Editing List of Irish people (section)

=== Actors ===
{{Main|List of Irish actors}}
* [[Sara Allgood]] – actress
* [[Jonas Armstrong]] – actor, star of the BBC series ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]''
* [[Caitríona Balfe]] – actress
* [[Spranger Barry]] – actor
* [[Patrick Bergin]] – film actor
* [[Sarah Bolger]] – actress, played Princess Mary Tudor in ''The Tudors''; ''Spiderwick Chronicles''; Princess Aurora in ''Once Upon a Time''
* [[Stephen Boyd]] – film actor
* [[Kenneth Branagh]] – actor on stage, film and TV, the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' movies
* [[Brid Brennan]] – actress
* [[George Brent]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Harry Brogan]] – actor
* [[Shane Brolly]] – actor, Underworld Franchise
* [[Pierce Brosnan]] – actor, best known as [[James Bond]] from 1994 to 2005
* [[Gabriel Byrne]] – TV and film actor
* [[Todd Carty]] – TV, stage and film actor and director
* [[Elaine Cassidy]] – film actress
* [[Tony Clarkin (actor)|Tony Clarkin]] – actor of stage, TV, radio, film; voiceover artist
* [[Michael Colgan (actor)|Michael Colgan]] – actor
* [[Kerry Condon]] – actress
* [[D'Arcy Corrigan]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Nicola Coughlan]] – actress
* [[Catherine Cusack]] – stage and TV actor; daughter of Cyril Cusack
* [[Cyril Cusack]] – actor of stage, film and TV (born in South Africa)
* [[Niamh Cusack]] – TV actress; daughter of Cyril Cusack
* [[Sinéad Cusack]] – stage, film and TV actress; daughter of Cyril Cusack; married to [[Jeremy Irons]]
* [[Sorcha Cusack]] – film and TV actress; daughter of Cyril Cusack
* [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] – English-born [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winner
* [[Thomas Doggett]] – actor
* [[Alison Doody]] – actress, best known for her role in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''
* [[Richard Dormer]] – actor, playwright, known for roles in "[[Game of Thrones]]" and "[[Fortitude (TV series)|Fortitude]]"
* [[Jamie Dornan]] – actor and model; played the Huntsman in ''Once Upon a Time''; best known for roles in ''The Fall'' and ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]''
* [[Roma Downey]] – actor, best known for her role as Monica in the TV series ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
* [[Maria Doyle Kennedy]] – actress and singer
* [[Ada Dyas]] – actress
* [[Hilton Edwards]] – co-founder of the [[Gate Theatre]], born in UK
* [[Colin Farrell]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Michael Fassbender]] – Hollywood actor, born in [[West Germany]]
* [[Al Ferguson]] – actor
* [[Barry Fitzgerald]] – [[Abbey Theatre]] actor turned Hollywood star
* [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]] – actress
* [[Fionnula Flanagan]] – actress
* [[Brenda Fricker]] – [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winner
* [[Bronagh Gallagher]] – actress
* [[Michael Gambon]] – theatre, TV and film actor, ''Harry Potter'' films
* [[Charles K. Gerrard]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Douglas Gerrard]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Aidan Gillen]] – actor, ''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', ''[[Queer as Folk (UK)|Queer as Folk]]''
* [[Brendan Gleeson]] – actor, ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' films
* [[Brian Gleeson (actor)|Brian Gleeson]] – actor
* [[Domhnall Gleeson]] – actor
* [[Creighton Hale]] – actor
* [[Louisa Harland]] – actress
* [[Richard Harris]] – actor, ''Harry Potter'' films
* [[Forrester Harvey]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Amy Joyce Hastings]] – actress
* [[Amy Huberman]] – actress
* [[Saoirse-Monica Jackson]] – actress
* [[Valene Kane]] – actress, ''The Fading Light''
* [[David Kelly (actor)|David Kelly]] – actor
* [[Barry Keoghan]] – actor
* [[J. M. Kerrigan]] – Abbey actor
* [[Joanne King]] – actress
* [[Dervla Kirwan]] – actress, ''Ballykissangel'', ''Goodnight Sweetheart''
* [[Evanna Lynch]] – actress, ''Harry Potter'' films
* [[Joe Lynch (actor)|Joe Lynch]] – TV actor
* [[John Lynch (actor)|John Lynch]] – actor
* [[Susan Lynch]] – actress
* [[Micheál Mac Liammhóir]] – co-founder of the [[Gate Theatre]], born in UK
* [[Eoin Macken]] – actor, ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''
* [[Gerard McCarthy]] – actor, ''Hollyoaks''
* [[Sean McClory]] – actor 
* [[F. J. McCormick]] – Abbey actor
* [[Damian McGinty]] – TV actor ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''
* [[Patrick McGoohan]] – actor and creator of ''[[The Prisoner]]''
* [[Barry McGovern]] – stage, film and TV actor
* [[Katie McGrath]] – film and TV actress
* [[Gerard McSorley]] – actor
* [[Colm Meaney]] – Hollywood actor
* [[Paul Mescal]] – actor
* [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]] – film and TV actor
* [[Charles Mitchel]] – actor and newsreader
* [[Damien Molony]] – (stage and television actor)
* [[Colin Morgan]] – actor of stage, film and TV, best known for being the lead in ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''
* [[Edward Mulhare]] – actor; played Captain Daniel Gregg in ''[[The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)|The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]''; ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''
* [[Cillian Murphy]] – actor
* [[Devon Murray]] – actor, [[Seamus Finnigan]] in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' movies
* [[Liam Neeson]] – actor
* [[Sam Neill]] – actor
* [[James Nesbitt]] – actor
* [[Jim Norton (Irish actor)|Jim Norton]] – [[character actor]]
* [[Jamie-Lee O'Donnell]] – actress
* [[Colin O'Donoghue]] – actor, member of The Enemies; best known for playing Captain Hook in ''Once Upon A Time''
* [[Chris O'Dowd]] – actor and comedian
* [[Ardal O'Hanlon]] – actor and comedian
* [[Joan O'Hara]] – actress
* [[Maureen O'Hara]] – actress
* [[Jason O'Mara]] – actor
* [[Milo O'Shea]] – actor
* [[Maureen O'Sullivan]] – actor; mother of [[Mia Farrow]]
* [[Peter O'Toole]] – [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winner
* [[Daragh O'Malley]] – actor
* [[Glenn Quinn]] – actor
* [[Aidan Quinn]] – actor
* [[Stephen Rea]] – actor
* [[Jack Reynor]] – actor
* [[Paul Ronan]] – actor, ''The Devil's Own''; father of Saoirse Ronan
* [[Saoirse Ronan]] – actress
* [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]] – film, stage and television actor
* [[Fiona Shaw]] – actress, the ''Harry Potter'' movies
* [[Robert Sheehan]] – actor
* [[Arthur Shields]] – actor; younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald
* [[Niall Tóibín]] – actor and comedian
* [[Stuart Townsend]] – actor and [[Boxing|boxer]]
* [[Aidan Turner]] – actor, played John Mitchell in the BBC's ''Being Human'' and Kili in ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
* [[Richard Wall]] – actor