Personal details
- Birth Date: 1992-10-18
- Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Birth Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Professions: Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
Barry Keoghan might not be your average American teen, but man, he absolutely owned the role of Martin in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, making people squirm in their seats with that icy revenge vibe. Born in Dublin’s Summerhill, this guy didn’t exactly have the smoothest ride growing up—raised by his nan from when he was just a kid, which probably gave him a bit of that edge you see on screen. He wasn’t one of those drama school prodigies from the get-go either. Nope, he found his groove at The Factory, a new-ish drama school in Dublin that was all about TV and film—kind of scrappy, but perfect for a hustler like him. Before he was chilling audiences in big-name films, you could spot him popping up in a couple of Irish TV dramas like Fair City and Love/Hate, just cutting his teeth. Then he started landing meatier bits in smaller films—Belfast (not that Belfast), Mammal, Trespass Against Us. But 2017 really flipped the script for him. Two monster films back to back: Sacred Deer (where he’s basically nightmare fuel) and Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic. After that? The hits just kept coming. He snuck into The Batman with a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo, turned heads in The Banshees of Inisherin (got himself an Oscar nod, no big deal), and then just set the world on fire in Saltburn, picking up Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations along the way. Oh, and if you thought he was just some moody actor, think again. Keoghan’s actually an amateur boxer and rocks the Burberry ambassador thing on the side. Guy’s got layers.
The guy spent seven brutal years bouncing around the foster care system, landing in thirteen—yeah, thirteen—different homes. It’s not like he had a chance to unpack his suitcase or actually get comfortable anywhere. Every time he started to settle in, boom, time to move again. The constant switch-ups made it nearly impossible to build real connections or trust anybody, honestly. It’s like just when he’d start to feel safe, there’d be another foster parent, another set of rules, a whole new set of faces at the dinner table. That kind of instability messes with your head, you know? He basically had to become a chameleon, adapting to new environments over and over. School, friends, family—it was all temporary. The guy learned to keep his guard up, never expecting anything or anyone to stick around for long. That’s the kind of background that leaves some serious scars, whether people see them or not.
Heroin hit Dublin hard, wrecking families left and right. My mom? Yeah, she got swept up in it, just another casualty. Lost her pretty young. So, my gran stepped in—old school, zero nonsense, raised me her own way. I mean, she’s this tiny powerhouse, doesn’t take crap from anyone. I’d come home after days on set, getting all this special treatment, and she’d still make me clean my room or get an earful for leaving socks on the floor. She keeps me grounded, reminds me where I’m from, even when the world feels fake. There’s something about her—like, no matter how messy things get, she’s this rock. Lost my mom, but I got my gran, and honestly, she’s the reason I’m not totally lost myself.
October 18, 1992
5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Dublin, Ireland
Yes, Brando Keoghan
32 years old