Glen Hansard
Actor
Biography
Glen Hansard (born 21 April 1970) is the Academy Award–winning principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Irish group The Frames and one half of folk rock duo, The Swell Season. He is also known for his acting, having appeared in the BAFTA winning film The Commitments, as well as starring the film Once.
His song "Falling Slowly" from Once, co-written with Markéta Irglová, won the Academy-Award for Best Original Song in 2007, and between 2007–2008 earned him ten other major nominations or awards.
Filmography
The Commitments
as Outspan Foster 1991
Cyrano
as Guard 2021
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
as Self 2022
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
as Self 2023
The Swell Season
as Himself 2012
Heyday - The Mic Christopher Story
2019
Breaking Out
as Self 2021
Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
2021
The Frames: In the Deep Shade
as Himself 2013
Jeff Buckley: You and I
2016
The Swell Season: One Step Away
as Himself 2009
The Camino Voyage
as Himself 2018
Shelter me: Apollo House
TBA
Come On Up to the House
as Himself 2018
The Busk - A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street
as Self 2020