Domhnall Gleeson

Domhnall starred in the screen adaptation of Colm Tóibín's Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, in which he played the role of Jim Farrell opposite Saoirse Ronan. Prior to that he shot Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie. His projects include Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by JJ Abrams, and The Revenant directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Other films include Lenny Abrahamson's Frank with Michael Fassbender and Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror: Be Right Back for Channel 4, About Time directed by Richard Curtis for Working Title, Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, the critically-acclaimed Sensation directed by Tom Hall, Dredd directed by Pete Travis, Shadow Dancer directed by James Marsh, the Coen brothers' True Grit, Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, Ian Fitzgibbon's Perrier's Bounty and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Parts I & II, directed by David Yates. His other film work includes A Dog Year for HBO films opposite Jeff Bridges, Studs, Boy Eats Girl, and the Oscar-winning short, Six Shooter.

His theatre credits include Macbeth directed by Selina Cartmell, Great Expectations directed by Alan Stanford, Chimps directed by Wilson Milam, Well of the Saints directed by Garry Hynes, She Stoops to Conquer directed by Patrick Mason at The Abbey Theatre, and The Gate Theatre's production of American Buffalo directed by Mark Brokaw.

TV credits include Your Bad Self directed by John Butler (Domhnall was also part of the writing team) and The Last Furlong, directed by Kieran Carney.

Domhnall was chosen as one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch and received an Acting Award as part of the Hamptons International Film Festival Breakthrough Performers Program at the 20th Annual Festival in October 2012. In 2006 Domhnall was nominated for a Tony Award in the category of Best Featured Actor for the Broadway production of Lieutenant of Inishmore directed by Wilson Milam.

Other awards for the same role include a Lucille Lortel Nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor and a Drama League Citation for Excellence in Performance. Domhnall won an Irish Film and Television Academy Award for his performance in Nicholas Renton's When Harvey Met Bob, in which he starred as Sir Bob Geldof opposite Ian Hart as Harvey Goldsmith. He was also named as a Shooting Star at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival.

Domhnall is also a writer/director whose short film Noreen was featured at the 2011 Tribeca, Boston, San Francisco, and Newport Beach film festivals.

Domhnall's father, Brendan Gleeson, and brother, Brian Gleeson, also star in the film.

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