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Barry Keoghan

Barry Keoghan

Actor, also producer · Born October 18, 1992 (34) · Dublin, Ireland

BAFTA Award winner · Oscar nominee · Golden Globe nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Barry Keoghan (born 18 October 1992) is an Irish actor. He has appeared in the films Dunkirk; The Killing of a Sacred Deer, for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male; and Calm with Horses, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and the RTÉ drama Love/Hate. He also played Druig in Eternals and the Joker in The Batman.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 18, 1992 (34)
From
Dublin, Ireland
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 46 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 16% in 30 days

What are Barry Keoghan's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
28%
Bonds
21%
Self
20%
Survival
16%
Power
8%
Society
6%
Ideas
1%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 4 · Dark 16

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 5

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 16

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 7

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 15

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 5 of 15 analyzed roles.

Trickster
5 of 15
Shapeshifter
3 of 15
Shadow
2 of 15
Mentor
2 of 15
Ally
1 of 15
Herald
1 of 15
Hero
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Melancholic
13
Dread
8
Warm
4
Hopeful
5
Other
20

How their films linger

Thought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous8
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Barry Keoghan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Barry Keoghan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

46 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Beatles: George (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    as Ringo Starr

  • The Beatles: John (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    as Ringo Starr

  • The Beatles: Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    as Ringo Starr

  • The Beatles: Ringo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    as Ringo Starr

  • Butterfly Jam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer · as Azik

  • Lemonade(2026)

    Producer · as Josh

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man(2026)

    as Duke Shelby

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Crime 101(2026)

    as Ormon

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Hurry Up Tomorrow(2025)

    as Lee

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Bring Them Down(2024)

    Executive Producer · as Jack

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Bird(2024)

    as Bug

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Masters of the Air(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lt. Curtis Biddick

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Saltburn(2023)

    as Oliver Quick

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Banshees of Inisherin(2022)

    as Dominic Kearney

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Batman(2022)

    as Unseen Arkham Prisoner

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Eternals(2021)

    as Druig

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Green Knight(2021)

    as Scavenger

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Lupo

  • Calm with Horses(2019)

    as Dympna

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Chernobyl(2019)

    Show 5 episodes · as Pavel

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Black '47(2018)

    as Hobson

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • American Animals(2018)

    as Spencer Reinhard

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer(2017)

    as Martin Lang

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Dunkirk(2017)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • For You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Darren

  • Light Thereafter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Pavel

  • Trespass Against Us(2016)

    as Windows

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Candy Floss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Shane

  • Mammal(2016)

    as Joe Walsh

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Traders(2015)

    as Ken

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Rebellion(2016)

    Show 5 episodes · as Cormac McDevitt

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • The Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Sean

  • Norfolk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Boy

  • North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Aaron

  • Standby(2014)

    as Crusty

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • '71(2014)

    as Sean Bannon

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Stay(2013)

    as Sean Meehan

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Life's a Breeze(2013)

    as Pizza Guy

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Wasted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Ben

  • King of the Travellers(2012)

    as Young Dublin Lad

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Stalker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Tommy Valentine

  • Stand Up! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Stand Up Bully

  • Between the Canals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Aido

  • Love/Hate(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · as Wayne

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Amo Saddam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Sapphire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 46 titles, 40 of them dated from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

The Batman (2022)

$773M worldwide

Highest rated

The Batman (2022)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

MilestoneNomination
20102026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting46 of 46: 44 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndProducing2 of 46: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

By decade

2010s25 · acting2020s15 · 15 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 5% of 21 roles
131823

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a BAFTA Award from 11 major nominations, 2018–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
  2. 2023
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Supporting Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  3. 2021
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  4. 2019
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
  5. 2018
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Male

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Barry Keoghan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th6

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)

95th percentile spread · 39% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Chernobyl (2019)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 57. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Barry Keoghan's work okay for kids?

Across up to 17 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles55–87 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity17 titles11–63 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity16 titles38–84 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs15 titles23–72 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense16 titles56–84 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Barry Keoghan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Barry Keoghan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Macdara Kelleher shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers