A list of actors and comedians from (or associated with) the Republic of Ireland.
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- Dana Al Qattan (German-Kuwaiti actress who has performed almost exclusively in Irish film)
- Caitríona Balfe
- Angeline Ball
- Jamie Bamber (Born in London, but has Irish ancestry and citizenship thanks to his mother)
- Aisling Bea
- Patrick Bergin
- Baz Black
- Sarah Bolger
- Orla Brady
- Wilfrid Brambell
- Pierce Brosnan
- A.J. Buckley (born in Dublin, Ireland, but immigrated to Canada when he was six years old)
- Jessie Buckley
- Ed Byrne
- Gabriel Byrne
- Bobby Calloway
- Jimmy Carr (born in Hounslow, London, England and raised in England, but has Irish parents and holds an Irish passport)
- Elaine Cassidy
- Warren Christie (born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but lived most of his childhood in Ontario, Canada)
- Kerry Condon
- Andrew Connolly
- Nicola Coughlan
- Harley Cubberley (British born but has worked exclusively in Ireland)
- Michael Culkin
- Liam Cunningham
- Niamh Cusack
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Alana de la Garza (mother is Irish descent)
- Cal Dodd
- Alison Doody
- Maria Doyle Kennedy
- Colin Farrell
- Stephen Farrelly (mainly a wrestler but is an occasional actor)
- Michael Fassbender (German-Irish actor who identifies to both nationalities. He is Irish from his mother side)
- Barry Fitzgerald
- Fionnula Flanagan
- Aisling Franciosi
- Brenda Fricker
- Michael Gambon
- Patrick Gibson
- Aidan Gillen
- Brendan Gleeson
- Domhnall Gleeson
- Jack Gleeson
- Denise Gough
- Sarah Greene
- Richard Harris
- Daniel Henney (born to an Irish-American father)
- Ciarán Hinds
- Sharon Horgan
- Mark Huberman
- Sean Hughes
- Max Irons (English-Irish)
- David Kelly
- Frank Kelly
- Barry Keoghan
- Matt Lauria (American actor who lived in Ireland as a child)
- Denis Leary (American actor whose parents are Irish immigrants)
- Jordan Lennon
- Donal Logue (Canadian actor whose parents are Irish immigrants)
- Evanna Lynch
- Joe Lynch
- Eoin Macken
- Francis Magee (born in Dublin, grew up on the Isle of Man)
- Joseph Maher
- Michael McElhatton
- Dominique McElligott
- Damian McGinty
- Patrick McGoohan (born in the USA to Irish parents, moved back to Ireland as a baby and grew up there until he was seven, when he moved to England)
- Katie McGrath
- Charlene McKenna
- Pauline McLynn
- Lee Mack (born Oop North but has Irish nationality via grandparents)
- Colm Meaney
- Paul Mescal
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Damien Molony
- Owen Moore (born in Ireland and later immigrated to the US with his family)
- Dylan Moran
- Dermot Morgan
- Cillian Murphy
- Timothy V. Murphy
- Ruth Negga
- James Nesbitt
- Graham Norton
- Jim Norton (actor)
- Dara Ó Briain
- Brian F. O'Byrne
- Derrick O'Connor
- Colin O'Donoghue
- Chris O'Dowd
- Ardal O'Hanlon
- Maureen O'Hara
- Damian O'Hare
- Dan O'Herlihy
- Jason O'Mara
- Peter O'Meara
- Genevieve O'Reilly
- Jessica Reynolds
- Ryan O Shaughnessy
- Milo O'Shea
- Victoria Smurfit
- Ronan Summers
- Peter O'Toole
- Art Parkinson
- Gerard Plunkett
- Rebecca Quin (worked as an actress/stunt person/comedian at various points during her five-year retirement from wrestling, specifically around 2006-2011)
- Aidan Quinn (American actor who was also raised in Ireland)
- Glenn Quinn
- Stephen Rea
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Saoirse Ronan (Born in the USA from Irish parents, she later took residence in Ireland)
- Andrew Scott
- Fiona Shaw
- Robert Sheehan
- Stuart Townsend
- Aidan Turner
- Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
- Sophie Vavasseur
- Robbie Walsh
- John Welsh
- Terry Wogan
- Greg Young
