Celebrities:

1. Stephen Rea

Actor | The Crying Game

Stephen Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He attended Belfast High School and the Queen's University, where he studied English. He later trained at the Abbey Theatre School in Dublin. In 1970s, he acted in the Focus Company in Dublin with the talented Gabriel Byrne and Colm Meaney. After ...

2. Neil Jordan

Writer | The Crying Game

Neil Jordan was born on February 25, 1950 in Sligo, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Greta (2018) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). He has been married to Brenda Rawn since June 30, 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Vivienne Shields.

3. Michael Caine

Actor | The Dark Knight

Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...

4. Lewis Gilbert

Director | Alfie

Lewis Gilbert was a British film director, producer and screenwriter best known for Alfie (1966), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).

He also directed Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Educating Rita (...

5. Ray D'Arcy

Self | You're a Star

Ray D'Arcy was born on September 1, 1964 in Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland. He is an actor, known for You're a Star (2002), Karl Spain Wants a Woman (2005) and When Dreams Come True (2005).

6. Jim Bartley

Actor | Tolka Row

Jim Bartley was born in 1945 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Tolka Row (1964), Ulysses (1967) and Joyriders (1988).

7. Martin Scorsese

Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...

8. Michael Palin

Writer | Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Michael Palin is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python.

After the Monty Python television series ended in 1974, the Palin/Jones team worked on Ripping Yarns, an intermittent television comedy series broadcast over ...

9. Russell Brand

Producer | Arthur

Russell Brand was born on June 4, 1975, in Grays, Essex, England, the son of Barbara Elizabeth (Nichols) and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer. An only child, his parents divorced when he was only six months old, and he was subsequently raised by his mother. Enduring a difficult childhood that saw...

10. Susie Figgis

Casting_director | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Susie Figgis was born in Kenya and lived the early part of her childhood there. She has lived the majority of her life in England. She has become successful for finding child actors. She began her career for working for an assistant.

She is thought of as one of the most experienced and highly ...

11. Dermot Crowley

Actor | Luther: The Fallen Sun

Dermot Crowley was born on March 19, 1947 in Cork, Ireland. He is an actor and producer, known for Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023), The Death of Stalin (2017) and The Foreigner (2017). He has been married to Suzanne Smith since July 3, 1982.

12. Liam Cunningham

Actor | Hunger

Irish actor Liam Cunningham was an electrician in the mid-'80s. He saw an ad for an acting school and he decided to give it a try. His first film role was as a policeman in "Into the West." Since then, he has been involved in many films and theater productions on both sides of the Atlantic.

13. Rúaidhrí Conroy

Actor | Into the West

Rúaidhrí Conroy was born in 1979 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Into the West (1992), The Professor and the Madman (2019) and Hart's War (2002).

14. Dervla Kirwan

Actress | Ondine

Dervla (meaning "Daughter of a poet") Kirwan was born in October 1971 in Churchtown, Dublin. Her father worked in insurance and her mother was a French and English teacher. She has two older sisters. She was just 15 when she landed her first role in the BBC Drama Troubles (1988) and a year later ...

15. Deirdre O'Kane

Actress | Boy Eats Girl

Deirdre O'Kane was born on March 25, 1970 in Dundalk, Ireland. She is an actress and casting director, known for Boy Eats Girl (2005), Moone Boy (2012) and Noble (2014). She is married to Stephen Bradley.

16. Joe Rooney

Writer | Dublin Comedy TV

Joe Rooney is known for Dublin Comedy TV (2020), Killinaskully (2003) and Chicken Out (2021).

17. Pat Shortt

Actor | The Banshees of Inisherin

Pat Shortt was born on December 12, 1967 in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Pat is an actor and writer, known for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Killinaskully (2003) and The Guard (2011). Pat is married to Caroline Shortt. They have two children.

18. Dara O Briain

Self | Mock the Week

Dara O Briain was born on February 4, 1972 in Wicklow, Ireland. He is a producer and writer, known for Mock the Week (2005), The Panel (2003) and Dara O Briain: Crowd Tickler (2015). He has been married to Susan since 2006. They have two children.

