Jack Reynor

Jack Reynor (born 23 January 1992) is an Irish actor. His notable roles include the films What Richard Did, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Glassland, Macbeth, Sing Street and Midsommar, as well as the series Strange Angel and The Peripheral. Early life Reynor was born on 23 January 1992 in Longmont, Colorado, the son of an Irish mother and an American father. He has a younger brother and sister. He initially lived in Boulder, Colorado, with his mother, human rights activist Tara Reynor O'Grady, but moved with her to Valleymount, County Wicklow, at the age of two. He attended primary school in Valleymount and spent his formative years there with his mother and maternal grandparents, Damien and Pat Reynor. His interest in acting began when he played an altar boy on the set of Country in 1999. He moved to Dublin in 2004 to attend Belvedere College, a private Jesuit secondary school, where he performed onstage in numerous theatrical productions. Career In early 2010, Reynor was cast as Robbie, "the boy next door", in the live-format, unscripted Dollhouse, directed by Kirsten Sheridan, which premiered at Berlinale 2012. He depicted Richard Karlsen in Lenny Abrahamson's feature What Richard Did, which screened at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The film portrays the fall of a high school rugby star and golden boy whose world unravels after his involvement in an act of careless violence. Reynor earned the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) award for best actor in 2013 for his performance.