List of Irish actors

This list of notable actors from Ireland includes performers in film, television, stage, and radio.

Born in the 17th and 18th centuries

• Spranger Barry (1719–1777)
• Maria Ann Campion (1777–1803)
• Thomas Doggett (1640–1721)
• Anna Marcella Giffard (1707–1777)
• Elizabeth O'Neill (1791–1872)

Born 1800–1849

• Ada Dyas (1843–1908)

Born 1850–1899

Born in the 1900s

• Noel Purcell (1900-1985)
• George Brent (1904–1979)
• Harry Brogan (1904–1977)
• Cathleen Delany (1907–1977)
• Hilton Edwards (1903–1982) (born in London)
• Joan Henley (1904–1986)
• Ria Mooney (1903–1973)
• Shelah Richards (1903–1985)
• Eve Watkinson (1909–1999)

Born in the 1910s

• Cyril Cusack (1910–1993) (born in South Africa; Irish-English)
• Eithne Dunne (1919–1988)
• Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005)
• Marie Kean (1918–1993)
• Dan O'Herlihy (1919–2005) (naturalised American citizen)
• Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998) (naturalised American citizen)
• Micheline Patton (1912–2001)

Born in the 1920s

Born in the 1930s

Born in the 1940s

Born in the 1950s

Born in the 1960s

Born in the 1970s

Born in the 1980s

Born in the 1990s

Born in the 2000s

Unknown birthdate

See also

• Cinema of Ireland
• Lists of actors
• List of Irish people
• Radio in Ireland
• Television in Ireland
• Theatre of Ireland
• List of Irish Academy Award winners and nominees

References

1. Lists of actors
2. List of American actors of Irish descent
3. Lists of American actors
4. List of Irish child actors
5. List of British actors
6. Martin McCann (actor)
7. List of Irish Americans
8. Lists of child actors
9. List of pornographic performers by decade
10. Liam Cunningham
11. List of Jewish actors
12. Robert Sheehan
13. List of Italian-American actors
14. List of Irish Academy Award winners and nominees
15. Olwen Fouéré
16. Michael Gambon on screen and stage
17. Colm Meaney
18. Barry Keoghan
19. List of Irish people
20. Seána Kerslake