Jack Reynor
{{Short description|Irish actor (born 1992)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jack Reynor
| image = Jack Reynor DIFF 2016.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Reynor in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|01|23}}
| birth_place = Longmont, Colorado, U.S.
| spouse = {{marriage|Madeline Mulqueen|2024}}
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2000–present
}}
Jack Reynor (born 23 January 1992) is an Irish actor. His notable roles include the films What Richard Did (2012), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Glassland (2014), Macbeth (2015), Sing Street (2016) and Midsommar (2019), as well as the series Strange Angel (2018–2019) and The Peripheral (2022).
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.{{Cite web |title=Jack Reynor on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/jackreynor/status/313010477686980608 |website=Twitter |access-date=9 November 2015}} He initially lived in Boulder, Colorado, with his mother, human rights activist Tara Reynor O'Grady,{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Niall |date=28 July 2017 |title=Hollywood actor Jack Reynor's mother thrown out of Sinn Féin |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/hollywood-actor-jack-reynors-mother-thrown-out-of-sinn-fin-35979101.html |website=Independent.ie}} but moved with her to Valleymount, County Wicklow, at the age of two.Tara Brady, [https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/1208/1224327573537.html "Wandering Jack"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214135533/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2012/1208/1224327573537.html |date=14 December 2012 }}, The Irish Times, 8 December 1012{{cite web |author=McDermott |first=Roe |date=13 September 2012 |title=South Side Story |url=http://www.hotpress.com/features/interviews/South-Side-Story/9190691.html |access-date=1 December 2013 |work=Hot Press}} He attended primary school in Valleymount and spent his formative years there with his mother and maternal grandparents, Damien and Pat Reynor.{{Cite web |last=Laird |first=Rachael |date=23 January 2013 |title=Irish actor Jack Reynor talks 'Transformers 4 '- the kid who Michael Bay thinks is 'pretty ballsy' |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/irish-actor-jack-reynor-talks-transformers-4-the-kid-who-michael-bay-thinks-is-pretty-ballsy-188030051-237560531.html |website=IrishCentral.com}} 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
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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.{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=12 February 2012 |title=Dollhouse: Berlin Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/dollhouse-berlin-film-review-289681 |access-date=9 November 2015 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} 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.
In January 2013, Reynor was cast as Shane, an Irish race car driver, in Transformers: Age of Extinction.{{cite magazine|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/jack-reynor-sets-jack-reynor-for-transformers-4-399198/|title=Jack Reynor To Co-Star In 'Transformers 4', Michael Bay Says|date=8 January 2013|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=1 December 2013}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-reynor-lands-starring-role-409850|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Jack Reynor Lands Starring Role in Transformers 4|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=8 January 2013|access-date=1 December 2013}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=98641 |title=Jack Reynor Takes Transformers 4 Lead|work=ComingSoon.net|date=8 January 2013|access-date=1 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110105814/https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=98641|archive-date=10 January 2013}} The film was released in June 2014 and co-starred Mark Wahlberg and Nicola Peltz. It broke worldwide box office records, making just over $1.1 billion and becoming the highest-grossing film in Chinese history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/08/transformers-age-extinction-highest-grossing-china|title=Variety T4 Chinese Box Office|access-date=10 January 2016|work=The Guardian|date=8 July 2014 |last=Child |first=Ben}}
Days after wrapping the T4 global press tour, Reynor travelled to London to shoot Andy Serkis' Netflix film Mowgli (filmed in 2015 but not released until 2018{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=David |date=2018-11-29 |title=It's No Wonder Netflix's 'Mowgli' Took Forever to Be Released |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/mowgli-review-andy-serkis-netflix-jungle-book-movie/576880/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}), alongside Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch. The film used facial recognition technology that was invented for the project. Also that year, Reynor starred in writer-director Gerard Barrett's film Glassland with Toni Collette and Will Poulter, in which he plays a young taxi driver who struggles to instil a sense of structure in his life while his mother suffers from severe alcoholism. The film was released in early 2015 and earned Reynor the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2015-sundance-film-festival-announces-feature-film-awards|title =2015 Sundance Film Festival Announces Frature Film Awards|access-date=10 January 2016|website=Sundance.org}} After Glassland, Reynor shot Julian Jarrold's romantic comedy, A Royal Night Out.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837562/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7|title=A Royal Night Out details|access-date=10 January 2016|website=IMDb}} His role opposite Sarah Gadon was the character RAF airman Jack, the young Princess Elizabeth's fictional romantic interest during the VE Day celebrations in 1945.
