Ciarán Fitzgerald facts for kids

Ciarán Fitzgerald is an Irish former film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Ossie Reilly in the 1992 film Into the West, which earned him a Young Artist Award. He has also appeared in films, such as, Nothing Personal (1995), Some Mother's Son (1996), The Last of the High Kings (1996), The Boxer (1997), and The General (1998).

Early life and career

Fitzgerald was born in Dublin, Ireland. He made his film debut in 1992 when he played the role of Ossie Reilly in Into the West, a film for which he is perhaps best known. He has appeared in several Irish films including Some Mother's Son, which stars Helen Mirren; The Last of the High Kings, which stars Jared Leto, Christina Ricci, Catherine O'Hara, and Gabriel Byrne, whom Fitzgerald had worked alongside in Into the West; The Boxer, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis; and The General, which stars Brendan Gleeson, another actor which starred alongside Fitzgerald in Into the West.

Fitzgerald's television credits include Screen Two, The Hanging Gale and RTÉ One soap opera Fair City. He has appeared in two television films, The Canterville Ghost and The Informant.

Other work

Fitzgerald performed on stage at The Helix, portraying Colin Craven from The Secret Garden on 8 January 2006. He studied drama in DIT Rathmines.

Filmography

Stage

• The Secret Garden, as Colin Craven – The Helix, Dublin, Landmark Productions (6 December 2005–8 January 2006).

Awards and nominations

Won: Young Artist Award for Outstanding Youth Actors in a Family Foreign Film – shared with Rúaidhrí Conroy (15th Youth in Film Awards, 1994).