Rúaidhrí Conroy

Rúaidhrí Conroy (born 30 November 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish actor. He is the son of actor Brendan Conroy.^[1] One of his first castings was as Tito (and not Tayto as commonly misconceived) in the 1992 film Into the West, for which he won a Young Artist Award in the Outstanding Youth Actors in a Family Foreign Film category.^[2] In 1998, Conroy received the Theatre World Award for his performance in Martin McDonagh's play, The Cripple of Inishmaan.^[3]

Conroy also appeared in another McDonagh piece, Six Shooter, which won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 2006.^[4] Although invited to the 78th Academy Awards, Conroy was unable to attend due to a "passport infringement" on arrival, resulting in his being returned home.^[5]

• 1998 – Public Theater, New York production of The Cripple of Inishmaan – Billy (Lead)^[6]
• 1997 – Royal National Theatre production of The Cripple of Inishmaan – Billy (Lead)^[7]
• 1999 – Druid Theatre Company (Irish Tour) production of The Country Boy – Lead^[8]
• 2000 – DRUID Theatre Company at Gaiety Theatre production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane – Ray^[9]
• 2004 – ART NI production of Philadelphia, Here I Come! – "Public" Gar^[10]

• 1993 – Young Artist Award: Outstanding Youth Actors in a Family Foreign Film^[2]
• 1998 – Theatre World Award^[3]

• Markham Froggatt Ltd. – Personal management company representing Ruaidhri Conroy.
• "The Cafe: Ruaidhri Conroy Interview". RTÉ.ie.
• "The Cafe: Ruaidhri Conroy explains his passport problem". RTÉ.ie.
• Rúaidhrí Conroy at IMDb