---
name: "Barry Keoghan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-keoghan"
fi1m_id: "barry-keoghan"
imdb_id: "nm4422686"
tmdb_id: 1290466
wikidata_id: "Q28542230"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 October 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-03T01:06:31.078558+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."
---

# Barry Keoghan

## Identity

Barry Keoghan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-keoghan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-keoghan
- **IMDb ID:** nm4422686
- **TMDB ID:** 1290466
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28542230
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Keoghan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28542230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4422686/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1290466

Actor. Born 18 October 1992 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 October 1992, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Colin Farrell](https://film.one/person/colin-farrell.md), [Cillian Murphy](https://film.one/person/cillian-murphy.md), [Ed Guiney](https://film.one/person/ed-guiney.md), [Sean Harris](https://film.one/person/sean-harris.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 12 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (4), 2020s 71 (8)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 74 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Thriller 5, Action 3, Crime 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 23 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,902m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Keoghan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28542230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4422686/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1290466

## Coming up

- *The Beatles: George* (2028-04-05), as Ringo Starr
- *The Beatles: Ringo* (2028-04-05), as Ringo Starr
- *The Beatles: John* (2028-04-05), as Ringo Starr
- *The Beatles: Paul* (2028-04-05), as Ringo Starr

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dunkirk*](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md) (86), [*'71*](https://film.one/film/71.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*The Green Knight*](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md) (78), [*Eternals*](https://film.one/film/eternals.md) (57)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Batman*](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md) (74), [*The Killing of a Sacred Deer*](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Calm with Horses*](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md) (74), [*Crime 101*](https://film.one/film/crime-101.md) (67)
- **MUBI:** [*Bird*](https://film.one/film/bird.md) (73)
- **Hulu:** [*Saltburn*](https://film.one/film/saltburn.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Barry Keoghan

> Barry Keoghan can make a silent onlooker hard to ignore, but we like him just as much when he is noisy and foolish. His knack for unsettling people is useful; being cast only to do that would be a waste.

In *Saltburn* (2023), Barry Keoghan can hold our attention simply by watching Jacob Elordi’s Felix. His Oliver Quick has the stillness of a shy boy trying to work out how to join in, and Keoghan lets the close-up do its work. We believe the wanting; Emerald Fennell’s claims to be saying something about class are less persuasive. The Oxford scenes give him something precise to play: the effort of an outsider trying to become welcome.

The international breakthrough came with Christopher Nolan’s *Dunkirk* and Yorgos Lanthimos’s *The Killing of a Sacred Deer*, both in 2017. One placed him in an ensemble; the other established how unsettling he could be. *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022) allowed a gentler, more vulnerable performance before *Saltburn* made him a major lead.

Andrea Arnold gets more out of him in *Bird* (2024) by letting him be a nuisance. Bug, the young father of Nykiya Adams’s Bailey, has an electric scooter and a scheme to make money from a toad. We laughed at his foolishness, then felt uncomfortable when he turned on his daughter for spoiling his fun. Keoghan makes the humour and the cruelty fit inside a single line. Maxine Carlier’s production design helps: the squat resembles an untidied child’s bedroom and suits a father who has never grown up.

There is pleasure, too, in the wet-lipped eagerness of Ormon, his young crook in Bart Layton’s *Crime 101* (2026). Keoghan gives us someone worth watching even when the heist film’s patient pacing starts to feel overextended. The recurring outsider roles could become a trap if directors start treating his face as sufficient characterisation. We would welcome more of the comic foolishness Arnold allows him, rather than another part requiring him to look quietly worrying. Start with *Bird*, accepting that its fairy tale is less persuasive than its actors.

## Biography

Barry Keoghan is an Irish actor. He was born on 18 October 1992 in Dublin.

Keoghan's breakthrough came with supporting roles in *Dunkirk* (2017) and *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* (2017). He has since appeared in *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), *Eternals* (2021), *The Batman* (2022), and *Saltburn* (2023), in which he played Oliver Quick.

More recent credits include *Bird* (2024), as Bug, and *Crime 101* (2026), as Ormon.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bbc.co.uk, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (12)