19. Des Bishop

Actor | In America

Des Bishop is known for In America (2002), The Shooting Gallery and The Des Bishop Work Experience (2004).

20. Andrew Hill

Producer | Vodafone TBA

Andrew Hill is known for Vodafone TBA (2006), World's Fastest Gamer (2018) and World's Fastest Gamer 2 (2020).

21. Sam Riley

Actor | Control

British actor Sam Riley rose to stardom as Joy Division's poetic lead singer Ian Curtis in the acclaimed film Control (2007), directed by Anton Coribjn, a great fan of the group and also their official photographer. Riley's talent was noticed not only to his striking resemblance to Curtis but also ...

22. Johnny Ward

Actor | This Must Be the Place

Johnny Ward is known for This Must Be the Place (2011), Dollhouse (2012) and Primeval (2007).

23. Seána Kerslake

Actress | The Hole in the Ground

Seána Kerslake is known for The Hole in the Ground (2019), A Date for Mad Mary (2016) and Dollhouse (2012).

24. Fiona Shaw

Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1

Shaw was already an accomplished theater actress when director Jim Sheridan awarded her a role in his film, My Left Foot (1989). The film is a telling of Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), an Irishman disgruntled with his confinement to a body horribly crippled by cerebral palsy but who found ...

25. Mick Lally

Actor | Alexander

Mick Lally was born on November 10, 1945 in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Alexander (2004), The Secret of Kells (2009) and Glenroe (1983). He was married to Peige Lally. He died on August 31, 2010 in Dublin, Ireland.

26. Linda Martin

Actress | Val Falvey TD

Linda Martin was born on April 13, 1947 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Val Falvey TD (2009), Bridget & Eamon (2016) and Anna Kearney: Banshee (2019).

27. Michael Winslow

Actor | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

Michael Winslow was born on September 6, 1958 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Spaceballs (1987) and Police Academy (1984). He was previously married to Sharon Larrieu, Angela Baytops and Belinda Church.

28. Aidan Gillen

Actor | Game of Thrones

Aidan Gillen is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Stuart Alan Jones in the Channel 4 series Queer as Folk (1999), John Boy in the RTÉ Television series ...

29. Brian Gleeson

Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman

Brian Gleeson was born on November 14, 1987 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Logan Lucky (2017) and Assassin's Creed (2016).

30. Kim Fortune

Actor | The Spy Who Loved Me

Kim Fortune was born in 1953 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979) and Educating Rita (1983).

31. Mathieu Amalric

Actor | Le scaphandre et le papillon

Mathieu Amalric was born on October 25, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Munich (2005).

32. Maria Doyle Kennedy

Actress | The Tudors

Maria Doyle Kennedy was born on September 25, 1964 in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress and director, known for The Tudors (2007), The Commitments (1991) and Orphan Black (2013). She has been married to Kieran Kennedy since June 11, 1988. They have four children.

33. Ennio Morricone

Composer | The Hateful Eight

A classmate of director Sergio Leone with whom he would form one of the great director/composer partnerships (right up there with Eisenstein & Prokofiev, Hitchcock & Herrmann, Fellini & Rota), Ennio Morricone studied at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he specialized in trumpet. His first ...

34. Bruce Springsteen

Soundtrack | Blinded by the Light

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver, and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann (Zerilli), worked as a legal secretary, and was of Italian descent. He has an...

35. Peter Coonan

Actor | Love/Hate

Peter Coonan was born in 1984. He is an actor, known for Love/Hate (2010), Doineann (2021) and The Bridge (2019).

36. Ryan Tubridy

Writer | The Ryan Tubridy Show

Ryan Tubridy was born on May 28, 1973 in Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for The Ryan Tubridy Show (2015), Fir Bolg (2016) and Dig in Diner (2015). He has been married to Anne Marie Power since May 2003. They have two children.

