Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleesonis an Irish actor. He is best known for his portrayal of General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise, Caleb in Ex Machina and Tim Lake in About Time. He has acted on both stage and screen, earning a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for his role in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore. He has performed in several shows at Dublin's Gate Theatre, including adaptations of American Buffalo...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 May 1983
CityDublin, Ireland
CountryIreland
Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron'... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life.
I was in 'Harry Potter,' and nobody on the street recognizes me from that. Nobody on the street has ever stopped me from 'Harry Potter!'
I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.
I watched a couple of films I was in and thought, 'Those are pretty close to what we wanted them to be. I feel actually weirdly OK with it all. I can still see flaws in what I'm doing, but I think I delivered. I think I improved the film with my presence.'
I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it.
Just because I'm doing 'Star Wars' doesn't mean that'll be the thing that makes people stop me in the street.
'Star Wars' is different to anything I've done before.
My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them.
I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.
When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, time travel's a nightmare. Don't go down that path.
It's hard to get people up and out to shows, but 'The Walworth Farce' has masses of energy and will attract a crowd who don't always come to the theatre, which is great.
It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible.
I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.