Us Weekly’s List of Hottest Irish Actors Taking Over Hollywood — And Where You’ve Seen Them Before

Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal and more are on Us Weekly’s important list of hot Irish actors

Ayo Edebiri is making headlines for her running joke about Ireland, but she’s not the only notable name coming out of the Emerald Isle.

Summer 2023 was called “hot Irish guys summer” (thanks Elle magazine) but Us Weekly thinks that the takeover should continue all year long — and with the amount of Irish actors taking over Hollywood at the moment, it just might

Keep scrolling for Us Weekly’s list of the hottest Irish actors taking over Hollywood, and where you’ve seen them before:

Hot Irish Actors Taking Over Hollywood and Where You ve Seen Them Before

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Barry Keoghan

Where You’ve Seen Him: The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dunkirk, American Animals, Eternals, The Banshees of Inisherin, Saltburn and The Masters of the Air.

“Barry’s one of the best actors of his generation in the world today, let alone in Ireland, and it’s always a better move to cast the best rather than cast to type,” director Martin McDonagh told GQ in October 2022.