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name: "Aaron Monaghan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aaron-monaghan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 June 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T08:35:45.475289+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Aaron Monaghan

Actor. Born 1 June 1980 in Co. Cavan, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 June 1980, Co. Cavan, Ireland
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111705757, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/210061

## Biography

Aaron Monaghan is an Irish actor and director. He was born in 1980 in County Cavan and began acting at 16 with the local Cavan Youth Drama programme. He trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 2002.

Monaghan has worked extensively in theatre with the Abbey Theatre and Druid Theatre Company. His screen credits include roles in *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022) as Declan, *Assassin's Creed* (2016), *'71* (2014) and *The Foreigner* (2017). He is artistic director of the theatre company Livin’ Dred and is married to actor Clare Monnelly.

*Sources: imdb.com, independent.ie.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Declan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *'71* (2014), Fi1m 82, as McCann — [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kathleen Is Here* (2024), as Damian
- *The Christmas Break* (2023), as Aiden
- *LOLA* (2023), as Major. Henry Cobcroft
- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), as Declan — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *Simon* (2022), as Simon
- *Departure* (2022), Director
- *The Cellar* (2022), as Dr. Fournet
- *Hidden Assets* (2021), series, as Sean Prendergast
- *Redemption of a Rogue* (2021), as Jimmy
- *The Cherry Orchard* (2020), as Lopakhin
- *Float Like a Butterfly* (2019), as Uncle Bobby
- *The Foreigner* (2017), as Pat Nugent
- *Maze* (2017), as Joe
- *Assassin's Creed* (2016), as Gilles
- *Inspektor Jury - Mord im Nebel* (2015), as Sam Waterhouse
- *Clean Break* (2015), series, as Ed Banner
- *Pan* (2015), as Robbins
- *'71* (2014), as McCann — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *Vikings* (2013), series, as Burgred
- *The Other Side of Sleep* (2011), as Bill
- *Love/Hate* (2010), series, as Martin
- *Little Foxes* (2009), as Steve
- *Deep Breaths* (2007), Actor
- *The Playboy of the Western World* (2005), as Christopher Mahon
- *Ella Enchanted* (2004), as Pug
- *Ghost Light*, as Tom · Writer, Director
- *Croí*, as Tomás
- *Listen*, as Stephen

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor 2009: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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