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
Really, all I worry about is the work in hand.
'Black Mirror,' I read that, and I had another offer for a movie at the same time that was a bigger movie, an actual film as opposed to TV, but I said, 'No, it has to be Black Mirror.' And it hadn't been sold to Netflix, hadn't gone abroad at that point - but it's just good work - that's all there is to it.
I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.
I got to work with Cillian Murphy and my dad, Jim Broadbent and Jodie Whittaker on 'Perrier's Bounty.' It was a small part, but it was really special.
My dad said, 'If no one was giving me acting work, I'd have to be prepared to create it myself.'
My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.
'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling.
Angelina Jolie is just an extremely talented, generous, nice person to be around and to work with.
I've gotten work based on how I look, and I've not gotten work based on how I look. It's all good.
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.
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.
The rom-com genre is not something that necessarily lights my jets.
I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.
I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.