Actor Evolution: Domhnall Gleeson

- April 03, 2017

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Domhnall Gleeson. Irish, ginger...phenomenon. He's got this astonishingly genuine way of acting. If he's feeling it, so are you. He tends to play very different characters: I've seen him be a coward, a brainy guy, entirely honorable, lionharted, corrupted, desperate, moonstruck...his range is very impressive.

If he's got a specific character type that he likes to portray over and over, I haven't found it. He also switches back and forth between leading man and character actor. What is your favorite role he's done?

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1. Boy Eats Girl (2005)

Bernard

Mr. Frears: "What does being Irish mean to you? Anyone else? Yes, Bernard?" Bernard: "Myths and legends, scholars and writers, Joyce, Beckett, Yates."

2. Never Let Me Go (2010)

Rodney

Rodney: "If there was a boy and a girl and they were in love with each other...really, properly in love and they could prove it, then they would be given a few years together. Before they began their donations."

3. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)

Bill Weasley

Bill Weasley: "Owe it all to a werewolf, name of Greyback. Hope to repay the favor one day."

4. True Grit (2010)

Moon

Emmett Quincy: "Don't you go flappin' your gums, Moon! If you blow, I will kill you!" Moon: "I'm played out, Qunicy! We seen Ned and Hayes two days ago..."

5. Dredd (2012)

Clan Techie

Judge: "Open the blast door right now." Clan Techie: "Yessir, the problem is that we've had a software malfunction and I've lost control of the system. We've had a fire on level 76."

6. Anna Karenina (2012)

Konstantin Levin

Levin: "You are on the wrong side of history. Not because privilege is immoral [spits]. But because it is irrational."

7. "Black Mirror" (2013)

Ash

Text: "You could have left me some clothes. I mean, talk about an undignified entrance."

8. About Time (2013)

Tim

Tim: "Never trust a blueberry."

9. Ex Machina (2014)

Caleb

Ava: "I've never met anyone new before. Only Nathan." Caleb: "Then I guess we're both in quite a similar position." Ava: "Haven't you met lots of new people before?" Caleb: "None like you."