Celebrities:
by HombreOfAnotherEra | created - 05 Jul 2022 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicMet and/or seen:
1. Stephen Rea
Actor | The Crying Game
Stephen Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He attended Belfast High School and the Queen's University, where he studied English. He later trained at the Abbey Theatre School in Dublin. In 1970s, he acted in the Focus Company in Dublin with the talented Gabriel Byrne and Colm Meaney. After ...
Actor
2. Neil Jordan
Writer | The Crying Game
Neil Jordan was born on February 25, 1950 in Sligo, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Greta (2018) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). He has been married to Brenda Rawn since June 30, 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Vivienne Shields.
Director
3. Michael Caine
Actor | The Dark Knight
Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...
Actor
4. Lewis Gilbert
Director | Alfie
Lewis Gilbert was a British film director, producer and screenwriter best known for Alfie (1966), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).
He also directed Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Educating Rita (...
Director
5. Ray D'Arcy
Self | You're a Star
Ray D'Arcy was born on September 1, 1964 in Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland. He is an actor, known for You're a Star (2002), Karl Spain Wants a Woman (2005) and When Dreams Come True (2005).
TV Presenter
6. Jim Bartley
Actor | Tolka Row
Jim Bartley was born in 1945 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Tolka Row (1964), Ulysses (1967) and Joyriders (1988).
Actor
7. Martin Scorsese
Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...
Director
8. Michael Palin
Writer | Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Michael Palin is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python.
After the Monty Python television series ended in 1974, the Palin/Jones team worked on Ripping Yarns, an intermittent television comedy series broadcast over ...
Comedian / TV Presenter / Actor
9. Russell Brand
Producer | Arthur
Russell Brand was born on June 4, 1975, in Grays, Essex, England, the son of Barbara Elizabeth (Nichols) and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer. An only child, his parents divorced when he was only six months old, and he was subsequently raised by his mother. Enduring a difficult childhood that saw...
Comedian
10. Susie Figgis
Casting_director | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Susie Figgis was born in Kenya and lived the early part of her childhood there. She has lived the majority of her life in England. She has become successful for finding child actors. She began her career for working for an assistant.
She is thought of as one of the most experienced and highly ...
Casting Director
11. Dermot Crowley
Actor | Luther: The Fallen Sun
Dermot Crowley was born on March 19, 1947 in Cork, Ireland. He is an actor and producer, known for Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023), The Death of Stalin (2017) and The Foreigner (2017). He has been married to Suzanne Smith since July 3, 1982.
Actor
12. Liam Cunningham
Actor | Hunger
Irish actor Liam Cunningham was an electrician in the mid-'80s. He saw an ad for an acting school and he decided to give it a try. His first film role was as a policeman in "Into the West." Since then, he has been involved in many films and theater productions on both sides of the Atlantic.
Actor
13. Rúaidhrí Conroy
Actor | Into the West
Rúaidhrí Conroy was born in 1979 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Into the West (1992), The Professor and the Madman (2019) and Hart's War (2002).
Actor
14. Dervla Kirwan
Actress | Ondine
Dervla (meaning "Daughter of a poet") Kirwan was born in October 1971 in Churchtown, Dublin. Her father worked in insurance and her mother was a French and English teacher. She has two older sisters. She was just 15 when she landed her first role in the BBC Drama Troubles (1988) and a year later ...
Actress
15. Deirdre O'Kane
Actress | Boy Eats Girl
Deirdre O'Kane was born on March 25, 1970 in Dundalk, Ireland. She is an actress and casting director, known for Boy Eats Girl (2005), Moone Boy (2012) and Noble (2014). She is married to Stephen Bradley.
Comedian
16. Joe Rooney
Writer | Dublin Comedy TV
Joe Rooney is known for Dublin Comedy TV (2020), Killinaskully (2003) and Chicken Out (2021).
Comedian
17. Pat Shortt
Actor | The Banshees of Inisherin
Pat Shortt was born on December 12, 1967 in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Pat is an actor and writer, known for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Killinaskully (2003) and The Guard (2011). Pat is married to Caroline Shortt. They have two children.
