990s)
• Sophie Vavasseur (born 1992)
• Chris Walley (born 1995)
• Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (born 1999)

Born in the 2000s

• Catherine Clinch (born 2009)
• Hazel Doupe (born 2002)
• Jordanne Jones (born 2000)
• Niamh McCormack (born 2001)
• Lara McDonnell (born 2003)
• Demi Isaac Oviawe (born 2000) (born in Nigeria)
• Amybeth McNulty (born 2001) (Irish-Canadian)
• Art Parkinson (born 2001)
• David Rawle (born 2000)
• Alisha Weir (born 2009)

Born in the 2010s

• Caoilinn Springall (born 2011/2012)

Unknown birthdate

• Helen Behan
• Charlotte Bradley
• Zara Devlin
• Adam Fergus
• Kwaku Fortune
• Emmet Kirwan
• Éanna Hardwicke
• Sean Mahon
• Keith McErlean
• Leah McNamara
• Colin Morgan
• Dermot Murphy
• Leia Murphy
• Eva O'Connor
• Ger Ryan
• Barry Ward
• David Wilmot

See also

• Cinema of Ireland
• Irish theatre
• Lists of actors
• List of Irish people
• Radio in the Republic of Ireland
• Television in the Republic of Ireland
• List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Ireland

References

1. Clarke, Donald; Brady, Tara (13 June 2020). "The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
2. Bihn-Wallace, Rebecca (9 January 2022). "9 of the Best Films Ireland Has to Offer (And Actually Have Irish Actors In Them!)". Collider. Retrieved 23 January 2022.