Stars of Irish Decent

Of course you have Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum and Irish rockers, U2, but did you know Anne Hathaway is of Irish decent? Or even Rashida Jones, who is of African, Russian and Irish Decent? There are more celebrities who have a little bit of the Irish in them, than there is gold in a leprechaun's pot of gold! Check them all out right here...

(Pictured) Rachel McAdams & Channing Tatum

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Matthew McConaughey

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Matthew McConaughey...IRISH!

The Baldwin Brothers

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...are of Irish and French descent. They are frequently referred to as Irish-American and, although both of their parents have Irish heritage, they are not entirely Irish. Their father was half-English and their mother's side is primarily French (only one-quarter Irish).

Luke, Owen and Andrew Wilson

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(L-R): Director Andrew Wilson and his brothers, actors Luke and Owen Wilson are of Irish descent.

Kieran Culkin & Rory Culkin

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Kieran Culkin & Rory Culkin are of Irish descent.

Kieran Culkin & Macaulay Culkin

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Actors Kieran Culkin and Macaulay Culkin are of Irish descent.

Ben & Casey Affleck

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(L-R) Actor/Director Ben Affleck and actor Casey Affleck's mother is Irish and father is Scottish.

Kevin Dillon

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Irish American

Emily & Zooey Deschanel

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Actresses Emily Deschanel (L) and Zooey Deschanel. Their paternal grandfather was French and the remainder of their ancestry is Irish American.

Ann, John & Joan Cusack

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Siblings (L-R) Ann, John, and Joan Cusack are Irish-American. The name Cusack is not Slavic as many may believe. It is a Norman name, brought to Ireland when the Normans invaded in 1169. "Cussac" is a city in South Central France.

Dakota & Elle Fanning

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Actress Dakota Fanning and actress Elle Fanning. Their last name "Fanning" is of Irish origin. Also, they are of half-German descent.

Brian Austin Green & Megan Fox

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He is of Irish, Scottish, Hungarian and Cherokee descent. Megan Fox has Irish, French and Cherokee ancestry. Her Irish ancestors were from County Tipperary, one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century.

Adrian Grenier

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Native American and Irish parentage

Alex O'Loughlin

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Is of Irish and Scottish descent

Alison Lohman

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Is of Irish descent

Alyson Hannigan

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Irish-American on her father's side and Jewish-American on her mother's side, Hannigan was raised in the Jewish faith.

Anna Friel

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Actress Anna Friel from the show "Pushing Daisies" Is of Irish descent.

Anna Kendrick

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The star of "Up In The Air" is of Irish descent

Anne Hathaway

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Is of French, Irish, German and Native American descent

Anthony Michael Hall

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Is of Irish and Italian heritage

Ashton Kutcher

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Actor Ashton Kutcher is mostly Irish American descent. He also has some Native American and Bohemian (the source of his surname) ancestry.

Ben Stiller

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Mother, Anne Meara is Irish-American

Bill Murray

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Irish-American

Billy Bob Thornton

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His father is of Irish ancestry, while his mother is half Choctaw Indian and half Italian.

Bradley Cooper

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His father, Charlie Cooper, is of Irish heritage and his mother, Gloria Cooper (formerly Campano) is of Italian heritage.

Brendan Gleeson

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He played Irish leader Michael Collins in The Treaty. He later had a supporting role in the biopic Michael Collins.

Burt Reynolds

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His father was of Irish-Cherokee Indian descent, his mother was of Italian descent.

Carla Gugino

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Is of Italian, Irish, and English descent.

Catherine Keener

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Of Irish and Lebanese descent.

Catherine O'Hara

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Third generation Irish/Canadian/Catholic.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

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Mother is Irish, father is Welsh.

Channing Tatum

His ancestry includes Irish, French, and Native American.

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Charles Durning

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Charles Durning is Irish-American

Chris Evans

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Is of Irish and Italian descent.

Christian Slater

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Actor Christian Slater is of English/Irish descent.

Christina Ricci

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Her paternal grandfather was of Italian descent. The remainder of her ancestry is Scots-Irish.

Christopher Nolan

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Is of Irish descent.

Chuck Norris

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Both his parents were half Irish and half Cherokee.

