Donall O Healai Biography
Donall O Healai is an Irish actor and voice actor. He was named a 2020 Screen International Star of Tomorrow and one to watch in 2021 by The Irish Examiner.
How old is Donall O Healai? – Age
He is 36 years old as of November 28, 1987, in Inverin, Country Galway, Ireland.
Donall O Healai Early Life
Donall was born in Gaeltacht village of Inverin, County Galway and grew up Inverin and Spiddal. He began acting at the age of 14 at a local youth club. He completed his secondary education as a boarding student at St. Jarlath’s College in Tuam. He graduated from Maynooth University. He was awarded the Dr. H.H Stewart Literary Prize during his studies. He went on to train at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York and Bow Street Academy in Dublin.
Donall O Healai Career
In 2006, O Healai made his onscreen debut as a teenager in the recurring role of Jeaic in season 1 of the TG4 coming-of-age family series Aifric. Donall played Otis in the 2019 American psychological thriller Impossible Montsers. That same year, he starred as Colman Sharkey in the Irish-language period drama film Arracht, which won Best Irish film at 2020 Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) and the Audience Award at the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival.
In addition to receiving critical acclaim, O Healai won the Aer Lingus Discovery Award at the DIFF as well as receiving a Best Actor nomination at the IFTAs. Donall star as John Cunliffe in the Irish-Language film Foscadh, an adaptation of the social novel The Thing About December by Donal Ryan. Foscadh is the Irish submission for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
Donall O Healai Movie
2012 – Skint
2014 – Sinte
2015 – My Name is Emily
2015 – Pursuit
2015 – Traders
2016 – Catch 22
2017 – Loud Places
2019 – Arracht
2021 – Foscadh
Donall O Healai TV Shows
2006 – Aifric
2010-2011 – Seacht
2013 – The Siege 1922
2011-2014 – Corp & Anam.
