Culture That Made Me: Ciarán Hinds on Donal McCann, Cate Blanchett and Succession 

The celebrated actor also includes Better Call Saul, Joseph O'Connor and The Mahabharata among his touchstones 

Ciaran Hinds is one of the stars of The Dry, on RTÉ One. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)  

Ciarán Hinds, 70, was born in Belfast. In 1981, he made his feature film debut in John Boorman’s Excalibur. Since then, he has won awards around the globe for his screen and stage work, including an Oscar nomination last year for Belfast. He lives between London and Paris with his actress wife Hélène Patarot. Their daughter, Aoife Hinds, is also an actor. He stars in The Dry, a comedy drama series which also features his wife, starting Wednesday, March 1, on RTÉ One.

 Ciarán Hinds with his wife Héléne Patarot in RTÉ series The Dry.