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21st-century Irish male actors

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Pierce Brendan Brosnan is an Irish actor. He achieved worldwide fame playing the lead role in four James Bond films from 1995 to 2002: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. Brosnan has also received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Nancy Astor (1982) and The Matador (2005).

Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor and film producer. His works encompass both stage and screen, and his accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Colin James Farrell is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and one Volpi Cup in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. The Irish Times named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.

Michael Fassbender

German-Irish actor (born 1979)

Irish actor, singer, film director and writer (1930–2002)

British actor (1940–2023)

Brendan Gleeson

Paul Colm Michael Mescal is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Irish actor (born 1977)

Domhnall Gleeson

Domhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor and screenwriter. The son of actor Brendan Gleeson, he studied media arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He began his career by directing and writing short films, and garnered a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for his role in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore. He had a supporting role in Never Let Me Go (2010) and became known to a wider audience for his portrayal of Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter film series (2010–2011).

Andrew Scott (actor)

Andrew Scott is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, his accolades include two Laurence Olivier Awards, a BAFTA TV Award, and a Silver Bear, in addition to nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

Liam Cunningham

Barry Keoghan is an Irish actor. His accolades include a BAFTA Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number 27 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2014). Following this role, Gleeson took a six-year hiatus from screen acting. He returned to the screen in 2020 and has since appeared in the Irish film In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023) and the series The Sandman (2025) and House of Guinness (2025).

English actor and comedian

Patrick McGoohan

Irish-American actor (1928–2009)

Irish pop singer (1976–2009)

Seán William "Jack" McLoughlin ( ; born 7 February 1990), better known by his online pseudonym jacksepticeye, is an Irish YouTuber whose videos focus on gaming, comedy, and vlogging.

Irish actor and comedian (born 1979)

Stuart Townsend

Colin O'Donoghue

Irish actor (1929–2012)

Irish musician (1934-2008)

Irish actor and singer

Michael McElhatton

Irish actor and writer

Irish actor (1970-2002)

Brían F. O'Byrne

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Peter Claffey is an Irish actor and former professional rugby union player. A former prospect for Connacht Rugby, he retired from the sport in 2019 to pursue acting. He is known for starring as Ser Duncan "Dunk" the Tall in the HBO fantasy series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026). He was named a 2025 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

Irish actor and singer

Northern Irish actor

Ruairi O'Connor

Irish actor, director and writer

Emmett J. Scanlan

Irish-Chinese actor

Timothy V. Murphy

Brendan O'Carroll

Irish actor and comedian

Irish musician (1944-2015)