List of Irish actors

This list of notable actors from Ireland includes performers in film, television, stage, and radio.

Born in the 17th and 18th centuries

 * Spranger Barry (1719–1777)
 * Maria Ann Campion (1777–1803)
 * Thomas Doggett (1640–1721)
 * Anna Marcella Giffard (1707–1777)
 * Elizabeth O'Neill (1791–1872)

Born 1800–1849

 * Ada Dyas (1843–1908)

Born in the 1900s

 * Noel Purcell (1900-1985)
 * George Brent (1904–1979)
 * Harry Brogan (1904–1977)
 * Cathleen Delany (1907–1977)
 * Hilton Edwards (1903–1982) (born in London)
 * Joan Henley (1904–1986)
 * Ria Mooney (1903–1973)
 * Shelah Richards (1903–1985)
 * Eve Watkinson (1909–1999)

Born in the 1910s

 * Cyril Cusack (1910–1993) (born in South Africa; Irish-English)
 * Eithne Dunne (1919–1988)
 * Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005)
 * Marie Kean (1918–1993)
 * Dan O'Herlihy (1919–2005) (naturalised American citizen)
 * Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998) (naturalised American citizen)
 * Micheline Patton (1912–2001)