THE BAR(RY)!
on funding.
“I had no clue what that meant. I was like, ‘OK, how do I get in the film? I’d seen you need a dirt bike. I’ve got a dirt bike.’ He said, ‘Just show up.’ So I showed up with my dirt bike. “From there, I went on to another part and then another part, and then got a break in ’71 with (director)yann Demange. “I started to really learn about my craft and what it was I was actually doing. It wasn’t just for escapism anymore.” Following Between
The Canals’ release, Barry studied at The Factory in Dublin — and had a breakthrough telly role on RTE’S Love/hate.
His character, Wayne, was the show’s infamous cat-killer — and Barry recalled in 2016 how he would get recognised for his role on the crime drama.
He told Ray D’arcy on his radio show,“i’ll never get away from that cat.
“I was in the Metlife stadium in New Jersey about two years ago. I think there was about 90,000 people there and someone pulled me and said ‘You’re the guy that shot the cat’.
“I just thought ‘Ah here, I’m halfway across the world and someone said it’.”
Over the years, he had a number of roles on the big and small screen including the TV series Rebellion, Mammal, Trespass Against Us and ’71.
And in 2017, his role in The Killing of a Sacred Deer led him to get more and more international recognition.
Theyorgos Lanthimos film follows a cardiac surgeon who introduces him family to a teenage boy — played by Barry — with a connection to his past.
But as the boy is welcomed into the family, they all begin to mysteriously fall ill.
The psychological thriller also stars Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Raffey Cassidy, Alicia Silverstone, Sunny Suljic and Bill Camp.
The actor was nominated for a