马丁·麦克唐纳出生于英国伦敦的坎伯威尔，父母是爱尔兰人。他的母亲来自爱尔兰斯里戈郡Killeenduff，父亲则来自戈尔韦郡的Lettermullen。之后父母回到戈尔韦郡居住，马丁和他的兄弟(编剧John Michael McDonagh)则继续住在伦敦。16岁时，马丁开始领取失业救济金。 每到夏天，马丁都会到戈尔韦拜访父母，他开始熟悉爱尔兰西部的英国口音，后来他将其运用到自己的作品中去。他的作品中总是融合了爱尔兰式的民俗雅韵、黑色幽默与英国式的电视喜剧色彩。 1996年他已获得影评人戏剧奖的“最有希望的编剧”。
柯林·法瑞尔，爱尔兰著名男演员，爸爸和叔叔都是60年代时家喻户晓的足球明星，柯林·法瑞尔也一度想要成为足球运动员，后来却转而着迷于演戏，并进入都柏林一家戏剧学校就读。在学期间即开始在几部电视迷你影集露脸。
拉尔夫·范恩斯（Ralph Fiennes）本名雷夫·纳旦尼尔·土伊斯勒顿-维克汉-范恩斯（Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes）英国男演员。切尔西学院的艺术设计专业毕业后，进入皇家戏剧艺术学院学习表演，后考入皇家国立剧院，深受剧场训练的扎实功底，在他主演的每部电影中可见一斑。曾出演《辛德勒的名单》、《英国病人》、《哈利波特》、《生死朗读》等众多优秀影片，两获奥斯卡金像奖提名，也是唯一在百老汇剧院以哈姆雷特王子一角获东尼奖的男演员。
你也许想不到《哈利·波特》的疯眼汉穆迪是个内心丰富、神经敏感的文学大叔。魁伟的身材和一张饱经风霜的脸，布莱丹·格里森是好莱坞影片中爱尔兰角色最常见的黄金配角。他于1955年出生在爱尔兰都柏林，自小爱好文学，34岁才进入表演这行，被伦敦的皇家莎士比亚剧院录取，此前他曾在中...
Ivanek was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then a part of Yugoslavia. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1960 when he was 3 years old; after a two-year stay, the family moved back to Slovenia for five years and then returned to the United States in 1967. Ivanek graduated from Yale University in 1978 and afterward attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 1982, Ivanek originated the role of Hally in Athol Fugard's play Master Harold...and the Boys. He has also appeared in the U.S. premieres of such notable plays as Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine - garnering the 1981 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play - and Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman. He would later work again with McDonagh, playing a minor role as a Canadian tourist in the film In Bruges. Ivanek frequently appears on Broadway and has been nominated for three Tony Awards: one for his performance in the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, one more as a featured actor in Two Shakespearean Actors, and another for his lead performance as Captain Queeg in a revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial alongside David Schwimmer and Tim Daly. Ivanek is perhaps best known for his supporting roles in the television series The X Files as Roland; Homicide: Life on the Street as prosecuting attorney Ed Danvers; Damages as Ray Fiske; Oz as Governor James Devlin; 24 as Andre Drazen; Lost as Edmund Burke; Heroes as Emile Danko; and as J.J. in HBO's series Big Love. In his screen appearances, he often plays professional men such as lawyers or government functionaries, sometimes of an evil nature. In 2006, he guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit playing the father of a college student (Schuyler Fisk) with whom he has an incestuous relationship. Ivanek portrayed John Dickinson, representative from Pennsylvania of the Second Continental Congress in the HBO miniseries John Adams. He was again seen on HBO in November 2008 in the series True Blood, in which he played the role of the Magister. He reprised his role as the Magister in 2010, the show's third season. On September 21, 2008 Ivanek was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the role of Ray Fiske on Damages. Ivanek appeared in the third and fourth seasons of Big Love, as Nicki Grant's first husband, J.J. He appeared as a gun-wielding patient in the episode "Last Resort" on House. Ivanek was in the NBC drama series The Event.
1982年于巴黎市郊出生的克蕾曼丝·波西 (Clemence Poesy) 在法国是位家喻户晓的女演员，主演过许多备受赞誉的电影、电视剧及迷你影集。母亲是法语教师，父亲则身兼剧场导演与演员，波西耳濡目染下，14岁时就开始其戏剧之路。2005年波西因演出电影《哈利波特与火焰杯》 (Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire) 里面芙蓉·德拉库尔的角色而走红国际。近作有《战争与和平》、《杀手没有假期》等。
杰瑞米·雷乃，比利时男演员，生活在法国巴黎。他的电影事业始于1996年的《一诺千金》的广受赞誉，该片由著名比利时兄弟搭档导演卢克和让-皮埃尔·达内执导。之后，他又出演2001年影片《狼族盟约》和《孩子》（2005年），后者导演为达内兄弟，名声远播。...
塞伦·希德于1953年2月9日出生于北爱尔兰的贝尔法斯特。他是全家五个孩子中最小的一个，也是唯一的男孩儿。父亲是位医生，很希望塞伦子承父业，可惜未能如愿。塞伦的母亲莫伊尔是位业余演员，正是她的影响才使儿子选择了演员之路。...
罗比·凯出生在英格兰，从小在他母亲斯黛芬妮来到纽卡斯尔时就搬到布鲁塞尔。他的父亲伊万来自彼得伯勒 。罗比·凯的祖父亚历克斯·凯是捷克保加利亚血统。2006年凯和他的家人搬到了捷克的布拉格。 他以前住在英国西萨塞克斯,现在居住在美国德克萨斯的休斯顿。