Cillian Murphy

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Actor Cillian Murphy of 'Batman Begins' & 'The Dark Knight'. As of 2006 he is the most nominated Irish Actor at the Irish Film and Television Awards with 6 nominations. He is fluent in French and Irish.

Colin Farrell

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Son of Irish football player, Eamon Farrell. Auditioned to become a member of the Irish boyband, Boyzone, but was turned down. Daredevil marks the first time he has been able to use his own Irish accent in an American movie.

Dane Cook

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Is of Irish heritage.

Daniel Day-Lewis

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Moving to County Wicklow, Ireland, he assumed Irish citizenship (1993). Always quiet and introverted, he said that he was not popular in school and was mocked as an outsider while growing up in England, partially because he was of half-Jewish/half-Irish stock. The upside was that, instead of socializing, he developed a rich fantasy life that later helped him to delve so deeply into his characters. Holds dual citizenship - British and Irish.

Denis Leary

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Irish-American

Dermot Mulroney

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Is of predominantly Irish ancestry. All of his siblings have traditional Irish names

Dominic Purcell

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His mother is Maureen (she's Irish).

Dominic West

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Actor Dominic West is Irish-American

Ed O'Neill

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Star of 'Modern Family' & Married With Children', Ed O'Neil is an Irish-American...Sofía Vergara is from Colombia, not Irish.

Edward Burns

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Is an Irish-American

Emmy Rossum

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Is Dutch and Scot-Irish

George Clooney

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Is of Irish-American descent

Heather Graham

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'The Hangover' star is of Irish Catholic extraction

Jack Nicholson

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His mother, June Nicholson, was of Irish and Dutch descent. He never knew his father and was raised by his grandparents. He was led to believe that June was his older sister and his grandparents were his parents. It was not until 1974 when a Time magazine reporter researched his life that he learned the truth. An Italian immigrant named Donald Furcillo who was married briefly to June claimed to be his father. But Nicholson chose not to investigate further.

James Earl Jones

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Actor James Earl Jones is of African-American, American Indian and Irish ancestry. His paternal great-great-grandmother, Parthenia Connolly, was a native of Ireland who worked as an indentured servant. She married a former slave named Brice. Because Brice had no surname of his own, he took his wife's name Connolly. His maternal grandmother, Maggie Anderson, was part Choctaw Indian. He also has Cherokee ancestry.

Janeane Garofalo

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Star of CBS' Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior', Actress/Comedian, Janeane Garofalo is of Italian and Irish descent.

Jason Patric

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Irish-American

Jennifer Beals

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Has an African-American father and an Irish mother. Daughter of Alfred Beals (an African-American grocery store owner) and Jeanne Cohen (an Irish elementary school teacher).

John C. McGinley

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Actor John C. McGinley is Irish-American

John C. Reilly

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Born to an American father (of Irish ancestry) and a Lithuanian mother. He is the fifth of six children.

John Slattery

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The 'Mad Men' Star is Irish-American

John Travolta

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Is of Italian descent on his father's side and Irish descent on his mother's side.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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Star of the 'Tudors', actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a good friend of fellow Irish actor Stuart Townsend. The two of them protested at the "Save Tara Hill Campaign" in 2006.

Josh Hartnett

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The 'Pearl Harbor' Star is of Swedish and Irish descent

Julia Roberts

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She has Irish ancestry

Kate Walsh

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Star of ABC's 'Private Practice', Kate Walsh's mother is Italian and her father is Irish

Katherine Heigl

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She is half Irish and half German.

Kevin & Matt Dillon

Brothers, Kevin & Matt Dillon both of Irish Decent.

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Kevin Connolly

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Star of 'HBO's Entourage', actor Kevin Connolly is of Irish ancestry

Krista Allen

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Actress Krista Allen is of Portuguese heritage on her mother's (Katherine Mary Raposa) side and Irish heritage on her father's (Daldon Earl Allen) side.

Kristen Bell

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Star of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall', Kristen Bell is of Irish and Polish descent

Laura Prepon

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She is of half-Russian-Jewish and half-Irish-Catholic descent.

Lauren Graham

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Actress Lauren Graham has Irish roots. Has a half sister, Maggie and a half brother, Chris. First paying job was in high school, in a video about Planned Parenthood.

