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

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* 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

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* Ada Dyas (1843–1908)

## Born 1850–1899

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* 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

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* Max Adrian (1903–1973)
* George Brent (1904–1979)
* Harry Brogan (1904–1977)
* Cathleen Delany (1907–1977)
* Hilton Edwards (1903–1982) (born in London)
* Joan Henley (1904–1986)
* Ria Mooney (1903–1973)
* Noel Purcell (1900-1985)
* Shelah Richards (1903–1985)
* Eve Watkinson (1909–1999)

## Born in the 1910s

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* 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)
* Noel Willman (1918–1988)

## Born in the 1920s

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* Robert Carrickford (1928–2016)
* 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)
* Richard Leech (1922–2004)
* Joe Lynch (1925–2001)
* Anna Manahan (1924–2009)
* Ray McAnally (1926–1989)
* Sean McClory (1924–2003)
* Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009) (born in New York)
* 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)
* Maureen O'Hara (1920–2015)
* Milo O'Shea (1926–2013)
* Kathleen Ryan (1922–1985)
* Phyllis Ryan (1920–2011)
* Niall Tóibín (1929–2019)

## Born in the 1930s

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* Maurice Good (1932–2013)
* Richard Harris (1930–2003)
* 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)
* Aideen O'Kelly (1936–2015)
* Peter O'Toole (1932–2013)

## Born in the 1940s

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* Jeananne Crowley (born 1949)
* Sinéad Cusack (born 1948)
* Sorcha Cusack (born 1949)
* 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)

## Born in the 1950s

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* 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)
* Finbar Lynch (born 1959)
* Francis Magee (born 1959)
* Seán McGinley (born 1956)
* Colm Meaney (born 1953)
* Marie Mullen (born 1953)
* Liam Neeson (born 1952)
* Bríd Ní Neachtain (born 1959)
* Brendan O'Carroll (born 1955)
* Eilish O'Carroll (born 1952)
* Daragh O'Malley (born 1954)
* Fiona Shaw (born 1958)

## Born in the 1960s

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* 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)
* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Caoilinn Springall (born 2011/2012)

## Unknown birthdate

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

## See also

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* 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

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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.