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Rory Keenan (born 9 June 1980) is an Irish actor.

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Rory Keenan
Born	(1980-06-09) 9 June 1980 (age 42) Dublin, Ireland
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Gemma Arterton (m. 2019)

Career

Primarily a stage actor, he has worked extensively in theatre in London. He has worked in film and TV from a young age. Most recently he has performed in the National Theatre's acclaimed production of Trouble In Mind as well as at BAM, New York and Wyndhams Theatre in the West End as Jamie in Long Day's Journey Into Night directed by Sir Richard Eyre, and at The Donmar Warehouse in Saint Joan and Welcome Home Captain Fox![1]

Previous work at The Royal National Theatre includes The Kitchen, Damned By Despair and Liola, as well as the acclaimed Philadelphia Here I Come[2] and Dublin Carol at the Donmar Warehouse.

He has also performed many leading roles in Ireland, having worked from an early age at The Abbey Theatre, as well as the title roles in Hamlet and Macbeth, the latter of which landed him Best Actor at 11th The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards.[3]

On television he was seen recently in Channel 4's lauded Somewhere Boy, Netflix's The Duchess, BBC's Versailles, War & Peace and Peaky Blinders.

Very recently Rory also wrote and directed his debut film BUMP, which has received awards from major international film festivals.

Personal life

In 2019, he married actress Gemma Arterton.[4]

On 4 November, Gemma Arterton confirmed that she is expecting her first child with Rory Keenan. [5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Somewhere Boy	Steve	8 episodes
2021	Rules Of The Game		3 episodes
2020	The Duchess	Shep	6 episodes
2017	Versailles	Leopold	8 episodes
	Come Home	Tomlinson	2 episodes
2017–18	Striking Out	Eric	10 episodes
2016	Stan Lee's Lucky Man	Simon	2 episodes
	War & Peace	Bilibin	4 episodes
2014	Peaky Blinders	Donal Henry	3 episodes
2012	Birdsong	Brennan	TV mini series
2011	Primeval	Michael	1 episode
2005	Showbands	Keith	TV mini series
2003	The Clinic	Michael	6 episodes
2001–02	On Home Ground	Kevin King	16 episodes
1999	Aristocrats	George	TV mini series

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Young Messiah	Lucifer
	Grimsby	James Thurbeck
2012	Earthbound	Gordon
	Keys to the City	Paul
2011	National Theatre Live: The Kitchen	Kevin
	The Guard	McBride
2010	Windows	Terry	Short film
	The Crush	Boyfriend	nominated Academy Award Best Live Action Short Film[6]
2009	One Hundred Mornings	Mark
	Zonad	Guy Hendrickson
2006	Pride and Joy	Rory Lawlor
2005	Showbands	Keith	TV movie
	Still Life	Man	Short film
2004	Ella Enchanted	Otto
2003	Intermission	Anthony Lowry
	Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor	Malitiaman	TV movie
2002	Reign of Fire	Devon

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Notes
2019	Plenty	Raymond Brock	Chichester Festival Theatre	[7]
2018	Long Day's Journey Into Night	James Tyrone Jr.	Wyndham's Theatre / BAM, New York
2016	Saint Joan	The Inquisitor	Donmar Warehouse
	The Seagull	Trigorin	Dublin Theatre Festival
	Welcome Home Captain Fox	Gene	Donmar Warehouse
2015	Someone Who'll Watch Over Me	Edward	Chichester Festival Theatre
2013	Liola	Liola	Royal National Theatre
2012	Damned by Despair	Pedrisco	Royal National Theatre
	Philadelphia Here I Come	Gar Private	Donmar Warehouse
	Dublin Carol	Mark	Donmar Warehouse
2011	The Kitchen	Kevin	Royal National Theatre
	Lakeboat/Prairie du Chien	Fred	Arcola Theatre
2010	The Big Fellah	Ruairi	Lyric Hammersmith
	The Importance of Being Earnest	Jack	Rough Magic/ Gaiety Theatre
2009	Macbeth	Macbeth	Siren Productions/The Empty Space	Best Actor In Supporting Role, Irish Times Theatre Awards
	The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger	Ronan	Olympia Theatre
2007	Don Carlos	Don Carlos	Rough Magic
	Saved	Fred	Abbey Theatre

References

External links

• United Agents-Rory Keenan
• Rory Keenan at IMDb

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