Reynor starred as Malcolm Canmore,{{Cite web|title=Famous Scots – Malcolm Canmore|url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/famous/blfamcanmore.htm|website=Rampantscotland.com|access-date=9 November 2015}} the rightful heir to the throne of Scotland, in a film adaptation of Macbeth;{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2884018/ |title=Macbeth 2015 details|website=IMDb |access-date=10 January 2016}}{{Cite web|title = Revolver director Justin Kurzel's 'Macbeth' feature film closes 68th Cannes Film Festival|url=http://www.campaignbrief.com/2015/05/revolver-director-justin-kurze-1.html|website = Campaign Brief Australia|date=25 May 2015 |access-date=9 November 2015}} it premiered in Edinburgh in September 2015. Following that, he next completed shooting John Carney's project, playing Brendan in Sing Street,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544112/ |title=IMDB Sing Street details|website=IMDb |access-date=10 January 2016}} set in 1980s Dublin. It premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
He appeared in the 2017 miniseries Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams and the 2018 drama film On the Basis of Sex, and then starred in the 2019 horror film Midsommar. He appeared in the Amazon Prime Video series The Peripheral,{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=June 2, 2021 |title='The Peripheral': Louis Herthum, Chris Coy, Melinda Page Hamilton Among 5 Cast In Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy's Amazon Series |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-peripheral-louis-herthum-chris-coy-melinda-page-hamilton-cast-jonathan-nolan-lisa-joys-amazon-series-1234767906/ |access-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602174422/https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-peripheral-louis-herthum-chris-coy-melinda-page-hamilton-cast-jonathan-nolan-lisa-joys-amazon-series-1234767906/ |url-status=live}} and as a cast member of the Netflix series The Perfect Couple.{{cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=31 March 2023 |title=Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Dakota Fanning to Star in Netflix Limited Series 'The Perfect Couple' |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/nicole-kidman-liev-schreiber-eve-hewson-dakota-fanning-netflix-limited-series-the-perfect-couple-1235570386/ |publisher=Variety}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/the-perfect-couple-trailer-nicole-kidman-premiere-date-1236007200/|title='The Perfect Couple' Trailer: Nicole Kidman Among The Suspects In Netflix Murder Mystery Series; Premiere Date Set|date=3 September 2024 |publisher=Deadline}}
Personal life
Reynor met Irish model and actress Madeline Mulqueen in 2013, and they became engaged in March 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/movie-star-jack-reynor-set-3927638|title=Movie star Jack Reynor set to marry his model fiancee Madeline Mulqueen next year - Irish Mirror Online|author=Alan Selby|work=irishmirror|date=28 July 2014 |access-date=8 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jack-reynor-madeline-mulqueen-engaged-3236366|title=Jack Reynor and Madeline Mulqueen engaged after Transformers star proposed - 3am & Mirror Online|author=Owen Tonks|work=mirror|date=13 March 2014 |accessdate=8 September 2014}}[http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/its-official-irish-actor-jack-reynor-and-model-madeline-mulqueen-are-engaged-30088111.html "Irish actor Jack Reynor and model Madeline Mulqueen are engaged"], Irish Independent, 12 March 2014.
- {{cite news|url=http://www.evoke.ie/evoke/jack-reynor-engagement-party/|work=evoke.ie|title=Jack Reynor Engagement Party – Transformers star and fianceé Madeline Mulqueen hold a secret soirée in Dublin|date=27 May 2014|access-date=4 March 2015|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814061728/http://evoke.ie/evoke/jack-reynor-engagement-party|url-status=dead}} They married in 2024.{{Cite news |title=Jack Reynor: 'We were in two minds between eloping or going the whole hog but we got married in Wicklow with about 220 people' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2024/11/22/jack-reynor-and-sam-keeleys-friendship-wedding-tattoos-christmas-pints-and-doner-kebabs/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} They live in County Wicklow.{{cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Myles |date=25 October 2022 |title='Peripheral' star Jack Reynor says living in west Wicklow keeps him grounded |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/west-wicklow-news/peripheral-star-jack-reynor-says-living-in-west-wicklow-keeps-him-grounded/42094730.html}}
Along with Billy Howle, Reynor urged Almeida to cut ties with Blooming due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.{{cite web |last1=Ritman |first1=Alex |title=Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Juliette Binoche, Riz Ahmed and Guillermo del Toro Among Additional Names to Sign Open Letter Condemning Industry Silence Over Gaza (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/joaquin-phoenix-juliette-binoche-riz-ahmed-sign-gaza-leter-1236399215/ |website=Variety |date=15 May 2025}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| Three Wise Women | Colin | Television film |
| 2012
| Chasing Leprechauns | Thomas "Tommy" Riley | Television film |
| 2017
| Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Brian Norton | Episode: "Impossible Planet" |
| 2018–2019
| Main character |
| 2021
| Declan | Episode: "Strangers on a (Dublin) Train" |
| 2022
| Burton Fisher | 8 episodes |
| 2024
| Thomas Winbury | Miniseries{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber to Lead Netflix Limited Series 'The Perfect Couple' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/nicole-kidman-liev-schreiber-netflix-the-perfect-couple/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331193927/https://www.thewrap.com/nicole-kidman-liev-schreiber-netflix-the-perfect-couple/ |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=TheWrap}} |
References
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External links
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{{IFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role – Film}}
{{IFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film}}
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Category:21st-century Irish male actors
Category:Irish male film actors
Category:Irish male television actors
Category:Irish people of American descent
Category:Male actors from Colorado
Category:Male actors from County Wicklow