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    Ciarán Hinds

    Academy Member

    Over a diverse career spanning drama, comedy, animation, fantasy, and even blockbuster superhero films, Hinds has worked with celebrated directors such as Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson and Sam Mendes, among others. In 2022 Hinds won two IFTAs at the Irish Academy Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor Film for his role as 'Pop' in Sir Kenneth Branagh's Belfast, which he was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, as well as Best Supporting Actor Drama for his work on the AMC/RTÉ crime drama Kin.

    He will soon be seen in the new comedy-drama The Dry, from IFTA-winning director Paddy Breathnach, and has worked on high-quality TV such as Game of Thrones, The Terror, and Kin. He has starred in a diverse range of feature films such as Excalibur, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Road to Perdition, The Sum of All Fears, Munich, There Will Be Blood, In Bruges, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, First Man, The Man in the Hat, Zack Snyder's Justice League (and its 2021 director's cut) and Belfast.

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    "It’s always lovely to be recognised by your home crowd!"

    Ciarán Hinds
    (on receiving his IFTA Nominations in 2022)




    Awards & Recognition

    Belfast
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film (2022)
    • Academy Award Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (2022)
    • BAFTA Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor (2022)
    • Golden Globes Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (2022)
    Kin
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Drama (2022)
    Rome
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television (2007)
    The Mayor of Casterbridge
    • IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television (2007)

    Key Credits

    • Belfast, 2021
    • Kin, 2021
    • Zack Snyder's Justice League, 2021
    • The Man in the Hat, 2020
    • First Man, 2018
    • Red Sparrow, 2018
    • The Terror, 2018
    • Game of Thrones, 2013-2015
    • Frozen, 2013
    • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, 2011
    • In Bruges, 2008
    • Veronica Guerin, 2003
    • The Sum of All Fears, 2002
    • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, 1989
    • Excalibur, 1981
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