Damien Kearney

Known For: Acting

Biography

Damian Kearney most recently appeared in the Abbey Theatre’s production of Emma, directed by Claire O’Reilly. Screen credits include Harry Wild 2 (dir. Emer Conroy); Herself (dir. Phyllida Lloyd); The Wind that Shakes the Barley (dir. Ken Loach); Love/Hate (dir. David Caffrey/Anthony Byrne). Stage credits include Stones in His Pockets (dir. Ian McElhinney, Gaiety Theatre); at the Abbey Theatre, Oedipus (dir. Wayne Jordan); This Beautiful Village (dir. David Horan); The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui and The Government Inspector (dir. Jimmy Fay); The Comedy of Errors (dir. Jason Byrne); Richard II (Michael Barken-Caven); for Cheek By Jowl, Troilus & Cressida (dir. Declan Donlan); Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Love In A Wood at the RSC; and his self-penned The Flamboyant Bird (dir. Charlie Bonner, Fishamble). He also recently appeared in The Summer I Robbed a Bank (dir. Sophie Motley) at the Everyman Theatre, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. Adapted by Mark O’Doherty, it is based on the original book by David O’Doherty. Damian trained at RADA.

Filmography

2023

Sound & Colour as Lawrence

2022

Harry Wild as Frank Stynes

2020

Herself as Homeless Man in Car Park

2011

Trivia as George

2010

Love/Hate as Martin Quinn

2008

Raw as Oscar
Insatiable as Sgt Kenny

2007

The Tudors as William Webbe

2006

The Wind That Shakes the Barley as Finbar

2000

The Fitz as Postman