Irelands greatest actor.

septicated mutant · 24-02-2011 06:19PM

Colin Farrell, a true representative of Ireland

longshanks · 24-02-2011 06:21PM

How about these two?

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u140acro3xs7dm · 24-02-2011 06:22PM

Does anyone else find most actors pretentious pricks? Especially child actors

AnonoBoy · 24-02-2011 06:24PM

Javier Rhythmic Rant wrote: »

Does anyone else find most actors pretentious pricks? Especially child actors

Well you worked with Barrymore, how was she as a child?

u140acro3xs7dm · 24-02-2011 06:26PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Well you worked with Barrymore, how was she as a child?

tight

nicowa · 24-02-2011 06:29PM

Unpossible wrote: »

Yer man, whats his name.. You all know who I'm talking about, he's in a lot of things

Ya, him! I love him... he's great!

gcgirl · 24-02-2011 06:33PM

Donal McCann
Excellent actor though he died about 10 yrs or more ago

bonerm · 24-02-2011 06:36PM

Javier Rhythmic Rant wrote: »

tight

interesting

pavb2 · 24-02-2011 06:39PM

Gabriel Byrne or Laurence O' livier (can we claim him?)

SV · 24-02-2011 06:49PM

Colin Farrell is a ridiculously good actor.
Very underrated.

Same goes for Brendan Gleeson.

Rented Mule · 24-02-2011 06:52PM

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

Richard Harris.

All other discussions are about #2.

tonycascarino · 24-02-2011 06:54PM

Richard Harris or Peter O'Toole for the men. Maureen O'Hara or Brenda Fricker for the ladies.

ejmaztec · 24-02-2011 07:01PM

Dick O'Van Dyke, Angel O'Lansbury and Robert O'De Niro.

Hank Scorpio · 24-02-2011 07:04PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Gerry Adams.

Even in this thread you manage to drag in your political bullsh1t, well done

Dionysus · 24-02-2011 07:09PM

Dónal McCann - one of the finest! Dónal, ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam, was Captain Boyle in Juno and The Paycock, the first professional theatre play I ever saw.

Other, mostly theatre actors/actresses, I liked/like:

John Kavanagh, Siobhán McKenna, Gerard McSorley, Níall Tóibín, Éamonn Kelly, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Maureen O'Hara (especially in The Quiet Man), Stephen Rea, Brenda Fricker, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Ray McAnally, and any of the Cusack sisters - and indeed their auld fella, the legend that was Cyril Cusack.

And I'll say it ... I actually loved Barry Fitzgerald's character in The Quiet Man! Great fun.

bonerm · 24-02-2011 07:11PM

How about Daniel Day Lewis? I guess he considers himself more Irish than we do.

Mr. Spock · 24-02-2011 07:15PM

Leonard Nimoy

ejmaztec · 24-02-2011 07:16PM

T P McKenna, who died a couple of weeks ago, was a legend.

wilson10 · 24-02-2011 07:21PM

Dave Duffy (Leo Dowling)

Dionysus · 24-02-2011 07:21PM

This is great scene from The Quiet Man with Maureen O'Hara talking to the priest in the Irish about John Wayne sleeping in a 'mála codlata', and the priest goes ballistic. hehe.

ejmaztec · 24-02-2011 07:33PM

nuxxx wrote: »

Even in this thread you manage to drag in your political bullsh1t, well done

Ian Paisley should also get a mention. It's hard to believe that he was one of 19 children born in a caravan on a halting site near Limerick, and used to go to mass every morning with the arse hanging out of his trousers. A true acting legend, always giving a convincing performance as a Unionist politician.

stevejr · 24-02-2011 07:36PM

SV wrote: »

Colin Farrell is a ridiculously good actor.
Very underrated.

Yeah he was great in Phonebox and Alexander the Deadly.

liah · 24-02-2011 07:44PM

Murphy, Gleeson and Neeson (:pac:) get my vote.

I wouldn't exactly know a lot of Irish actors though to be fair.

EDIT: And Farrell tbh, he's done some crap films but when he's good he's really really good.

itsallaboutheL · 24-02-2011 07:48PM

Unpossible wrote: »

Yer man, whats his name.. You all know who I'm talking about, he's in a lot of things

Stephen Rea.

darkdubh · 24-02-2011 07:53PM

Another reason why the Crow is set for big things.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ9eSa6joLE

Hail 2 Da Thief · 24-02-2011 08:04PM

Richard Harris by a country mile!

dark crystal · 24-02-2011 08:12PM

bonerm wrote: »

How about Daniel Day Lewis? I guess he considers himself more Irish than we do.

Well, he has dual British and Irish citizenship, so I guess we can claim him alright.

Would also love to claim Paddy Considine (although he is only second generation Irish) - an amazing actor. I first saw him in In America and was convinced he was Irish until someone corrected me.

deisedevil · 24-02-2011 08:28PM

liah wrote: »

Murphy, Gleeson and Neeson (:pac:) get my vote.

I wouldn't exactly know a lot of Irish actors though to be fair.

EDIT: And Farrell tbh, he's done some crap films but when he's good he's really really good.

I lol'd a lot at this post. thanks.

Brendan Gleeson gets my vote. Really enjoy him. Liam Neeson very close.

gargleblaster · 24-02-2011 08:34PM

richard harris, kenneth branagh, peter o'toole, liam neeson, daniel day lewis, the list goes on. there's too many great ones to pick just one for me.

i'm also fond of cillian murphy.

firefly08 · 24-02-2011 09:01PM

+1 for Richard Harris. And Maureen O' Hara. My dad once met Richard Harris and Peter O' Toole in a hotel he worked in in Ballsbridge. He said O' Toole was a bit of a prick but Harris was a gentleman.

BTW whoever said Brian Cox, he's not Irish, he's Scottish, although he often has an Irish-ish accent in movies.

Michael Fassbender will some day be regarded as a great actor but it's probably too soon.

Pierce Brosnan is conspicuous in his absence from this thread...I think he's pretty good though!

Irelands greatest actor.

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