Actor
18. Dara O Briain
Self | Mock the Week
Dara O Briain was born on February 4, 1972 in Wicklow, Ireland. He is a producer and writer, known for Mock the Week (2005), The Panel (2003) and Dara O Briain: Crowd Tickler (2015). He has been married to Susan since 2006. They have two children.
Comedian
19. Des Bishop
Actor | In America
Des Bishop is known for In America (2002), The Shooting Gallery and The Des Bishop Work Experience (2004).
Comedian
20. Andrew Hill
Producer | Vodafone TBA
Andrew Hill is known for Vodafone TBA (2006), World's Fastest Gamer (2018) and World's Fastest Gamer 2 (2020).
Comedian
21. Sam Riley
Actor | Control
British actor Sam Riley rose to stardom as Joy Division's poetic lead singer Ian Curtis in the acclaimed film Control (2007), directed by Anton Coribjn, a great fan of the group and also their official photographer. Riley's talent was noticed not only to his striking resemblance to Curtis but also ...
Actor
22. Johnny Ward
Actor | This Must Be the Place
Johnny Ward is known for This Must Be the Place (2011), Dollhouse (2012) and Primeval (2007).
Actor
23. Seána Kerslake
Actress | The Hole in the Ground
Seána Kerslake is known for The Hole in the Ground (2019), A Date for Mad Mary (2016) and Dollhouse (2012).
Actress
24. Fiona Shaw
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Shaw was already an accomplished theater actress when director Jim Sheridan awarded her a role in his film, My Left Foot (1989). The film is a telling of Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), an Irishman disgruntled with his confinement to a body horribly crippled by cerebral palsy but who found ...
Actress
25. Mick Lally
Actor | Alexander
Mick Lally was born on November 10, 1945 in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Alexander (2004), The Secret of Kells (2009) and Glenroe (1983). He was married to Peige Lally. He died on August 31, 2010 in Dublin, Ireland.
Actor
26. Linda Martin
Actress | Val Falvey TD
Linda Martin was born on April 13, 1947 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Val Falvey TD (2009), Bridget & Eamon (2016) and Anna Kearney: Banshee (2019).
Singer
27. Michael Winslow
Actor | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Michael Winslow was born on September 6, 1958 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Spaceballs (1987) and Police Academy (1984). He was previously married to Sharon Larrieu, Angela Baytops and Belinda Church.
Actor
28. Aidan Gillen
Actor | Game of Thrones
Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999), John Boy in the RTÉ Television series ...
Actor
29. Brian Gleeson
Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman
Brian Gleeson was born on November 14, 1987 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Logan Lucky (2017) and Assassin's Creed (2016).
Actor
30. Kim Fortune
Actor | The Spy Who Loved Me
Kim Fortune was born in 1953 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979) and Educating Rita (1983).
Actor / Presenter
31. Mathieu Amalric
Actor | Le scaphandre et le papillon
Mathieu Amalric was born on October 25, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Munich (2005).
Actor / Director
32. Maria Doyle Kennedy
Actress | The Tudors
Maria Doyle Kennedy was born on September 25, 1964 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress and director, known for The Tudors (2007), The Commitments (1991) and Orphan Black (2013). She has been married to Kieran Kennedy since June 11, 1988. They have four children.
Actress
33. Ennio Morricone
Composer | The Hateful Eight
A classmate of director Sergio Leone with whom he would form one of the great director/composer partnerships (right up there with Eisenstein & Prokofiev, Hitchcock & Herrmann, Fellini & Rota), Ennio Morricone studied at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he specialized in trumpet. His first ...
Composer
34. Bruce Springsteen
Soundtrack | Blinded by the Light
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver, and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann (Zerilli), worked as a legal secretary, and was of Italian descent. He has an...
Singer
35. Peter Coonan
Actor | Love/Hate
Peter Coonan was born in 1984. He is an actor, known for Love/Hate (2010), Doineann (2021) and Hidden Assets (2021).
Actor
36. Ryan Tubridy
Writer | The Ryan Tubridy Show
Ryan Tubridy was born on May 28, 1973 in Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for The Ryan Tubridy Show (2015), Fir Bolg (2016) and Dig in Diner (2015). He has been married to Anne Marie Power since May 2003. They have two children.
