Irish male film actors

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).

British-Irish actor (1932–2013)

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.

German-Irish actor (born 1979)

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

British actor (1940–2023)

Irish actor

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.

Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)

Irish actor (born 1977)

Irish actor

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).

Irish actor

Irish singer

Irish actor (1888–1961)

Irish comedian, actor and television host

Irish 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.

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).

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.

English actor and comedian

Irish-American actor (1928–2009)

Irish actor

Irish singer-songwriter, radio and TV presenter, dancer, and footballer

Irish actor (1919–2005)

Irish actor

Irish actor

Canadian actor

Irish actor and comedian

Irish actor and comedian (born 1979)

Irish actor

American actor

Irish pop singer

Irish actor

Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons is an English actor. Following a bit part in the 2004 film Being Julia, he has gone on to major roles in films such as Red Riding Hood (2011), The Host (2013), Bitter Harvest (2017), and The Wife (2018). On television, he has had lead roles in The White Queen (2013) and Condor (2018–2020).

Irish film director and screenwriter (1880-1958)

Irish pop singer

American actor (1940-2012)

Irish actor (1929–2012)

Irish singer

Irish actor

Irish-American actor (1899-1979)

Irish actor

Irish-born actor in American films (1886-1939)

Irish actor (1910–1993)

Irish actor and singer

Irish actor

Irish actor (1970-2002)

Irish actor and writer

Irish American actor (1926-2013)

Irish American actor (1923-1997)

Irish actor, model, author and director

Irish actor (1926-1989)

Daryl McCormack is an Irish actor. Trained at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and the Gaiety School of Acting, he made his acting debut in the soap opera Fair City (2015–2016). He appeared in the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022), the film Pixie (2020), and the Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters (2022). His portrayal of the title role in the sex comedy-drama Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 2023, he won the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival.

Irish actor

Irish comedian and actor

American actor (1882–1965)

Irish-American actor and film director (1883-1955)

Irish actor