The best Irish actress of actors performance in a movie?

ihatemyfish

I've yet to see the film, but I heard Saoirses performance is worth the cinema ticket to go and see "Brooklyn".

Cillian Murphy in "the wind that shakes the barley" was excellent for me. He portrayed the character brilliantly and I found myself getting upset near the end.

darkpagandeath

The Guard - Brendan Gleeson

ArnoldJRimmer

Tom Cruise in Far and Away

ihatemyfish

I fecked the threads title. Can a mod correct it?

Of or.

RyanDrive

Domhnall Gleeson in "About Time"

Gaygooner

Michael Fasbender in Shame

Hammer89

Colm Meany in Con Air.

Fratton Fred

Only half Irish I guess, but Daniel Day-Lewis in My left foot would win it for me.

Pa8301

Michael Fassbender.

Hard to choose between Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave and Steve Jobs. He was very good in Frank too even though you don't see his face for most of the movie.

Fuhrer

Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia

ihatemyfish

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Only half Irish I guess, but Daniel Day-Lewis in My left foot would win it for me.

An excellent peno kicker!

Duckworth_Luas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjKJnsMwHk0

Richard Harris deserves a mention

spurious

I thought Bríd Brennan was very good in "Anne Devlin".

The Rape of Lucretia

Colin Farrel in Tigerland, showing he was a great actor before he went down hill to trying to be a movie star.

(honorary mention to Brendan Gleeson on the Late Late some years ago giving a masterclass in outrage (using the HSE as his prompt to show his skill))

kfallon

Colm Meaney in The Snapper

Lights On

Chap with the Ronnie, should have gotten himself an Oscar for this line alone

SEPT 23 1989

Maureen O' Hara in the Terminator

Cienciano

kfallon wrote: »

Colm Meaney in The Snapper

Me bollocks

jamesbere

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Maureen O' Hara in the Terminator

Was she the T-1000

StewartGriffin

Skellig Michael in Star Wars. A solid performance.

MyStubbleItches

For me it has to be Richard Harris in 'The Field'.

Frankie5Angels

Coincidentally I went to the cinema to watch a play tonight....! :pac:

It was the NT Live version of 'Of Mice and Men'. Chris O'Dowd was absolutely brilliant in it as Lennie (James Franco was George ). Not a huge fan of him, but I wasn't expecting that performance.

The Rape of Lucretia

StewartGriffin wrote: »

Skellig Michael in Star Wars. A solid performance.

Not so apparently. A very rocky performance overall and all at sea in some scenes.

Cienciano

Pierce Brosnan, Taffin

Badly Drunk Boy

Pa8301 wrote: »

Michael Fassbender.

Hard to choose between Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave and Steve Jobs. He was very good in Frank too even though you don't see his face for most of the movie.

And for that we can only be thankful, the ugly wretch!!

Taco Chips

Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn was brilliant. The entire film was really lovely without being trite or cliche, well worth the trip to the cinema

Wompa1

darkpagandeath wrote: »

The Guard - Brendan Gleeson

He was better in Calvary and In Bruges, I think

biko

Darby O'Gill

Fr_Dougal

Mick Lally, 50 Shades of Hay.

Buona Fortuna

It was uncomfortable watching but I thought Pat Shortt did a cracking job in The Garage (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0878674/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_15)

Pinch Flat

Taco Chips wrote: »

Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn was brilliant. The entire film was really lovely without being trite or cliche, well worth the trip to the cinema

I have to agree. She portrays the role so well. An amazing performance and I'd be surprised if she didn't bag an Oscar

Cienciano

biko wrote: »

Darby O'Gill

I actually like that movie.

MPFGLB

Donal McCann in every play he was ever in . including Brian Friels plays and in films especially The Dead


Gabriel Byrne in every movie he was in especially Millar's Crossing & The Usual Suspects

Yakkyda

Julia Roberts : Michael Collins...


Joking aside though,
Richard Harris the field deffo needs another mention.
+1 for cillian Murphy in the wind that shakes the barley, also thought the girl that plays his missus in the same was very good. Name escapes me.

Colin farrel in tiger land was quite good too , didn't quite nail the accent but a very solid early performance.

Breedon glee son in I went down was quite good.

Aidan quinn in (I think it was) song for a ranggy boy? was superb.

Harry Palmr

Robert Shaw - The Indianapolis monologue

AllGunsBlazing

Some fine English actors in this thread.

Pherekydes

Michael Gambon in the Harry Potter series.

Richard Harris in numerous films. Peter O'Toole in numerous films.

Brenda Fricker in I can't remember what...:o

AnonoBoy

Mikey Graham in Fatal Deviation.

AnonoBoy

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Mick Lally, 50 Shades of Hay.

In Mick Lally's last feature film performance he did full frontal nudity.

No joke.

feargale

Cienciano wrote: »

Me bollocks

In which film?

StewartGriffin

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Not so apparently. A very rocky performance overall and all at sea in some scenes.

Did you know that Daniel Day Lewis originally auditioned for the part eventually given to Skellig Micheal. He sat in the Sea for three weeks to get a feel for the part but had to give it up because Sinn Fein tried to claim him as an Irish Landmark. True story.

gormdubhgorm

ihatemyfish wrote: »

I fecked the threads title. Can a mod correct it?

Of or.

I think you can edit it yourself?

gormdubhgorm

Yer wan that was "A1 Sharon" in the Snapper - Tina Kellegher http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445530/?ref_=tt_ov_st

gormdubhgorm

I was going to say shorter junkie of the two (Paul) in the film Adam and Paul. Played by Tom Murphy. But it turns out he was born in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614755/?ref_=tt_ov_st

Dick phelan

Liam Neeson in Schindler's list deserves a mention.

mckar

Liam Neeson

Taken

Batman

He's awesome all if his films lol

Aongus Von Bismarck

I was on a flight to Hong Kong a few weeks back when I decided to watch a western called Slow West.

Fassbender had the lead role. It's a stunning piece of film. The art of storytelling and silent malice.

NachoBusiness

ihatemyfish wrote: »

I fecked the threads title. Can a mod correct it? Of or.

Double click on the thread title on the AH homepage. The title will then become editable.

Liam Neeson in Lamb.

FloatingVoter

Bertie Ahern in a wardrobe selling newspapers.

pappyodaniel

Arnold O'Schwarzinegger in Terminator 2 was top class.

Curly head

Richard Harris The Field