List of Irish actors

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

Born in the 17th and 18th centuries

• Michael Atkins (1747–1812) ( English–born)
• Spranger Barry (1719–1777)
• George Anne Bellamy (1731–1788)
• Maria Ann Campion (1777–1803)
• Richard Daly (1758–1813)
• Thomas Doggett (1640–1721)
• Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin (1771–1854)
• Anna Marcella Giffard (1707–1777)
• Charles Macklin (1699–1797)
• James Middleton (1769–1799)
• John O'Keeffe (1747–1833)
• Elizabeth O'Neill (1791–1872)
• Tyrone Power (1797–1841)
• Thomas Sheridan (1719–1788)
• John Sowdon (died 1789)
• Isaac Sparks (1719–1776)
• Luke Sparks (1711–1768)
• Montague Talbot (1774–1831)
• Robert Wilks (1665–1732) (Irish–born)
• Mary Woffington (1729–1811)
• Peg Woffington (1720–1760)

Born 1800–1849

• Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)
• John Brougham (1810–1880)
• Ada Dyas (1843–1908)

Born 1850–1899

Born in the 1900s

• Max Adrian (1903–1973)
• George Brent (1904–1979)
• Harry Brogan (1904–1977)
• Chris Curran (1908 - 1996)
• Cathleen Delany (1907–1977)
• J. G. Devlin (1907–1991)
• Hilton Edwards (1903–1982) (born in London)
• Joan Henley (1904–1986)
• Ria Mooney (1903–1973)
• Frank O'Donovan (1900 - 1974)
• Noel Purcell (1900-1985)
• Shelah Richards (1903–1985)
• Eve Watkinson (1909–1999)

Born in the 1910s

• Eddie Byrne (1911–1981)
• Cyril Cusack (1910–1993) (born in South Africa; Irish-English)
• Eithne Dunne (1919–1988)
• Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005)
• Marie Kean (1918–1993)
• Dermot Kelly (1918–1980)
• Jack MacGowran (1918–1973)
• Patrick McAlinney (1913–1990)
• Dan O'Herlihy (1919–2005) (naturalised American citizen)
• Nora O'Mahoney (1912–1989)
• Arthur O'Sullivan (1912–1981)
• Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998) (naturalised American citizen)
• Micheline Patton (1912–2001)
• Liam Redmond (1913–1989)
• Maxwell Reed (1919–1974)
• Cecil Sheridan (1910 - 1980)
• John Welsh (1914–1985)
• Noel Willman (1918–1988)

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

Born in the 2010s

• Caoilinn Springall (born 2011/2012)

Unknown birthdate

See also

• Cinema of Ireland
• Irish theatre
• Lists of actors
• List of Irish people
• Radio in the Republic of Ireland
• Television in the Republic of Ireland
• List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Ireland

References