37. Billy Connolly

Actor | Brave

Billy Connolly was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He left school to work in the shipyards, becoming a welder, and joined the Territorial Army (in the parachute regiment) at around the same time. He developed an interest in folk music, eventually being an accomplished banjo player and a ...

38. Aonghus McAnally

Actor | Wanderly Wagon

Aonghus McAnally was born on June 20, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Wanderly Wagon (1968), Fir Bolg (2016) and In the Shadow of the Bull (2022).

39. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Actor | Den 12. mann

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born Jonathan Michael Meyers on July 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland, to Mary Geraldine (Meyers) and John O'Keeffe, a musician. He and his family moved to County Cork, Ireland, when the actor was nearly a year old, and then, at the age of 3, his father left the family, leaving...

40. Mara Lane

Actress | American Night

Mara Lane is known for American Night (2021), Damascus Cover (2017) and The Brink (2015). She has been married to Jonathan Rhys Meyers since 2016. They have one child.

41. Ciara O'Callaghan

Actress | Harry Wild

Ciara is a well-established Irish actress with over 20 years experience in the industry. She has a BA in Drama and Theatre from The Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin and a degree in Dance and Film from Université Nanterre, Paris.

Ciara most recently returned to her role of Julie O'Brien ...

42. Deirdre Purcell

The Clockmaker's Dream

Deirdre Purcell is known for The Clockmaker's Dream (2015).

43. Peter Bogdanovich

Director | The Last Picture Show

Peter Bogdanovich was conceived in Europe but born in Kingston, New York. He is the son of immigrants fleeing the Nazis, Herma (Robinson) and Borislav Bogdanovich, a painter and pianist. His father was a Serbian Orthodox Christian, and his mother was from a wealthy Austrian Jewish family. Peter ...

44. Jonathan Philbin Bowman

Self | Don't Feed the Gondolas

45. Bret Wood

Bronenosets Potyomkin

Bret Wood is known for Battleship Potemkin (1925), The Unwanted (2014) and The Little Death (2010).

46. Elizabeth Hunter

Actress | The Big Door Prize

Elizabeth Hunter splits her time between Atlanta and New York, where she attends NYU Tisch School of Drama. Elizabeth made her theatrical film debut in Clint Eastwood's musical bio-drama Jersey Boys as the young Francine Valli, daughter of Frankie Valli. Her television roles include recurring ...

47. Christen Orr

Actress | The Unwanted

Christen Orr is known for The Unwanted (2014), The Front Runner (2018) and Premature (2014).

48. Christopher Doyle

Cinematographer | Paranoid Park

Christopher Doyle was born on May 2, 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Paranoid Park (2007), Hero (2002) and 2046 (2004).

49. Maureen O'Hara

Actress | The Quiet Man

In America, the early performing arts accomplishments of young Maureen FitzSimons (who we know as Maureen O'Hara) would definitely have put her in the child prodigy category. However, for a child of Irish heritage surrounded by gifted parents and family, these were very natural traits. Maureen made...

50. Sinéad O'Connor

Soundtrack | In the Name of the Father

Sinéad O'Connor was born on December 8, 1966 in Glenageary, Ireland. She was a music artist and actress, known for In the Name of the Father (1993), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Sinéad O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U (1990). She was married to Barry Herridge, Steve Cooney, Nicholas Sommerlad and ...

51. Andy Townsend

Producer | Finding Jack Charlton

Andy Townsend is known for Finding Jack Charlton (2020) and Backspace (2017).

52. Alan Fletcher

Actor | Neighbours

Alan Fletcher began his career on the stage at Perth's Hole in the Wall Theatre, before moving to the Perth Theatre Company at the National Theatre, Western Australia, where he worked opposite such great talents as Warren Mitchell, Honor Blackman, Tom Stoppard, Bill Kerr and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

After...

53. Sam Clark

Actor | Neighbours

Australian singer-songwriter/actor Sam Clark rose to fame in Australia after winning a nation-wide talent search for the TV show Neighbours (1985). He was nominated for several awards during his 850+ episode run of the show, including Cleo Bachelor Of The Year (Cleo Magazine) and Most Popular New ...