TV Presenter
37. Billy Connolly
Actor | Brave
Billy Connolly was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He left school to work in the shipyards, becoming a welder, and joined the Territorial Army (in the parachute regiment) at around the same time. He developed an interest in folk music, eventually being an accomplished banjo player and a ...
Comedian
38. Aonghus McAnally
Actor | Wanderly Wagon
Aonghus McAnally was born on June 20, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Wanderly Wagon (1968), Fir Bolg (2016) and In the Shadow of the Bull (2022).
TV Presenter
39. Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Actor | Den 12. mann
Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born Jonathan Michael Meyers on July 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland, to Mary Geraldine (Meyers) and John O'Keeffe, a musician. He and his family moved to County Cork, Ireland, when the actor was nearly a year old, and then, at the age of 3, his father left the family, leaving...
Actor
40. Mara Lane
Actress | American Night
Mara Lane is known for American Night (2021), Damascus Cover (2017) and The Brink (2015). She has been married to Jonathan Rhys Meyers since 2016. They have one child.
Model
41. Ciara O'Callaghan
Actress | Harry Wild
Ciara is a well-established Irish actress with over 20 years experience in the industry. She has a BA in Drama and Theatre from The Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin and a degree in Dance and Film from Université Nanterre, Paris.
Ciara most recently returned to her role of Julie O'Brien ...
Actress
42. Deirdre Purcell
Deirdre Purcell is known for The Clockmaker's Dream (2015).
Author
43. Peter Bogdanovich
Director | The Last Picture Show
Peter Bogdanovich was conceived in Europe but born in Kingston, New York. He is the son of immigrants fleeing the Nazis, Herma (Robinson) and Borislav Bogdanovich, a painter and pianist. His father was a Serbian Orthodox Christian, and his mother was from a wealthy Austrian Jewish family. Peter ...
Director
45. Bret Wood
Bret Wood is known for Battleship Potemkin (1925), The Unwanted (2014) and The Little Death (2010).
Director
46. Elizabeth Hunter
Actress | The Big Door Prize
Elizabeth Hunter splits her time between Atlanta and New York, where she attends NYU Tisch School of Drama. Elizabeth made her theatrical film debut in Clint Eastwood's musical bio-drama Jersey Boys as the young Francine Valli, daughter of Frankie Valli. Her television roles include recurring ...
Actress
47. Christen Orr
Actress | The Unwanted
Christen Orr is known for The Unwanted (2014), The Front Runner (2018) and Premature (2014).
48. Christopher Doyle
Cinematographer | Paranoid Park
Christopher Doyle was born on May 2, 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Paranoid Park (2007), Hero (2002) and 2046 (2004).
Cinematographer
49. Maureen O'Hara
Actress | The Quiet Man
In America, the early performing arts accomplishments of young Maureen FitzSimons (who we know as Maureen O'Hara) would definitely have put her in the child prodigy category. However, for a child of Irish heritage surrounded by gifted parents and family, these were very natural traits. Maureen made...
Actress
50. Sinéad O'Connor
Soundtrack | In the Name of the Father
Sinéad O'Connor was born on December 8, 1966 in Glenageary, Ireland. She was a music artist and actress, known for In the Name of the Father (1993), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Sinéad O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U (1990). She was married to Barry Herridge, Steve Cooney, Nicholas Sommerlad and ...
Singer
51. Andy Townsend
Producer | Finding Jack Charlton
Andy Townsend is known for Finding Jack Charlton (2020) and Backspace (2017).
Ex Football Player
52. Alan Fletcher
Actor | Neighbours
Alan Fletcher began his career on the stage at Perth's Hole in the Wall Theatre, before moving to the Perth Theatre Company at the National Theatre, Western Australia, where he worked opposite such great talents as Warren Mitchell, Honor Blackman, Tom Stoppard, Bill Kerr and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
After...
Actor
53. Sam Clark
Actor | Neighbours
Australian singer-songwriter/actor Sam Clark rose to fame in Australia after winning a nation-wide talent search for the TV show Neighbours (1985). He was nominated for several awards during his 850+ episode run of the show, including Cleo Bachelor Of The Year (Cleo Magazine) and Most Popular New ...
