Barry Keoghan

Academy Member

Barry Keoghan was born in Summerhill, Dublin on 17th October 1992. Since making his break as ‘Wayne’ on RTE’s Love/Hate, Barry has gone onto work with some of the worlds best actors including Cillian Murphy, Michael Fassbender and Mark Rylance. In 2017, Barry was included in the Hollywood Reporter’s Top 20 Rising Stars under 35.

After receiving a Leading Actor IFTA nomination for his role in the acclaimed Mammal, Barry was cast in Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk, which went on to receive a host of Oscar nominations in early 2018. At the 2018 IFTA Film and Drama Awards, Barry picked up the Leading Actor - Film Award for his unnerving performance in The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

Keoghan also appeared in Calm with Horses (2019), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the IFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film. In 2021, he appeared as Druig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals. Keoghan took on the iconic role of Joker in The Batman in 2022. Barry's next project was in 2023 when he starred in Martin Mcdonagh's Banshee's of Inisherin which led to his first Oscar nomination in the Actor in a supporting role category, Additionally Barry recieved an IFTA nomination and BAFTA win for this performance. In 2024 Barry starred in Saltburn alongside Jacob Elordi which was another successful project for Barry and let him to an IFTA, BAFTA and Golden Globes nomination for this performance. In 2025 Barry was nominated for another IFTA for his performance in coming of age film Bird.

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"Thanks to everyone who went to see it. Someone said I'm up for Best Dressed as well? I don't know who said that. Nice one, yeah!"

Barry Keoghan
(on his IFTA Win for The Killing of a Sacred Deer)

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Awards & Recognition

Bird

IFTA Award Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film (2025)
British Independent Film Awards, Best Supporting Performance (2025)

Saltburn

IFTA Award Nominee, Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film (2024)
BAFTA Nominee, Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film (2024)
Golden Globe Nominee, Best Supporting Actor - Film (2024)

The Banshees of Inisherin

IFTA Award Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film (2023)
Oscar Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2023)
BAFTA Winner, Best Supporting Actor (2023)

Calm With Horses

IFTA Award Nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film (2020)
BAFTA Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2021)

The Killing of a Scared Deer

IFTA Award Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film (2018)
COFCA Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2018)
Chlotrudis Award Winner, Best Supporting Actor (2018)
Evening Standard British Film Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2018)
Independent Spirit Award Nominee, Best Supporting Male (2018)
ICS Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2018)
OFTA Film Award Nominee, Best Breakthrough Performance: Male (2018)
Seattle Film Critics Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2017)
Seattle Film Critics Award Nominee, Best Villain (2017)
FFCC Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2017)
FFCC Award Nominee, Pauline Kael Breakout Award (2017)
Fright Meter Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2017)
VVFP Award Nominee, Best Supporting Performance (2017)

Mammal

IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film (2016)

Hamptons International Film Festival

Variety 10 Actors to Watch Winner (2017)

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

SDFCS Award Nominee, Breakthrough Artist (2017)

Key Credits

Bird (2024), Bug
Saltburn (2023), Oliver
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Dominic
The Batman (2022), Joker
Eternals (2021), Druig
The Green Knight (2021), Scavenger
Calm With Horses (2019), Dymphna
Black '47 (2018), Hobson
American Animals (2018), Spencer Reinhard
Dunkirk (2017), George
The Killing of a Scared Deer (2017), Martin
Tresspass Against Us (2016), Windows
Mammal (2016), Joe
Rebellion (2016), Cormac McDevitt
'71' (2014), Sean Bannon
Love/Hate (2013), Wayne