Liam Neeson

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Was a boxer as a teen-ager in Northern Ireland, which resulted in getting his nose broken at the age of 15. Nevertheless, he went on to win the Irish Youth Championship. A brief blackout after one of his fights, however, caused him to give up the ring for good. In an interview with the BBC, he said that Northern Irish Protestant minister Ian Paisley influenced his decision to become an actor. He use to sneak into the church in his hometown of Ballymena and watch Mr. Paisley preach. "He had a magnificent presence and it was incredible to watch this six foot-plus man just bible-thumping away. It was acting but it was also great acting and stirring too.".

Linda Cardellini

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Actress Linda Cardellini is of Italian/Irish descent

Lindsay Lohan

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Is of Italian and Irish descent

Maggie Q

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Star of CW's 'Nikita', Maggie Q is of Vietnamese and Irish-American descent. Raised in Hawaii. Was a fashion model and television personality before she became a movie actress.

Mandy Moore

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Singer & Actress, Mandy Moore is of Irish and Cherokee descent on her father's side and of English descent on her mother's side.

Martin Sheen

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His mother, Mary Ann Phelan, was an Irish immigrant with IRA connections, and his father, Francisco Estevez, was a Spaniard who came to the U.S. by way of Cuba.

Mark & Donnie Wahlberg

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Mark Wahlberg and Donnie Wahlberg are of Swedish, Irish, German and French Canadian descent.

Matthew Broderick

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Actor Matthew Broderick is Polish on his mother's side and Irish on his father's side.

Michaela Conlin

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Actress Michaela Conlin of Fox's 'Bones'. Her mother is Chinese American and father is Irish American. Michaela has one older sister. She will be seen along fellow Irishman, Matthew McConaughey in 'The Lincoln Lawyer'.

Mickey Rourke

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The 'Iron Man 2' star is Irish American

Mischa Barton

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Is half English and half Irish

Natascha McElhone

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Her mother (Noreen) is Irish.

Olivia Wilde

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Star of 'Tron Legacy' and 'House', Olivia Wilde is Irish-American. Adopted her professional name "Wilde" after she developed a profound respect and admiration for Irish poet and writer Oscar Wilde and his body of literature.

Patricia Heaton

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Irish-American

Paul Walker

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His grandfather Paul Walker, Jr. (aka. "Irish" Billy Walker) was a professional boxer. Is of Irish descent.

Peter O'Toole

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Father was Irish, mother was Scottish. Was friends with fellow Irish actor Richard Harris. After Harris died, his family hoped that O'Toole would replace him as Professor Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Both he and his fellow Irish actor (and close friend), the late Richard Harris appeared in versions of 'Gulliver's Travels': Harris played the 1977 film version Gulliver's Travels and O'Toole played the Emperor of Lilliput in the 1996 TV-film version Gulliver's Travels, where Ted Danson played Gulliver.

Pierce Brosnan

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Pierce Received American Citizenship at the US District Court House in Los Angeles in 2004. He has dual citizenship: Irish and American. He was made a Freeman of Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland (the town he lived in until he moved to England in 1964) on 11th November 1999. His primary residence is in Malibu, California. Owns his own production company, Irish DreamTime. Its first release was The Nephew. Became an American citizen on 23 September 2004 but still plans to keep his Irish citizenship.

Rachel Hurd-Wood

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Is half Irish

Rachel McAdams

Is of Irish descent

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Rashida Jones

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Daughter of composer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton, Rashida is of African, Irish, and Russian descent.

Richard Gere

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Star of 'Pretty Woman', Richard Gere is Irish-American

Robert Downey Jr.

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He is of Irish and Russian-Jewish ancestry from his father's side and German-Jewish and Scottish descent from his mother's side.

Robin Tunney

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Irish American; her father emigrated from Ireland and her mother is a first generation Irish-American.

Rose Byrne

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Is of Scottish and Irish descent

Rose McGowan

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She is of French and Irish descent

Sean Patrick Flanery

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Is of Irish descent

Sharon Stone

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Irish-American

Steve Buscemi

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Surname pronounced Buss-ehm-ee. Is of Italian and Irish-American ancestry. His mother is Irish-American.

Will Ferrell

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Is of Irish descent. Will has said on the Old School DVD commentary that his nationalities are Irish and Filipin.

U2

One of the biggest bands in the world, Irish rock band, U2 hails from Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 1976.

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Zachary Quinto

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His father is of Italian descent and his mother is of Irish descent.