Domhnall Gleeson is to be honoured with an Oscar Wilde Award at a special US-Ireland Alliance event in Los Angeles next year.
The ceremony will take place at The Ebell of Los Angeles on 12 March 2026 and will mark the 20th anniversary of the Oscar Wilde Awards, which celebrate Irish and Irish-American contributions to film and television in the run-up to Oscars weekend.
It has also been announced that actress Maura Tierney will be honoured on the night, while Irish singer Dave Lofts is set to perform at the event.
Gleeson currently stars in The Paper, a mockumentary series from The Office creator Greg Daniels and Michael Koman. The series follows the documentary crew that once filmed the staff of Dunder Mifflin as they turn their cameras on a struggling local newspaper, The Truth Teller. Gleeson stars as Ned Samson, an idealistic editor-in-chief trying to save the paper, a role that has drawn praise for its mix of sharp comedy and nuance.
The Dublin-born actor has been a familiar presence on Irish and international screens for two decades, from early stage work in Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore – which earned him a Tony nomination – to film roles in Brooklyn, Ex Machina, About Time, The Revenant and the Star Wars sequel trilogy, in which he played General Hux. He first came to many cinema-goers’ attention as Bill Weasley in the final Harry Potter films.
On television, Gleeson has recently been seen in two Apple TV+ projects, Guy Ritchie’s The Fountain of Youth and thriller Echo Valley, opposite Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney. He previously earned Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations for his performance in FX/Hulu limited series The Patient with Steve Carell, and has starred in Alice & Jack, White House Plumbers, Frank of Ireland and HBO’s Run.
US-Ireland Alliance president Trina Vargo said she first saw Gleeson play Davey in The Lieutenant of Inishmore in 2006.
"His talent was obvious twenty years ago, it’s been a pleasure to watch him go from strength to strength, and we look forward to honouring him," she said.
The Oscar Wilde Awards have become a regular fixture of Oscars week, with previous Irish honourees including Jessie Buckley, Eve Hewson and Kerry Condon, as well as Pierce Brosnan and visual effects Oscar winner Richard Baneham.
This year’s event in LA honoured producer Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, John C Reilly and Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke.
