Top Irish Actors

Peter O'Toole

Acting great and infamous booze-hound Peter O’Toole certainly has to top the list of great Irish actors. The Oscar-winner has been a legend on the stage and screen for decades, delivering performances that would make a lesser man blush!

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Richard Harris

O’Toole’s friend and carousing buddy Richard Harris has also given some mighty performances throughout his career. While he may have passed on in 2002, he did go out on a career high after starring in Gladiator and the first two Harry Potter films.

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Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh is a quadruple threat on both stage and screen. He has won plaudits for his Shakespearean work, but films like Dead Again and the ill-fated Wild Wild West have shown that he isn’t adverse to some genre material. Next up is Marvel's Thor, in which he directs and has a supporting role.

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Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson has been showing minor support in big films for the past three decades. From his scene-stealing performance in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, to the aforementioned In Bruges, to the forthcoming Perrier’s Bounty, it would appear Gleason is going to remain a fixture on our screens for a good while yet. There's also his outstanding lead role in John Boorman's The General.

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Liam Neeson

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