It seems that if there's one place that Hollywood directors and film moguls like to recruit their talent from, it's the island of Ireland. Being a nation that prides itself on its culture of music, poetry, and theater, it comes as no surprise that Ireland and Northern Ireland have produced world-class actors and actresses who have been making the leap across the pond to appear on the big screen for decades. Some of them appear so Hollywood that you would almost forget that they hail from the Emerald Isle.
Click through this gallery to discover just how many household name actors and actresses come from Ireland and Northern Ireland.