- *Crime 101* (2026), Fi1m 67, as Ormon — [page](https://film.one/film/crime-101.md)
- *Bird* (2024), Fi1m 73, as Bug — [page](https://film.one/film/bird.md)
- *Saltburn* (2023), Fi1m 60, as Oliver Quick — [page](https://film.one/film/saltburn.md)
- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Dominic Kearney — [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *The Batman* (2022), Fi1m 74, as Unseen Arkham Prisoner — [page](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md)
- *Eternals* (2021), Fi1m 57, as Druig — [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md)
- *The Green Knight* (2021), Fi1m 78, as Scavenger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md)
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Dympna — [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *Chernobyl* (2019), Fi1m 86, as Pavel — [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *Dunkirk* (2017), Fi1m 86, as George — [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* (2017), Fi1m 72, as Martin Lang — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md)
- *'71* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Sean Bannon — [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *The Beatles: George* (2028), as Ringo Starr
- *The Beatles: Ringo* (2028), as Ringo Starr
- *The Beatles: John* (2028), as Ringo Starr
- *The Beatles: Paul* (2028), as Ringo Starr
- *Butterfly Jam* (2026), as Azik · Executive Producer
- *Lemonade* (2026), as Josh
- *Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man* (2026), as Duke Shelby
- *Crime 101* (2026), as Ormon — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/crime-101.md)
- *Hurry Up Tomorrow* (2025), as Lee
- *Bring Them Down* (2025), as Jack · Executive Producer
- *Bird* (2024), as Bug — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/bird.md)
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, as Lt. Curtis Biddick — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Saltburn* (2023), as Oliver Quick — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/saltburn.md)
- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), as Dominic Kearney — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *The Batman* (2022), as Unseen Arkham Prisoner — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md)
- *Eternals* (2021), as Druig — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md)
- *The Green Knight* (2021), as Scavenger — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md)
- *White* (2021), as Lupo
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), as Dympna — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, as Pavel — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *Black '47* (2018), as Hobson
- *American Animals* (2018), as Spencer Reinhard
- *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* (2017), as Martin Lang — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md)
- *Dunkirk* (2017), as George — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *For You* (2017), as Darren
- *Light Thereafter* (2017), as Pavel
- *Trespass Against Us* (2016), as Windows
- *Candy Floss* (2016), as Shane
- *Mammal* (2016), as Joe Walsh
- *Traders* (2016), as Ken
- *Rebellion* (2016), series, as Cormac McDevitt
- *The Break* (2015), as Sean
- *Norfolk* (2015), as Boy
- *North* (2014), as Aaron
- *Standby* (2014), as Crusty
- *'71* (2014), as Sean Bannon — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *Stay* (2013), as Sean Meehan
- *Life's a Breeze* (2013), as Pizza Guy
- *Wasted* (2013), as Ben
- *King of the Travellers* (2013), as Young Dublin Lad
- *Stalker* (2012), as Tommy Valentine
- *Stand Up!* (2011), as Stand Up Bully
- *Between the Canals* (2011), as Aido
- *Love/Hate* (2010), series, as Wayne
- *Amo Saddam*, Actor
- *Sapphire*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Actor Barry Keoghan poses for a photo after a“Masters of the Air” reception at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 27, 2024. Three of the most senior living B-17 Eigh](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-545365376e98.jpg) Actor Barry Keoghan poses for a photo after a“Masters of the Air” reception at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 27, 2024. Three of the most senior living B-17 Eigh — Senior Airman Austin Pate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Air_Force_honors_100th_Bomb_Group%27s_legacy_with_%27Masters_of_the_Air%27_special_screening_%285%29.jpg/1280px-Air_Force_honors_100th_Bomb_Group%27s_legacy_with_%27Masters_of_the_Air%27_special_screening_%285%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Keoghan](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-147f4a0b61a4.jpg) Barry Keoghan — Senior Airman Austin Pate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Barry_Keoghan_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Barry_Keoghan_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Keoghan and Nykiya Adams, actors, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Bird.](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-02b6f6658537.jpg) Barry Keoghan and Nykiya Adams, actors, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Bird. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Barry_Keoghan_and_Nykiya_Adams_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg/1280px-Barry_Keoghan_and_Nykiya_Adams_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Keoghan and Nykiya Adams, actors, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Bird.](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-e5c8e14fcb18.jpg) Barry Keoghan and Nykiya Adams, actors, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Bird. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Barry_Keoghan_and_Nykiya_Adams_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._03.jpg/1280px-Barry_Keoghan_and_Nykiya_Adams_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Keoghan](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-0de2a2961a89.jpg) Barry Keoghan — Image via TMDB
- ![Barry Keoghan](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-46900fc26471.jpg) Barry Keoghan — Image via TMDB
- ![Barry Keoghan](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-d33d8e24adae.jpg) Barry Keoghan — Image via TMDB
- ![Barry Keoghan and Nykiya Adams, actors, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Bird.](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-a4e394398aa4.jpg) Barry Keoghan and Nykiya Adams, actors, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Bird. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Barry_Keoghan_and_Nykiya_Adams_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Barry_Keoghan_and_Nykiya_Adams_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Keoghan](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-b862a2ab308d.jpg) Barry Keoghan — Image via TMDB
- ![Barry Keoghan](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-f9c90f58ead3.jpg) Barry Keoghan — Image via TMDB
- ![Barry Keoghan](https://film.one/media/person/536/gallery-9394e5129a9c.jpg) Barry Keoghan — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *The Banshees of Inisherin*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2023: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won), for *The Banshees of Inisherin*

### Golden Globes — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (nominated), for *The Banshees of Inisherin*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2018: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Dunkirk*

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

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