Barry Keoghan

Keoghan grew up in Summerhill, Dublin.[4] Alongside his brother, he spent seven years in foster care, in 13 different foster homes.[5] His mother died of a heroin overdose when he was 12 years old,[4][5] and he was then raised by his maternal grandmother and aunt.[4][6]

As a child, Keoghan appeared in school plays, but was banned for "messing about".[6] He started his acting career in 2011.[7][8] He answered an advertisement for Between the Canals after seeing a casting notice in a local shop window, and portrayed Aido in a small role in the film, which was released in 2011.[4] He then studied acting at The Factory, a local Dublin school.[4] The same year, at the age of 18, he appeared in Fair City.[6]

In 2013, Keoghan appeared as the "infamous cat killer" Wayne on Love/Hate.[9][10] The role earned Keoghan recognition in Ireland, and he went on to feature in '71 in 2014 and Mammal and Trespass Against Us in 2016.[11][12]

Keoghan appeared in two films in 2017. He featured as George Mills in Dunkirk and starred as Martin Lang in The Killing of a Sacred Deer alongside Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman.[6] He won the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in The Killing of a Sacred Deer.[13] The following year, he appeared in Black '47 as Hobson, an English soldier stationed in Ireland during the Great Famine.[6] He also starred in American Animals the same year. He portrayed Spencer Reinhart in the film, based on a real-life robbery of rare books from a university library.[6] In 2018, The Hollywood Reporter described Keoghan as "the next big thing" for his film work in the previous three years,[6] and in 2019 he was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.[14]

He features in the 2019 mini-series Chernobyl.[10] He starred in an episode of Living With Lucy in September 2019.[15] That same month, Calm With Horses premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[16] In July 2018, Keoghan was cast as lead character Yorick Brown in the pilot of Y,[9][17] but exited the main series production in February 2020.[18]

Keoghan is attached to two upcoming films. In August 2019, Marvel Studios revealed Keoghan will be playing Druig in Eternals, set for release in November 2021.[19][20] He will also appear in The Green Knight.[21]

Keohgan is set to portray Stanley Merkel in Matt Reeves' upcoming film The Batman, set to release in March 2022.

Keoghan is an amateur boxer.[22] He lives with his girlfriend Shona Guerin in Los Angeles, California.[15]

• Barry Keoghan at IMDb
• Irish Film and Television Network: IFTN talks with Dunkirk actor Barry Keoghan