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Tom Kerrisk
Born
County Clare
OccupationActor
Years active2010s to present
Known forAn Taibhse, The Sleep Experiment

Tom Kerrisk is an Irish actor. He is known for his performances in a number of independent films by John Farrelly, including as one of the two lead characters in the Irish language folk horror feature An Taibhse (also titled The Ghost).[1][2][3]

Early life

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Kerrisk was born and raised in County Clare, Ireland.[1][4] He began acting in his school days.[1]

Early career and music

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Kerrisk worked in technology in Germany, while also performing with a number of bands. At the end of one gig, a talent scout reportedly recruited him for modelling work in Los Angeles. He later returned to Ireland to pursue acting.[1]

Kerrisk was a founding member of the band The Spikes in 2004, which would continue for ten years. He later played with Mystic Tears.[1] As of 2025, he was a member of Daft Pop together with Ally Donald.[5]

Acting career

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Kerrisk played Christopher in John Farrelly's thriller The Sleep Experiment, released in 2022.[6][1] He received a best actor award at the ninth Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival for this performance.[1][7] Kerrisk and Ally Donald composed the film's soundtrack.[1][5]

Also in 2022, Kerrisk and Farrelly made the short film Difriúil. It won the Dublin Independent Film Festival prize for the best short film.[1]

Kerrisk plays Éamon in An Taibhse ('The Ghost'), a period ghost story also written and directed by John Farrelly. Set shortly after the Great Famine, the film follows a father and his daughter who accept winter caretaker duties in a remote Georgian house where disturbing events unfold.[8] Kerrisk also did his own costuming for the film[9] and composed its soundtrack together with Ally Donald.[1][5] The film premiered in Ireland at the Galway Film Fleadh in July 2024 and later screened internationally at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest in London,[10][3] tickets for which sold out.[1] An Taibhse was a rare example of an Irish language feature length horror film.[11][12][note 1] Kerrisk said that, when he found out that the film would be in Irish, he was attracted to the project as the language is close to his heart.[1] He was also affected by its isolation, hardship, primal instinct, and coldness.[5] Kerrisk won a best actor award for the role at South African HorrorFest in 2025.[13]

Kerrisk stars in the fantasy romance film Naxos, also directed by Farrelly, which is planned for release in 2026.[14]

Acting style and reception

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Speaking in an interview in 2025, the writer-director of An Taibhse, John Farrelly, described Kerrisk's preparation for the role as "almost like a method actor".[15] Farrelly stated Kerrisk "really immersed himself in the Irish language" and "took up a role on a construction site to get the look of a man working all the time".[15] In a separate interview, Farrelly said that Kerrisk had to "master Ulster Irish" for the production,[16] though reviewers considered the delivery to detract from that film.[17][18]

In a review of An Taibhse in The Irish Times, both leads, including Kerrisk, were described as providing "Good performances".[2] Writing on johnnyalucard.com, Kim Newman noted that the film's final movement is supported by "excellent, nuanced lead performances".[3] A review of the same film in Film in Dublin notes that the "[lead] performances pay off" as both lead actors "go for broke in a disturbing, unrelenting ending".[19]

Filmography

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  • The Sleep Experiment (2022) as Christopher[6]
  • Difriúil (2022; short)[1]
  • The Lost Jedi (2022; short)[5]
  • A Hollow Tree (2023)[5]
  • An Taibhse also titled The Ghost (2025) as Éamon[20]
  • Naxos (2026)[14]

Awards

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Notes

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  1. ↑ In a number of reports, An Taibhse was described as the first ever Irish language horror feature film. See however the feature-length release of Na Cloigne [ga] (2010).

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "An t-iar-mhainicín ceolmhar atá le feiceáil sa gcéad fhadscannán uafáis i nGaeilge". Tuairisc.ie (in Irish). 27 August 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 Clarke, Donald (27 March 2025). "An Taibhse review: Queasy atmosphere and good performances drive this taut Irish language horror". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "FrightFest review: An Taibhse (The Ghost)". Kim Newman. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Five FrightFest Facts with Tom Kerrisk of 'An Taibhse'". Love Horror. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mullally, Una (22 April 2025). "Uafás an Ghorta Mhóir". Scéal [ga] (in Irish). p. 12.
  6. 1 2 "Tom Kerrisk". tomkerrisk.com. About Tom [..] His role as Christopher Sampson in The Sleep Experiment (2022) won him the Best Actor Award at the LA Crime & Horror Film Festival
  7. 1 2 "9th LACHFF Award Winners". Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "An Taibhse (The Ghost)". Vancouver International Film Festival. Retrieved 16 October 2025.[dead link]
  9. ↑ Caollaí, Éanna Ó. "An Taibhse: scannán uafáis Gaeilge a shíolraigh as tionscadal ollscoile". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Irish language horror film 'An Taibhse' to premiere at Galway Film Fleadh". IrishCentral. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "An Taibhse, the first Irish language horror film, heads to FrightFest". Fangoria. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Samhain: Roots of Halloween Film Series". Government of Ireland, Ireland.ie. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 "Bhuel, an bhfuil eagla ort?". Cork Independent. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Naxos". Jackpot Films. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  15. 1 2 Stevenson, Jack (28 March 2025). "Interview | An Taibhse Writer-Director John Farrelly: "We Were Just Making a Film in the Irish Language not Really Knowing Where it Would Go"".
  16. ↑ "Exclusive: Interview with An Taibhse Writer/Director John Farrelly". The Fright Club NI. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "Scannán uafáis millte ag Gaeilge lofa dhothuigthe". Tuairisc.ie (in Irish). 3 April 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "Roinnt le moladh faoin scannán is déanaí ó Cine4, ach urchar amú é 'Báite'". Tuairisc.ie (in Irish). 11 March 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.[better source needed]
  19. ↑ "The feverish fearlessness of An Taibhse". Film in Dublin. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  20. ↑ "An Taibhse (The Ghost)". Vancouver International Film Festival. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
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