The US-Ireland Alliance will give the actor the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in March
After a varied career in which he has played a psychopath, a romcom heart-throb, an intergalactic warlord and a plucky newspaper editor among others, Domhnall Gleeson has won his first Hollywood award.
The US-Ireland Alliance announced that Gleeson will receive the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in March in the run-up to the Oscars. It honours a body of work rather than a particular performance.
The Irish actor has received critical plaudits and nominations for film and TV performances, and has won Irish film and television awards and a Berlin international film festival award, but had not landed a major Hollywood prize.
“I first saw Domhnall in 2006 when he played the role of Davey in Martin McDonagh’s play The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” said Trina Vargo, the founder and president of the US-Ireland Alliance. “His talent was obvious 20 years ago, it’s been a pleasure to watch him go from strength to strength, and we look forward to honouring him.”
