List of Irish actors

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

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

Noel Purcell (1900-1985)
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)
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)

Born in the 1920s

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)
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

Richard Harris (1930–2003)
Pat Laffan (1939–2019)
Rosaleen Linehan (born 1937)
Joseph Maher (1933–1988) (naturalised American citizen)
Jim Norton (born 1938)
Joan O'Hara (1930–2007)
Aideen O'Kelly (1936–2015)
Peter O'Toole (1932–2013)

Born in the 1940s

Sinéad Cusack (born 1948)
Sorcha Cusack (born 1949)
Fionnula Flanagan (born 1941)
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

Patrick Bergin (born 1951)
Liam Neeson (born 1952)
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)
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

Angeline Ball (born 1969)
Orla Brady (born 1961)
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)
Simone Kirby (born 1976)
John Lynch (born 1961)
Michael McElhatton (born 1963)
Barry McEvoy (born 1967)
Pauline McLynn (born 1962)
Tom Murphy (1968–2007)
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)
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)
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)
Marcella Plunkett (born 1970)
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)
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)
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 1998/1999)
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 1997/1998) (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 1990/1991)
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)
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)

Unknown birthdate

References

^ 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.
^ 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.