Biografie

He has suffered from chronic insomnia since he was 12 years old.

Quit smoking on his 34th birthday (May 31, 2010). He mentioned that he smoked an entire pack of cigarettes that day, paying close attention to every puff he took, and even wrote a goodbye letter to cigarettes. He stubbed out his last cigarette at 11:55pm that night and has been smoke-free ever since.

His idol Al Pacino called him "the best actor of his generation."

Was a line dancing instructor in a nightclub in Limerick called Docs (now known as Trinity Rooms).

He says that growing up, one of his childhood idols was Al Pacino. He got the chance to work opposite his hero in Der Einsatz (2003) (an experience he described as "scary as hell to work opposite a legend," even though he says Pacino was one of the kindest men he'd ever met and says they still hang out together).

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

[on people who drink tequila] I tell them, "When you're at home puking your guts out, I'll be here drinking my Amstel Light.".

[on appearing nude in Tigerland (2000)] I couldn't care less about who sees my bits... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!

[on physical training for film roles] I find it the most tedious waste of life. It's so boring. I'd prefer to be sitting in a pub with a few strangers talkin' shit than looking at meself in the mirror runnin' on the treadmill.

It all goes back to [Joel Schumacher]. I wouldn't have done Nicht auflegen! (2002) without him. I wouldn't be doing Das Tribunal (2002). I probably wouldn't have done American Outlaws (2001) if he hadn't picked me out of obscurity. I've worked, but not at the level or people I'm working with now if he hadn't taken a chance on an Irish kid playing a Texan.

The Banshees of Inisherin (2023) - $3,000,000

Miami Vice (2006) - $10,000,000

Alexander (2004) - $10,000,000

S.W.A.T. - Die Spezialeinheit (2003) - $8,000,000

Der Einsatz (2004) - $5,000,000