
Person
Damien Kearney
Acting · Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Damian Kearney most recently appeared in the Abbey Theatre’s production of Emma, directed by Claire O’Reilly. Screen credits include Harry Wild 2 (dir. Emer Conroy); Herself (dir. Phyllida Lloyd); The Wind that Shakes the Barley (dir. Ken Loach); Love/Hate (dir. David Caffrey/Anthony Byrne). Stage credits include Stones in His Pockets (dir. Ian McElhinney, Gaiety Theatre); at the Abbey Theatre, Oedipus (dir. Wayne Jordan); This Beautiful Village (dir. David Horan); The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui and The Government Inspector (dir. Jimmy Fay); The Comedy of Errors (dir. Jason Byrne); Richard II (Michael Barken-Caven); for Cheek By Jowl, Troilus & Cressida (dir. Declan Donlan); Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Love In A Wood at the RSC; and his self-penned The Flamboyant Bird (dir. Charlie Bonner, Fishamble). He also recently appeared in The Summer I Robbed a Bank (dir. Sophie Motley) at the Everyman Theatre, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. Adapted by Mark O’Doherty, it is based on the original book by David O’Doherty. Damian trained at RADA.
Known for

The Tudors
William Webbe

Harry Wild
Frank Stynes

Love/Hate
Martin Quinn

The Young Offenders
Priest

Raw
Oscar

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Finbar

Trivia
George
Crybaby
Brendan

Herself
Homeless Man in Car Park

Macha
Seamus
Filmography
- 2026MachaSeamus
- 2026CrybabyBrendan
- 2023Sound & ColourLawrence
- 2022Harry WildFrank Stynes
- 2020HerselfHomeless Man in Car Park
- 2018The Young OffendersPriest
- 2011TriviaGeorge
- 2010Love/HateMartin Quinn
- 2008RawOscar
- 2008InsatiableSgt Kenny
- 2007The TudorsWilliam Webbe
- 2006The Wind That Shakes the BarleyFinbar
- 2000The FitzPostman
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