IFTA Rising Star Domhnall Gleeson Receives Shooting Star Award at Berlinale
Hot from his success at the IFTA's this weekend, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson (Sensation, True Grit) is to be honoured with a Shooting Star Award at the Berlin International Film Festival tonight.Domhnall, who picked up the Best Actor in a Lead Role - Television Award for When Harvey Met Bob as well as the coveted IFTA Rising Star Award at the IFTA's on Saturday night, will receive a Shooting Star Award along with nine other European actors including F. Y. Rep. of Macedonia actress Natasha Petrovic who stars in Juanita Wilson's IFTA-winning As If I Am Not There.
Chosen from a competitive list of actors from over 25 different European countries, Domhnall will be in good company with previous stars who have received a Shooting Star award early in their career, including Daniel Craig (James Bond franchise), Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go), Daniel Bruel (Goodbye Lenin), Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardiner) and Irish actress Sarah Bolger (The Tudors).
MORE ABOUT DOMHNALL GLEESON
2010 has seen a busy and exciting year for Domhnall having appeared in Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, alongside Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1 with veteran actors Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Ralph Fiennes and Daniel Radcliffe, as well as playing the lead role in Tom Hall's darkly comedic Sensation. Domhnall also plays the part of Moon The Kid in Ethan and Joel Coen's True Grit, which stars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.
Domhnall has appeared in numerous Irish television projects including The Last Furlong, Your Bad Self as well as When Harvey Met Bob, in which he played the title role of Bob Geldof. He is set to feature in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2 due for release next year and in Brendan Gleeson's At Swim Two Birds currently in development.
Domhnall made his film acting debut in Martin McDonagh's Six Shooter in 2004, which went on to win an Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short. In 2006 he earned a Tony Award nomination for his part in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore, followed by an Irish Theatre Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in American Buffalo at the Gate Theatre in 2007.
MORE ABOUT SHOOTING STARS
SHOOTING STARS is a unique European programme which seeks to select the best in young European actors on the rise and has been annually presenting these awards at the Berlinale for the past 14 years. The highlight of the three-day event is the presentation of the SHOOTING STARS AWARDS on the main stage of the Berlinale Palast, supported by Studio Babelsberg, one of the leading film studios for international feature film productions in Europe.
The Berlin International Film Festival will take place from the 10th-20th February 2011 and the Shooting Stars will take place tonight 14th February 2011.