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Cyril Cusack
Cyril James Cusack was a prominent Irish stage and film actor whose career spanned a remarkable seven decades. He was highly regarded as one of Ireland's finest performers during his lifetime. Cusack was renowned for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary theatre, including numerous Shakespearean roles as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and over 60 productions for the Abbey Theatre, where he remained a lifelong member. He was recognized in 2020 as number 14 on The Irish Times' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Born in Durban, South Africa to an English mother and Irish father, Cusack was raised in County Tipperary. He dropped out of law school to join the Abbey Theatre, acting in over 60 plays during his 13-year stint. Fluent in English and Irish, Cusack starred in the first Irish-language feature film, Poitín (1978). He established himself as the patriarch of the Cusack acting family, having fathered Sinéad, Sorcha, Niamh, Pádraig, and Catherine Cusack.
Cusack's eminent career extended to collaborations with top British directors, including Powell & Pressburger, Carol Reed, Peter Brook, Peter Hall, and Anthony Harvey. His acting prowess particularly shone alongside Richard Burton, who praised Cyril's performance as 'always himself and yet always totally different'. Cusack moved to London, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and founded his own touring company. Apart from his acting career, Cusack was a notable supporter of Irish nationalism and became a campaigner for conservative causes in Ireland. His personal life was marred by controversy surrounding his marital infidelity, which was closely scrutinized in the Irish press. Despite this, Cusack's contribution to the arts remains influential, earning him posthumous recognition and honorary doctorates from the NUI and the University of Dublin.
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Given Name: Cyril James Cusack
Born: Durban, Union of South Africa
Citizenship: Irish
Birthday: November 26, 1910
Occupations: Actor, Voice Actor, Stage Director
Years Active: 1918-1993
Children: 6
Spouses: Mary Margaret 'Maureen' Kiely, Mary Rose Cunningham
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Movies Featuring Cyril Cusack
Odd Man Out
Danny the Champion of the World
1984
True Confessions
Harold and Maude
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Tales of the Unexpected: Hitchhiker
Andrina
Lovespell
The Ballroom of Romance
Cry of the Innocent
The Comedy of Errors
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Rainy Day Women
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Little Dorrit
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
The Outcasts
The Power and the Glory
Poitín
Soldiers Three
The Man Who Never Was
Johnny Nobody
The Blue Veil
The Secret of Convict Lake
Where the Spies Are
The Abdication
Gone to Earth
The Man in the Road
The Blue Lagoon
The Balloon Vendor
Passage Home
All the Way Boys
Galileo
Memento Mori
Les Misérables
Run, Run, Joe!
Cradle of Genius
Juggernaut
Ill Met by Moonlight
The Homecoming
Saadia
Fahrenheit 451
The Bloody Hands of the Law
David Copperfield
The Spanish Gardener
Miracle in Soho
Brotherly Love
Jesus of Nazareth
Once a Jolly Swagman
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Escape
Sacco & Vanzetti
King Lear
I Was Happy Here
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Small Back Room
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Fear in the City
Gideon’s Day
Oedipus the King
The Elusive Pimpernel
Execution Squad
All Over the Town
The Rising of the Moon
The Taming of the Shrew
A Passage to India
Esther Waters
I Thank a Fool
Floods of Fear
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1974
The Abdication
Oxenstierna
The Balloon Vendor
Balloon Vendor
Run, Run, Joe!
Parkintosh
Juggernaut
Major O'Neill
1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
Captain Sandy Rendel
Miracle in Soho
Sam Bishop
The Rising of the Moon
Inspector Michael Dillon (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
1951
Soldiers Three
Pvt. Dennis Malloy
The Blue Veil
Frank Hutchins
The Secret of Convict Lake
Edward "Limey" Cockerell
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