Barry Keoghan is an Irish actor born on October 18, 1992, in Dublin, Ireland. He started acting in 2011 and became well-known in 2017 for his roles in the films Dunkirk and The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Barry began his acting career by responding to a casting notice in a shop window for a crime movie called Between the Canals, where he played a small role as Aido. At the age of 18, he also appeared in an Irish soap opera. He has acted in the movies Dunkirk, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Trespass Against Us.
Barry Keoghan has won a BAFTA Award and received nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, The Irish Times named him number 27 on their list of Ireland’s greatest film actors.
Barry Keoghan Wiki, Height, Wife, Bio, Age, Net Worth, Movies
| Name | Barry Keoghan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Date of Birth | 18 October 1992 |
| Age | 32 |
| Birthplace | Dublin, Ireland |
| Years active | 2011 to Present |
| Debut | Between the Canals (2011) |
| Height | 5′-8″ |
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| Children | 1 Son (Named Brando) |
| Net Worth (Approx.) | $4 million (€3.6 million) |
| Article Category | Actors |
Who is Barry Keoghan?
Young actor Barry Keoghan has been very active in his acting career, appearing in over 25 films and some TV shows. He has won several awards for his roles, showing that he has a bright future ahead. Right now, he is getting a lot of attention for his new movie, The Banshees of Inisherin, which is doing well in theaters around the world. This movie is likely to compete for big awards with Everything Everywhere All at Once. Last year, Barry Keoghan had a small part as the Joker in The Batman. His acting is gaining a lot of recognition and improving his financial situation.
Early Life
Barry Keoghan was born on 18 October 1992. His mother had a drug addiction and passed away when he was 12. He and his brother Eric spent seven years in foster care, moving through 13 different homes, before being raised by their grandmother, aunt, and older sister Gemma.
As a child, Barry Keoghan acted in school plays at O’Connell School on North Richmond Street in Dublin, but he was banned for “messing about.” He learned about films by sneaking into movies with friends at Cineworld on Parnell Street, where he was eventually banned too. After acting in ‘Between the Canals’, he studied acting at ‘The Factory’, a drama school in Dublin.
Career Journey
Barry Keoghan started his acting career in 2011 when he saw a casting notice in a shop window on Sheriff Street for the crime film Between the Canals. He played a small role as Aido in the movie, which came out the same year. When he was 18, he also appeared in the Irish soap opera Fair City. In 2013 Barry appeared as Wayne on Love/Hate.
In 2017, Barry Keoghan acted in two films. He played George Mills in Dunkirk and starred as Martin Lang in The Killing of a Sacred Deer with Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman. He also appeared in American Animals that year, where he played Spencer Reinhart in a movie about a real theft of rare books from a university library.
In 2018, The Hollywood Reporter called Keoghan “the next big thing” because of his film work over the past three years.
In 2019, Barry Keoghan was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and appeared in the mini-series Chernobyl.
In 2022, he acted in Matt Reeves’s film The Batman. In March 2022, he was announced as the new ambassador for the Barretstown children’s charity and helped open the charity’s new Aladina Studio, which was funded by the Spanish Aladina Foundation.
In 2023, Keoghan starred in Emerald Fennell’s psychological thriller Saltburn as the main character, Oliver Quick, alongside Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver, Richard E. Grant, and Carey Mulligan. He received a lot of praise for his acting and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
In March 2024, Burberry, a British luxury fashion brand, named Keoghan as its brand ambassador.
Relationship: Partner/ Girlfriends/ Wife
Barry Keoghan is an amateur boxer. From 2017 to 2020, he was in a relationship with Shona Guerin a photographer from Killarney. They met at a pub in Killarney. The couple appeared together on a show called Livin’ with Lucy in 2019, where Lucy Kennedy stayed with them in their Los Angeles home.
In September 2021, he started dating Alyson Kierans, a dental nurse and orthodontic therapist. A few months later, on Ireland’s Mother’s Day, March 27, 2022, he shared that they were expecting a child. They announced the birth of their son on August 8, 2022.
Since late 2023, Keoghan has been dating American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter.
Barry Keoghan’s Child
The 32-year-old star Barry Keoghan, currently dating American singer Sabrina Carpenter, has a two-year-old son named Brando with an ex-partner.
Filmography
| Movie Name | Year | Role |
| Stand Up | 2011 | Stand up Bully |
| Between the Canals | Aido | |
| Stalker | 2012 | Tommy |
| King of the Travellers | Young Dublin Lad | |
| Wasted | 2013 | Ben |
| Life’s a Breeze | Pizza Guy | |
| Stay | Sean Meehan | |
| 71 | 2014 | Sean Bannon |
| Standby | Crusty | |
| North | Aaron | |
| Norfolk | 2015 | Boy |
| Traders | Ken | |
| The Break | Sean | |
| Mammal | 2016 | Joe |
| Trespass Against Us | Windows | |
| Candy Floss | Shane | |
| Light Thereafter | 2017 | Pavel |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Martin Lang | |
| Dunkirk | George Mills | |
| American Animals | 2018 | Spencer Reinhard |
| Black ’47 | Hobson | |
| Calm With Horses | 2019 | Dymphna |
| The Green Knight | 2021 | Scavenger |
| Eternals | Druig | |
| The Batman | 2022 | The Joker |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | Dominic Kearney | |
| Saltburn | 2023 | Oliver Quick |
| Bird | 2024 | Bug |
| Bring Them Down | Jack | |
| Hurry Up Tomorrow | TBA | TBA |
| The Immortal Man | TBA | |
| Crime 101 | TBA |
Barry Keoghan’s Net Worth
As per a report Barry Keoghan earn around $4 million (€3.6 million) from his acting.
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