Best Irish Actor/Actress around today?

Miguel_Sanchez

Who do you think is the best Irish actor/actress plying their trade at the moment?

Cillian Murphy? Brendan Gleeson? Colin Farrell.

Do tell.....

patch

If you'd asked me last year, I would have said Richard Harris. I want to say Gabriel Byrne....but he seems to have fallen from grace. I'm stumped. I'm forgeting the king dammit.....

Karl Hungus

Brendan Gleeson is definetly brilliant, we dont see him in enough things though.

tman

after seeing 28 days later a few days ago i'd have to agree on brendan glesson, he was amazing in the general as well.

the newbie irish dude in 28 days was pretty class too.

daniel day lewis perhaps?

tman

Originally posted by patch69
I want to say Gabriel Byrne....but he seems to have fallen from grace.

lol, too true, wtf was the story with that sitcom

daniel day lewis

Daniel Day Lewis isnt Irish.
For me the best Irish actor has to be either Cillian Murphy or Brendan Gleeson.

Kalina

Liam Neeson by a mile

satchmo

Unfortunately, technically neeson isn't irish either. Otherwise he'd definitely have my vote alright.

Kalina

What qualifies an actor as Irish then? Do they have to be from south of the border? If that's the case I pick Colin Farrell, he's been doing well lately.

satchmo

actually, close enough... i vote for liam neeson!

weemcd

liam neeson or colin farrel

Kalina

Colm Meaney, Stephen Rea and Liam Cunningham. All very talented actors!

de5p0i1er

Brendan Gleeson Liam Neeson or Colin Farrel, there the ones making it in Hollywood.

pickarooney

Originally posted by Darko
Daniel Day Lewis isnt Irish.
For me the best Irish actor has to be either Cillian Murphy or Brendan Gleeson.

Daniel Day Lewis is as Irish as Lennox Lewis is British...

sceptre

Originally posted by pickarooney
Daniel Day Lewis is as Irish as Lennox Lewis is British...

Ignoring my opinion that Day-Lewis can be Irish if he wants to be (& has been an irish citizen since 1993), both Lennox Lewis and Daniel Day-Lewis were born in London (29 Apr 1957 and 2 Sept 1965 respectively). Lewis moved to Canada when eh was a wee nipper (which explains why he boxed for there). Hence Lewis is as British as any other individual who happens to have been born in London to an immigrant family (more British than Britain's other sporting hero with Canadian connections in other words)

AngelofFire

Liam Neeson or Brendan gleeson

jonno

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Gabriel Byrne are the best IMO.

yellum

Well if you take performances in a movie:

Richard Harris in way way so many

Gabriel Byrne in Millers Crossing

Stephen Rae in The Crying Game

Brenda Fricker in my Left Foot

Liam Neeson in Schindlers List

Cillian Murphy in Disco Pigs or 28 Days later

Colin Farrell in Tigerland or Phonebooth

Colin Meaney in The Snapper

Brendan Gleeson in I Went Down or The General

Pierce Brosnan in Thomas Crown affair, deffo not the Bond movies

aine

Originally posted by de5p0i1er
Brendan Gleeson Liam Neeson or Colin Farrel, there the ones making it in Hollywood.

I don't think that Hollywood success is the best measure of acting ability! Having said that I think that Colin Farrell is possibly one of the brightest stars to come out of Ireland in a while...in any sector of the entertainment industry...he has a talent for picking parts that suit his ability, which highlights his skill!

My vote is for Colin, however there are a number od others that deserve a mention....Brendan Gleeson, Pierce?...I think he merits it! Richard Harris was made to play Dumbledore! And Cillian Murphy was very watchable in 28 days later!

indigodemon

Everyone seemed to forget all the famous actresses from ireland who graced the silver screen.. i mean theres.....?? and ...??? and not to mention.....???

indigodemon

Everyone seemed to forget all the famous actresses from ireland who graced the silver screen.. i mean theres.....?? and ...??? and not to mention.....???

ScArY_Cheese

lol

colin meaney DEFINATLEY!!!

one reason:
THE VAN!! LMFAO!! that film ruled.... well thats jut my oppinnion(sorry i cant spell)

anyways... i dont tihnk he would have gotten an award for the film..... then i would go with liam neeson! micheal collins... great film... well done, well acted... sad ending, nuff said


(is daniel day lewis(cant spell his name) not irish!?!?!)

byte

Liam Neeson, methinks.

Is Brenda Fricker Irish? She was good in My Left Foot, as was Dan Day-Lewis

Typedef

Daniel Day Lewis.

My left foot anyone?

quote:Originally posted by pickarooney
Daniel Day Lewis is as Irish as Lennox Lewis is British...

Ignoring my opinion that Day-Lewis can be Irish if he wants to be (& has been an irish citizen since 1993),

And um.. lets get off the race evangalism buzz. If you're a citizen then you are what is commonly known as Irish.

No, wearing a red beard and green clothes and saying "Top o the mornin'" doesn't make you Irish.

Anyone for a good ole cross burning?

Caesar_Bojangle

Liam 'coolest jedi ever' Neeson

Daniel Day Lewis is no more Irish than i am English, he is like 1/8 Irish and lived in Ireland for a few years, like myself i'm 1/8 English and lived in England for like five years.

But if we're judging the actor by the respective citizenship they hold. A lot of the aforementioned Irish actors like Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, the fat guy off star trek and Colin Farrell ply their trade in the states so if we put Caesars rule of probability into practice, it will tell us that at least one of the aforementioned actors claims American citizenship, thus ruling him out of the thread.

But if this was the best irish character in a movie, the winner would obviously be Mickey the Pikey.