Karl Geary
Karl John Geary (born May 31, 1972 in Dublin ) is an Irish-American actor and author.
Life
Karl Geary moved to the USA at the age of 15 without a work visa , and later won a green card in a lottery. He works as a script writer and as a film actor. In 2000, he played the role of Horatio in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet production . In 2014 he had a role in Jimmy's Hall directed by Ken Loach .
Geary was the tenant of a club in New York City . He married actress Laura Fraser in 2003 , they moved to Ireland in 2004 and to Glasgow in 2005 , where their daughter was born.
The rights for his first novel, Montpelier Parade , went to Harvill Secker at an auction in 2016 . After its publication in 2017, the novel was compared with the socially critical novel A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines from 1968, which was filmed by Loach in 1969.
Works
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Montpelier Parade . London: Harvill Secker, 2017
- Montpelier Parade. Novel . Translation Mayela Gerhardt. Reinbek near Hamburg, Rowohlt Hundert Augen 2018, ISBN 978-3-498-02534-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Geary in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Karl Geary in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Doyle: Karl Geary signs major publishing deal for debut novel , report, in: The Irish Times , April 15, 2016
- ↑ Peter Carry: You're out of your depth with her . Review. In: Financial Times , January 14, 2017, p. 11
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geary, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geary, Karl John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish-American actor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |