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Barry Keoghan's harrowing journey through 13 foster homes to a £13m fortune: He watched his heroin-addict mother die when he was twelve... but now the Masters of the Air star's rough edges have made him the toast of Hollywood
Barry Keoghan grew up in a gritty neighbourhood in Dublin and lost his mother to drug addiction aged 12. His beginnings are a far cry from the polished life he now leads, having taken Hollywood by storm
The rough edges of his youth have been polished to a Hollywood shine: today he wears designer labels, flies first-class – and is said to have earned as much as £13.4million to date from acting, with critically-acclaimed roles in Dunkirk, The Batman and The Banshees of Inisherin. His headline-grabbing part in salacious thriller Saltburn has already earned him a Golden Globe and a BAFTA nomination – and he has just hit the screens again in Masters of the Air, a nine-part series for Apple TV+ following the exploits of a group of WWII pilots, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. In 2017, Barry secured roles in two major films which caught the attention of the acting elite: Christopher Nolan's war epic Dunkirk, and psychological thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer, alongside Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, in which he played sinister teen Martin.
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