54. Scott Major

Actor | Neighbours

Scott Major was born on July 4, 1975 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for Neighbours (1985), Line of Fire (2022) and Scams Incorporated (2016).

55. Alex Fegan

Director | Man Made Men

Alex Fegan is known for Man Made Men (2009), Older Than Ireland (2015) and The Irish Pub (2013).

56. Michelle Mais

Actress | Trading Places

Michelle Mais was born on July 30, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Trading Places (1983), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) and C.O.D. (1981).

57. Colin Farrell

Actor | The Lobster

Colin Farrell is one of Ireland's biggest stars in Hollywood and abroad. His film presence has been filled with memorable roles that range from an inwardly tortured hit man, to an adventurous explorer, a determined-but-failing writer, and the greatest military leader in history.

Farrell was born on ...

58. Bertie Ahern

Actor | The Rubberbandits: Bertie

Bertie Ahern was born on September 12, 1951 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for The Rubberbandits: Bertie (2020), Untitled WIPS Project and The Pipe (2010). He has been married to Miriam Ahern since September 12, 1975. They have two children.

59. Francesca Scorsese

Actress | We Are Who We Are

Francesca Scorsese was born on November 16, 1999. She is an actress and director, known for We Are Who We Are (2020), The Departed (2006) and The Aviator (2004).

60. Cillian Murphy

Actor | 28 Days Later...

Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law ...

61. Kieran Evans

Director | Kelly + Victor

Kieran Evans is known for Kelly + Victor (2012), Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before (2008) and The Outer Edges (2013).

62. Ivan Kavanagh

Writer | Son

Ivan Kavanagh is a multi-award winning Writer and Director best known for Son (2021) The Canal (2014) and Never Grow Old (2019). He was born in Dublin, Ireland.

Other work includes Tin Can Man (2007) and The Fading Light (2010) which picked up 'Best Irish Film' and 'Best Actor' for Patrick O'Donnell...

63. Marti Pellow

Soundtrack | Great Performances

Marti Pellow was born on March 23, 1965 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Great Performances (1971), Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013) and Emmerdale Farm (1972).

64. Jason Donovan

Actor | Neighbours

Jason Donovan was born on June 1, 1968 in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and composer, known for Neighbours (1985), Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013) and The Heroes (1989). He has been married to Angela Malloch ...

65. Will Stapleton

Actor | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation

Will Stapleton is known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (2013).

66. Jeff Wayne

Composer | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds'

Jeff Wayne was born on July 1, 1943 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds' (2006), The War of the Worlds: The Musical Drama (2018) and War of the Servers (2007).

67. Brendan Grace

Actor | Father Ted

Brendan Grace was born on April 1, 1951 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Father Ted (1995), Moondance (1994) and Backyard Ashes (2013). He was married to Eileen Grace. He died on July 11, 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.

68. John Spillane

69. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Actor | Avengers: Infinity War

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor was born on November 4, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and The Infiltrator (2016). He has been married to Claire Cox since September 5, 2010. They have one child.

70. Tommy Tiernan

Actor | WolfWalkers

Tommy Tiernan was born on June 16, 1969 in County Donegal, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Wolfwalkers (2020), About Adam (2000) and Conversations with Friends (2022).

71. Margot Robbie

Actress | Suicide Squad

Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to Scottish parents. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist, and her father, is Doug Robbie. She comes from a family of four children, having two brothers and one sister. She graduated from Somerset College in ...

72. Frank Twomey

Actor | The Boys from County Clare

Frank Twomey was born in 1950 in Cork, Ireland. He was an actor and producer, known for The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003), Heartstrings (2014) and The Young Offenders (2018). He died on December 11, 2023 in Ireland.

73. Kirsten Sheridan

Writer | In America

Kirsten Sheridan was born on July 14, 1976 in Dublin, Ireland. She is a writer and director, known for In America (2002), Patterns (1999) and Disco Pigs (2001).