Dónall Ó Héalai
Biography
Dónall Ó Héalai is an Irish actor from Inverin in County Galway who began performing at a local youth club. His first screen role came in 2006 as Jeaic in the TG4 series Aifric. He played Otis in the 2019 psychological thriller Impossible Monsters, then took the lead in the Irish-language period drama Arracht as Colmán Sharkey. Arracht was named best Irish film at the Dublin International Film Festival and earned an audience award at Glasgow, while Ó Héalai received the festival's Aer Lingus Discovery Award and a best actor nomination at the Irish Film and Television Awards. He stars as John Cunliffe in Foscadh, an Irish-language adaptation of Donal Ryan's novel The Thing About December and Ireland's submission for best international feature at the 94th Academy Awards. Screen International named him a Star of Tomorrow in 2020, and the Irish Film and Television Awards twice recognized him in its best leading actor in film category, in 2020 and 2022.
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years2016 to 2019
Every film, newest first
- 2019Impossible MonstersIMDb rating 4.1
- 2017Loud PlacesIMDb rating 5.6
- 2016catch 22: based on the unwritten story by seanie sugrueIMDb rating 4.6
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Early training
Ó Héalai earned the Dr. H.H Stewart Literary Prize while studying at Maynooth University. After graduating, he went on to train at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York and at Bow Street Academy in Dublin.
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Nathan CatucciDirector, 1 film, 2019
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Dan KennedyDirector, 1 film, 2017
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