Cork actor Stephen O'Leary: ‘I feel proud to be in this industry’

The current Oscars buzz makes it an ideal time for Cork-born Fair City actor Stephen O’Leary to star in Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen. Esther McCarthy learns about the path he took to centrestage
Cork actor Stephen O'Leary: ‘I feel proud to be in this industry’

Stephen O'Leary, actor. Photographs: Moya Nolan

With nine Oscar nominations for his movie, The Banshees of Inisherin among a record-breaking 14 Irish nominees at this year’s Academy Awards, writer-director Martin McDonagh is the movie man of the moment.

But McDonagh’s extraordinary success was honed and cultivated through his award-winning plays and now a Cork actor is about to perform the storyteller’s work live on stage.

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