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name: "Rory Keenan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rory-keenan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 June 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T11:45:19.235672+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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# Rory Keenan

Actor. Born 9 June 1980 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 June 1980, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** 로리 키난
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Keenan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28870899, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444676/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1041731

## Coming up

- *Power Ballad* (2026-05-18), as Binzer — [page](https://film.one/film/power-ballad.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Guard*](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md) (78)

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## Biography

Rory Keenan is an Irish actor born in Dublin. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and began performing in theatre from an early age, including leading roles at the Abbey Theatre. He has appeared in numerous National Theatre productions and West End shows, and won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance as Macbeth.

His film credits include *Reign of Fire* (2002), *Ella Enchanted* (2004), *The Guard* (2011) as Garda Aidan McBride, and *Power Ballad* (2026) as Binzer. On television he has appeared in *Peaky Blinders* (2013) as Donal, *War and Peace* (2016) as Bilibin, *The Duchess* (2020), *Somewhere Boy* (2022), *The Regime* (2024) as Peter, and *Blackshore* (2024). He also featured in the Oscar-nominated short film *The Crush* (2010) and wrote and directed the short *Bump* (2022).

Keenan is married to actress Gemma Arterton.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Guard* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Garda Aidan McBride — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Power Ballad* (2026), as Binzer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/power-ballad.md)
- *The Regime* (2024), series, as Peter
- *Blackshore* (2024), series, as Cian Furlong
- *Somewhere Boy* (2022), series, as Steve
- *National Theatre Live: Trouble in Mind* (2021), as Al Manners
- *Bump* (2021), Director, Writer
- *The Duchess* (2020), series, as Shep
- *Come Home* (2018), series, as Chris Tomlinson
- *National Theatre Live: Saint Joan* (2017), as Steward/The Inquisitor
- *Just Friendship* (2017), as Sean O'Brian
- *Striking Out* (2017), series, as Eric
- *Take Down* (2016), as Joe Franz
- *The Young Messiah* (2016), as The Demon
- *Grimsby* (2016), as James Thurbeck
- *Serial Thriller: The Head Hunter* (2016), as Jim
- *War and Peace* (2016), series, as Bilibin
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Donal — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Keys to the City* (2012), as Paul
- *Earthbound* (2012), as Gordon
- *Birdsong* (2012), series, as Private Brennan
- *National Theatre Live: The Kitchen* (2011), as Kevin
- *The Guard* (2011), as Garda Aidan McBride — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)
- *The Crush* (2010), as Boyfriend
- *Zonad* (2010), as Guy Hendrickson
- *One Hundred Mornings* (2009), as Mark
- *Storyland* (2009), series, as Sean Wallace
- *Law & Order: UK* (2009), series, as Sean Harte
- *Showbands* (2005), as Keith
- *Ella Enchanted* (2004), as Otto
- *Intermission* (2003), as Anthony Lowry
- *Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor* (2003), as Militiaman
- *Reign of Fire* (2002), as Devon
- *On Home Ground* (2001), series, as Kevin King
- *Seahorse*, Director, Screenplay

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