Tom Kerrisk

Tom Kerrisk is an awardwinning Irish actor from County Clare in southwest Ireland known for his method acting approach and physically transformative performances He gained widespread attention for his portrayal of Éamon in An Taibhse The Ghostthe firstever Irishlanguage horror filmdirected by John Farrelly This role earned Kerrisk a Best Actor Award at the 2025 South African Horror Film Festival following the films soldout premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square Before An Taibhse Kerrisk received critical acclaim for his role as Christopher Sampson in the psychological thriller The Sleep Experiment 2022 That performance won him a Best Actor Award at the LA Crime Horror Film Festival and further solidified his reputation in genre cinema In addition to his onscreen work Kerrisk served as Executive Producer on both An Taibhse and The Sleep Experiment showcasing his creative range behind the camera Kerrisks diverse filmography includes The Lost Jedi 2022 where he portrayed Jedi Master Hikomori and A Hollow Tree 2023 a postapocalyptic thriller directed by Cathal Fitzpatrick His other screen credits feature The House That Was Not 2024 Pooka 2023 Antlers 2022 and A Walk on the Beach 2022 On television he has appeared in Podge and Rodge A Scare at Bedtime 1997 and the Hallmark movie Christmas at Castle Hart 2021 Outside of acting Kerrisk is an accomplished musician having cocomposed the soundtracks for An Taibhse and The Sleep Experiment alongside collaborator Ally Donald He is the founding member of Daft Pop a highenergy musical act and previously released original music with Mystic Tears a threepiece cosmic rock band Earlier in his career he founded and fronted the Irish rock band The Spikes releasing two critically acclaimed albumsUrges Purges and Joylist Kerrisk also produces music videos explores musical poetry and writes lyrics for artists working with German music producer Sven Büngerwho signed him following a successful solo venture in Germanyunderscoring his wideranging versatility