Barry Keoghan ( KYOH-gən; born 18 October 1992) 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… Barry Keoghan ( KYOH-gən; born 18 October 1992) 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.
Keoghan's breakthrough came with supporting roles in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk and Yorgos Lanthimos's The Killing of a Sacred Deer (both 2017). His career progressed with roles in the Irish crime film Calm with Horses (2019), the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), and the psychological drama Saltburn (2023). For his performance in The Banshees of Inisherin, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
On television, Keoghan appeared in the RTÉ drama Love/Hate (2013), the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), the final season of the Netflix reboot Top Boy (2023), and in the Apple TV+ miniseries Masters of the Air (2024).
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