Padraic Delaney

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Padraic Delaney
Padraic Dealney in late 2006
Birth name	Padraic Delaney
Born	November 6th, 1977 Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland
Notable roles	Teddy O'Donovan in The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Padraic Delaney is an Irish actor. He is best known for playing Teddy O'Donovan in the Ken Loach film, The Wind That Shakes the Barley for which he earned an IFTA Award nomination as well as being named the Irish Shooting Star for the 2007 Berlin Film Festival.

[edit] Early Life

Delaney was born to parents Sheelagh and Michael Delaney. He has three older brothers Philip, Conor and Emmett, and two younger sisters Tracey and Gemma. He attended Colaiste Abbain Secondary School in Adamstown, Co. Wexford. He originally studied civil engineering before dropping out after four months. He later went on to study acting in Trinity College, Dublin and graduated with a degree in Drama & Theatre Studies.^[1]

[edit] Career

He first started acting in theatre. He has since performed in Hamlet, The Yalta Game, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Hollow in the Sand and This Lime Tree Bower. It wasn't until 2003 when Delaney moved on to film and television acting. He appeared in the Irish television series Pure Mule and Legend. It wasn't until 2006 when he would shoot to more international fame as Teddy O'Donovan in Ken Loach's The Wind That Shakes the Barley opposite Cillian Murphy. The film went on to win the Palme D'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

At present, Delaney is filming episodes of the Showtime series The Tudors in which he plays George Boleyn alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

[edit] Filmography

An Cuainín (2003) ... as Duncan
Pure Mule (2005) ... as Maurice (two episodes)
The Clinic (2005) .... as Andrew McLoughlin (one episode)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) ... as Teddy O'Donovan
Legend (2006) ... as Fred 'Fridge' Gogan (six episodes) (credited as Pádraic Delaney)
A Lonely Sky (2006) ... as Stan Curtis
The Tudors (2007) ... as George Boleyn