Adapted from a stage play, The Banshees of Inisherin is Keoghan’s best performance to date and has earned the young actor his first-ever Academy Award nomination. Once again starring alongside Colin Farrell, this film weaves a tale of midlife crises and friendship, or lack thereof. Keoghan's Oscar nomination is pinned against Banshees costar, Brendan Gleeson.
Banshees follow two lifelong buddies, Colm (Gleeson) and Pádraic (Farrell), after Colm inexplicably ends their friendship. Keoghan plays Dominic, Pádraic's friend, who agrees to help mend the fractured kinship. Stream the Irish Oscar-Nominated movie film on HBOmax before this year’s Academy Awards on March 12.
There are disturbing elements in Martin McDonagh’s precisely calibrated hit The Banshees of Inisherin. But along with all the nihilism, the unfortunate donkey and the splashes of gore, the performance given by Barry Keoghan is right up there for its unsettling impact. The Irish actor’s vulnerable and abused islander Dominic Kearney gives the film moments of warmth and much of its emotional punch.
So, even though the 30-year-old’s inclusion in the Oscar lineup for best supporting actor was unexpected last week – especially alongside big names such as Judd Hirsch and his Banshees co-star Brendan Gleeson – it was not a surprise for those who love the film.
Among Keoghan’s many new fans is Gary Lineker, who was quick to applaud the nomination on social media, while McDonagh, who wrote the part for the actor, already regards him as “one of the best actors of his generation in the world today, let alone in Ireland”.
Her sons were taken into care and passed through 13 foster homes. For a period, they also lived with their maternal grandmother, Patricia, and were with her when they learned of their mother’s death.
Keoghan left school at 16 with scant qualifications but a love of impersonations and film. And this is where his path to fame becomes clearer. Like many screen talents before him, he had extraordinary drive, fuelled no doubt by the adverse circumstances of his childhood. Weighing the loss of his mother, he has remembered deciding: “What more can I lose? The only way is forward.”
Many movie-goers will recognize Keoghan from his role in Marvel's Eternals, but his acting repertoire goes back much further than two years ago. In fact, Keoghan has been acting since 2011's Between the Canals and has since starred in over ten productions throughout the past decade. From foster care to Hollywood movie star, Barry Keoghan is a true scene-stealer.
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