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This list of notable actors from Ireland includes performers in film, television, stage, and radio. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
McHugh belonged to a group of friends, known in Hollywood as the "Irish Mafia", that included his close friends James Cagney, Pat O’Brien and Spencer Tracy, as well as fellow actors Allen Jenkins, Ralph Bellamy, Frank Morgan, [11] and Lynne Overman. [12]
Kin is an Irish crime drama television series, co-created by Peter McKenna and Ciaran Donnelly, that first broadcast on 9 September 2021, on RTÉ One.The series revolves around a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war, and stars Aidan Gillen and Ciarán Hinds as rival gang leaders Frank Kinsella and Eamon Cunningham.
Being of Irish and Italian ancestry, he wanted to make a film that would relate to both nationalities. [17] Reid first heard about mobster Danny Greene from his roommates in Ohio, and believed that New York City, Chicago and Boston were the "three meccas of mafia crime". According to Reid, there wasn't much documentation on Greene's life, but ...
This is a list of notable Irish American actors. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and references showing the person is Irish American and a notable actor. The list is organized in reverse chronological order of birth decades and all of the actors' surnames are in alphabetical order.
William Joseph Patrick O'Brien (November 11, 1899 – October 15, 1983) was an American film actor with more than 100 screen credits. Of Irish descent, he often played Irish and Irish-American characters and was referred to as "Hollywood's Irishman in Residence" in the press. One of the best-known screen actors of the 1930s and 1940s, he played ...
First black Irish actress to be nominated in any category. [30] [29] 2017 Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird: Nominated [31] 2019 Little Women: Nominated At age 25 and six months of age, Ronan became the second youngest person to score four Academy Award nominations in both acting categories (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress). [32] [5]
William Harnett – painter, Irish immigrant best known for trompe-l'œil renderings of still life [2] George Peter Alexander Healy – portrait painter; Thomas Hovenden – painter; Carrie Ann Inaba – dancer, actress; mother of Chinese and Irish descent; Gene Kelly – dancer, actor, singer, director, choreographer; James E. Kelly ...