Biography

Jack Reynor is an award-winning Irish-American actor who co-starred opposite Florence Pugh in A24's breakout summer 2019 hit, MIDSOMMAR, directed by Ari Aster. Most recently, he was seen in Anthony and Joe Russo's crime drama film, CHERRY, opposite Tom Holland.

The multi-hyphenate talent wrote and directed a short film, BAINNE, starring Will Poulter, which won the Best First Short Drama Award at the Galway Film Festival. Reynor starred opposite Felicity Jones in Mimi Leder's, ON THE BASIS OF SEX, which chronicles the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her struggles for equal rights prior to her succession to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in CBS All Access series, STRANGE ANGEL, co-produced by Sailor Bear and Ridley Scott under his Scott Free banner.

Reynor has steadily been building his credits with critically-acclaimed performances in auteur director projects such as Lenny Abrahamson's WHAT RICHARD DID; John Carney's SING STREET, Ben Wheatley's FREE FIRE and Kathryn Bigelow's DETROIT. Additionally, he gained global recognition as the star of Michael Bay's TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION which grossed over $1B worldwide.

In 2015 Reynor won the Sundance Film Festival's Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting for his performance in Gerard Barrett's film GLASSLAND. Other awards include two IFTA Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in SING STREET and the IFTA Award for Best Actor for his role in WHAT RICHARD DID.

He currently resides in Ireland.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jaclyn Mallon

Striking blue eyes

He was considered for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Batman (2021).

He was born in Longmont, Colorado to an Irish mother, Tara (Reynor) O'Grady, a human rights activist and American father. He moved to County Wicklow, Ireland, when he was two, and was raised there by his mother and maternal grandparents, Pat and Damien Reynor.

He holds dual citizenship of the U.S. and Ireland.

Has been a fan of Marion Cotillard since he was a kid when he saw her in Taxi (1998). He told that it was an honor to work with Cotillard in Macbeth (2015).

[on shooting Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Macbeth (2015)] To go from one project to the other was like culture shock, but it was such a fantastic experience. I had great teachers in Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard to help me with the language and dialogue. I have so much respect for them and it's something I'm very proud of.

I've never lost interest in film. Since I was 5 years of age, it's been my life. I'm fascinated by storytelling. I come from Ireland, obviously, which is a superstitious place where they call us the Land of Saints and Scholars. You know, one of the most valuable cultural tools in Ireland is the ability to tell a story, and to tell it well, and to captivate the people who you tell a story with.