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, he was born Stateside in Colorado. His mother is Irish and his father is American, but at the age of two they moved back to Ireland.“I wake up every morning and I thank my lucky stars that I look out the window and see a place I relate to. It’s Blessington, it’s home, the place where I grew up. It gives me a sense of meaning. In this industry it is hard to stay grounded,” he told Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show.
He then decided to move to Dublin city in 2004 to attend Belvedere College, where he could be seen in many theatrical performances.Jack’s very first role in 2010 was as Robbie, “the boy next door”, in the live format, unscripted Dollhouse, directed by Kirsten Sheridan. The film premiered at Berlinale in 2012.
He went on to earn the role of Richard Karlsen in Lenny Abrahamson’s feature What Richard Did, which screened at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The actor received the Irish Film and Television Academy award for best actor for this role in 2013. More recently, you might have seen jack star in the likes of Andy Serkis’ Netflix film Mowgli, the 2019 horror film Midsommar alongsideA post shared by Prime Video If you’re interested in seeing what Jack gets up to in his time outside the screen, you can find him on Instagram where he has amassed a following of 51.5K strong.
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