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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.
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2026
Macha
Movie Seamus
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2026
Crybaby
Movie Brendan
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2023
Sound & Colour
Movie Lawrence
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2022
Harry Wild
TV show Frank Stynes
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2020
Herself
Movie Homeless Man in Car Park
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2018
The Young Offenders
TV show Priest
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2011
Trivia
TV show George
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2010
Love/Hate
TV show Martin Quinn
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2008
Raw
TV show Oscar
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2008
Insatiable
Movie Sgt Kenny
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2007
The Tudors
TV show William Webbe
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2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Movie Finbar
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2000
The Fitz
TV show Postman