Jack Reynor

Jack Reynor

Reynor in 2016
Born (1992-01-23) January 23, 1992
Longmont, Colorado, United States
Nationality Irish
Citizenship United States
Ireland
Occupation Actor
Years active 2000–present

Jack Reynor (born January 23, 1992) is an Irish actor. His notable roles include the lead in Lenny Abrahamson's film What Richard Did (2012), for which he won an IFTA Award for Best Film Actor, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Gerard Barrett's film Glassland, for which Reynor won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival, Macbeth, and a major role in Irish film Sing Street.

Early life

Reynor was born in Longmont, Colorado and lived in Boulder with his mother, Tara, a native of Ireland.[1] Reynor moved with her to Valleymount, County Wicklow, Ireland, when he was two years old.[1][2] He went to primary school in the local village and spent his formative years in the rural countryside with his mother and maternal grandparents, Pat and Damien Reynor.[3] His interest in acting began when he played an altar boy on the set of Country, directed by Kevin Liddy, in 1999. He moved to Dublin in 2004 to attend Belvedere College, a private Jesuit school, where he performed onstage in numerous theatrical productions.

Career

In early 2010, he was cast as Robbie, aka 'the boy next door', in Kirsten Sheridan's live format, unscripted Dollhouse,[4] which premiered at Berlinale 2012.[5] He depicted Richard Karlsen in Lenny Abrahamson's feature What Richard Did, which screened at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The film portrays the fall of a high school rugby star and golden boy whose world unravels after his involvement in an act of careless violence. Reynor earned the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) award for best actor in 2013 for his performance, which paved the way for his booking as a smiling barista in the DreamWorks comedy-drama Delivery Man opposite Vince Vaughn.

In January 2013, Reynor was cast as Shane, an Irish race car driver, in Transformers: Age of Extinction, the fourth episode of the Transformers series.[6][7][8] The film was released in June 2014 and co-starred Mark Wahlberg and Nicola Peltz. He, Wahlberg and Peltz are contracted for three films, beginning a new Transformers trilogy. He will return for Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). The feature shattered worldwide box office records, making just over $1.1 billion and becoming the highest grossing movie in Chinese history.[9]

Days after wrapping the T4 global press tour, Reynor travelled to London to shoot Andy Serkis' Warner Bros. feature, The Jungle Book, alongside Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The feature uses cutting-edge facial recognition technology that has been specifically invented for the project. Also that year, Reynor starred in upcoming writer/director Gerard Barrett's film Glassland with Toni Collette and Will Poulter, in which he plays a young taxi driver who struggles to instill a sense of structure in his life while his mother suffers from severe alcoholism. The film was released early 2015 and earned Reynor the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival.[10] After Glassland, Reynor shot Julian Jarrold's romantic comedy, A Royal Night Out.[11] His role opposite Sarah Gadon was the character British Army airman Jack, the young Princess Elizabeth's fictional romantic interest during the V.E. Day celebrations in 1945.

Reynor starred with Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and David Thewlis as Malcolm Canmore,[12] the rightful heir to the throne, in The Weinstein Company's feature film Macbeth,[13] directed by Justin Kurzel, which earned an unprecedented ten-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival[14] and premiered in Edinburgh in September 2015. Following on from the Scottish Film, Reynor next completed shooting John Carney's project Sing Street,[15] set in 1980s Dublin. It premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

Personal life

Reynor has a younger brother and sister.[16] He is engaged to the Irish fitness and fashion model Madeline Mulqueen.[17][18]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Country Altar Boy
2010 Three Wise Women Colin TV movie
2012 Dollhouse Robbie
Chasing Leprechauns Tommy Riley TV movie
What Richard Did Richard Karlsen
Stella Michael Short
2013 Car Film Martin Short
Cold Rory
Delivery Man Josh
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Shane Dyson
Glassland John
2015 A Royal Night Out Jack
Macbeth Malcolm
2016 Sing Street Brendan
Free Fire Harry Post-production
The Secret Scripture Michael Eneas Post-production
2017 Untitled Detroit project Filming
HHhH Jozef Gabčík Post-production
2018 Jungle Book Brother Wolf Post-production

Awards and nominations

Film
Year Nominated work Award Results
2013 What Richard Did London Critics Film Award for Young British or Irish Performer of the Year Nominated
2013 What Richard Did IFTA Award for Best Actor (Film) Won
2013 What Richard Did IFTA Rising Star Award Nominated
2015 Glassland Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting Won

References

  1. 1 2 Tara Brady, "Wandering Jack", Irish Times, December 8, 1012
  2. ↑ Roe McDermott. "Interview". Hot Press. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ Michelle Fleming (January 20, 2013). "Jack Reynor: From his stage debut in a nativity 15 years ago, Wicklow actor's rise has been dizzying". Daily Mail. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dollhouse details". imdb.com. IMDB. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dollhouse: Berlin Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  6. ↑ Fleming, Mike. "Jack Reynor To Co-Star In 'Transformers 4', Michael Bay Says". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Jack Reynor Lands Starring Role in Transformers 4". Hollywoodreporter.com. January 8, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Jack Reynor Takes Transformers 4 Lead". ComingSoon.net. January 8, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Variety T4 Chinese Box Office". theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Sundance Fims Festival 2015 Awards at www.sundance.org". sundance.org. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ "A Royal Night Out details". IMDB. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Famous Scots - Malcolm Canmore". rampantscotland.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  13. ↑ "Macbeth 2015 details". Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Revolver director Justin Kurzel's 'Macbeth' feature film closes 68th Cannes Film Festival". Campaign Brief Australia. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  15. ↑ "IMDB Sing Street details". Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Jack Reynor on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  17. ↑ "Irish actor Jack Reynor and model Madeline Mulqueen are engaged", Irish Independent, March 12, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Jack Reynor Engagement Party — Transformers star and fianceé Madeline Mulqueen hold a secret soirée in Dublin". evoke.ie. May 27, 2014.
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