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Martin McDonagh
Martin Faranan McDonagh is a British-born Irish playwright and filmmaker. Known for his absurdist dark humour and provocative style, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, six BAFTAs, two Golden Globes, and three Laurence Olivier Awards in addition to nominations for five Tony Awards.
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entertainment · British-born Irish playwright and filmmaker (born 1970) · theatre director · playwright · screenwriter · film director · director · also Martin McDonagh, McDonagh
Born 26 March 1970 · Q372394
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2026· 19 entries
“is never going to be edgy in the way I want it to be”
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IMDb: Woody Harrelson Ready to Direct Another Live Film, Compares Jason Bateman’s ‘The Cackling of the Dodos’ to Martin McDonagh and the Coen Brothers
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Midwest Radio: Martin and Fiona McDonagh and family ,Chorleywood.
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PressReader: All-Ireland Pitch and Putt glory for Killineer’s Aaron McDonagh
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Midwest Radio: Agnes ,Mattie McDonagh and family,Ballyshane, Breaffy.
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Midwest Radio: Peter and Christina McDonagh. Shraheen. Aughagower.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Martin McDonagh | Plays, Films, & Biography
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Belfast Telegraph: Sally Ann Finnegan and Willy McDonagh: Pair admit stealing three-week-old pygmy goat from NI farm
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Noticine.com: Así es "Caballo salvaje nueve", la "película chilena" de Martin McDonagh que se verá en Venecia, Toronto y Zurich
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JoBlo: Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine is added to the Toronto International Film Festival along with Werner Herzog’s latest
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The Hollywood Reporter: Martin McDonagh, Werner Herzog, Cody Fern Films Round Out 2026 Toronto Fest Lineup
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Munster Rugby: Alice O’Donovan comes up against Milita Valteryte and Sophie McDonagh 8/8/2026
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IFTN: Martin McDonagh to receive Zurich Film Festival Tribute Award
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The Upcoming: Venice Film Festival 2026 preview: Boyle, McDonagh, Pattinson, Affleck and Oasis at the Lido as Clooney set for honorary Golden Lion
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Deadline: TIFF Adds Martin McDonagh’s ‘Wild Horse Nine’, Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’, ‘The Idiot(s)’ & More To Lineup
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Yahoo: Zurich Fest to Honor Director Martin McDonagh
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Yahoo: Martin McDonagh To Receive Zurich Film Festival Honorary Award At Gala Screening For ‘Wild Horse Nine’
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Paste: Meet Martin McDonagh’s new bickering besties, Rockwell and Malkovich, in the Wild Horse Nine trailer
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2025· 2 entries
BroadwayWorld: The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh at Headwall Theatre Company
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FilmBook: WILD HORSE NINE: Parker Posey Cast in Martin McDonagh’s Upcoming Movie From Searchlight
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2023· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for The Banshees of Inisherin (2023).
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2022· 2 entries
McDonagh directed a film titled The Banshees of Inisherin
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This time with David Threlfall and Alfie Allen
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2020· 2 entries
Titled The Banshees of Inisherin, with Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell in the lead roles
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Hangmen briefly premiered on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre starring Mark Addy and Dan Stevens before being shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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2018· 1 entry
“respect for the whole history of films and a slight disrespect for theatre.”
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2008· 1 entry
The film features Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes and Brendan Gleeson
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Six Shooter (2006).
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McDonagh won an Academy Award for his short film Six Shooter (2004), which is his first film that he wrote and directed
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2005· 1 entry
The New York Times writer observed that McDonagh "now seems more comfortably resigned to the storytelling powers of drama, if still dismissive of its inherent elitism
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2004· 1 entry
And received a 2005 Tony Award nomination for Best Play
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2003· 1 entry
After a reading at the Finborough Theatre in 1995
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1999· 3 entries
Awarded Europe Theatre Prize (1999).
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And received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play in 1999
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Was one of the recipients of the V Europe Prize Theatrical Realities awarded to the Royal Court Theatre (with Sarah Kane, Mark Ravenhill, Jez Butterworth, Conor McPherson)
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1998· 1 entry
Frederick Koehler played the title role in the Geffen Playhouse production in Los Angeles, California
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Plimpton Prize (1997).
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At the Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) in London
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1996· 1 entry
And was next produced off-Broadway by the Atlantic Theater Company in 1998
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1992· 1 entry
But McDonagh and his brother (writer-director John Michael McDonagh) stayed in London
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1970· 1 entry
Born 1970-03-26.
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