Actor
54. Scott Major
Actor | Neighbours
Scott Major was born on July 4, 1975 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for Neighbours (1985), Line of Fire (2022) and Scams Incorporated (2016).
Actor
55. Alex Fegan
Director | Man Made Men
Alex Fegan is known for Man Made Men (2009), Older Than Ireland (2015) and The Irish Pub (2013).
Director
56. Michelle Mais
Actress | Trading Places
Michelle Mais was born on July 30, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Trading Places (1983), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) and C.O.D. (1981).
Actress
57. Colin Farrell
Actor | The Lobster
Colin Farrell is one of Ireland's biggest stars in Hollywood and abroad. His film presence has been filled with memorable roles that range from an inwardly tortured hit man, to an adventurous explorer, a determined-but-failing writer, and the greatest military leader in history.
Farrell was born on ...
Actor
58. Bertie Ahern
Actor | The Rubberbandits: Bertie
Bertie Ahern was born on September 12, 1951 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for The Rubberbandits: Bertie (2020), Untitled WIPS Project and The Pipe (2010). He has been married to Miriam Ahern since September 12, 1975. They have two children.
Politician
59. Francesca Scorsese
Actress | We Are Who We Are
Francesca Scorsese was born on November 16, 1999. She is an actress and director, known for We Are Who We Are (2020), The Departed (2006) and The Aviator (2004).
Actress
60. Cillian Murphy
Actor | 28 Days Later...
Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law ...
Actor
61. Kieran Evans
Director | Kelly + Victor
Kieran Evans is known for Kelly + Victor (2012), Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before (2008) and The Outer Edges (2013).
Director
62. Ivan Kavanagh
Writer | Son
Ivan Kavanagh is a multi-award winning Writer and Director best known for Son (2021) The Canal (2014) and Never Grow Old (2019). He was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Other work includes Tin Can Man (2007) and The Fading Light (2010) which picked up 'Best Irish Film' and 'Best Actor' for Patrick O'Donnell...
Director
63. Marti Pellow
Soundtrack | Great Performances
Marti Pellow was born on March 23, 1965 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Great Performances (1971), Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013) and Emmerdale Farm (1972).
Singer
64. Jason Donovan
Actor | Neighbours
Jason Donovan was born on June 1, 1968 in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and composer, known for Neighbours (1985), Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013) and The Heroes (1989). He has been married to Angela Malloch ...
Singer
65. Will Stapleton
Actor | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation
Will Stapleton is known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013).
Singer
66. Jeff Wayne
Composer | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds'
Jeff Wayne was born on July 1, 1943 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds' (2006), The War of the Worlds: The Musical Drama (2018) and War of the Servers (2007).
Conductor
67. Brendan Grace
Actor | Father Ted
Brendan Grace was born on April 1, 1951 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Father Ted (1995), Moondance (1994) and Backyard Ashes (2013). He was married to Eileen Grace. He died on July 11, 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.
Comedian
69. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Actor | Avengers: Infinity War
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor was born on November 4, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and The Infiltrator (2016). He has been married to Claire Cox since September 5, 2010. They have one child.
Actor
70. Tommy Tiernan
Actor | WolfWalkers
Tommy Tiernan was born on June 16, 1969 in County Donegal, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Wolfwalkers (2020), About Adam (2000) and Conversations with Friends (2022).
Comedian
71. Margot Robbie
Actress | Suicide Squad
Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to Scottish parents. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist, and her father, is Doug Robbie. She comes from a family of four children, having two brothers and one sister. She graduated from Somerset College in ...
Actress
72. Frank Twomey
Actor | The Boys from County Clare
Frank Twomey was born in 1950 in Cork, Ireland. He was an actor and producer, known for The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003), Heartstrings (2014) and The Young Offenders (2018). He died on December 11, 2023 in Ireland.
Comedian
73. Kirsten Sheridan
Writer | In America
Kirsten Sheridan was born on July 14, 1976 in Dublin, Ireland. She is a writer and director, known for In America (2002), Patterns (1999) and Disco Pigs (2001).
Actress / Director
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