Two Irish actors to go head-to-head in major Golden Globes categories next year

The Golden Globe nominations 2025 are here! Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott are nominated against each other in two major categories - while other notable Irish acts missed out on nominations.

Farrell and Scott, both natives of Dublin, will face off in the Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Limited Series, Anthology Series, Or A Motion Picture Made For Television category and the Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television category at the Golden Globes 2025.

Farrell has been nominated for his lead role in HBO Max's "The Penguin," while Scott has been nominated for his lead role in Netflix's "Ripley."

The two Irish actors are joined by Richard Gadd ("Baby Reindeer"), Kevin Kline ("Disclaimer"), Cooper Koch ("Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story"), and Ewan Mcgregor ("A Gentleman In Moscow") as nominees in the Best Performance category.

Meanwhile, Farrell's series "The Penguin" and Scott's series "Ripley" are up against "Baby Reindeer" (Netflix), "Disclaimer" (Apple TV+), "Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story" (Netflix), and "True Detective: Night Country" (HBO | Max) in the Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television category.

Farrell already has two Golden Globe wins under his belt - one in 2023 for "The Banshees of Inisherin," and another in 2009 for "In Bruges." He was also nominated in 2017 for "The Lobster," but lost out to James Franco of "The Disaster Artist."

Colin Farrell. (Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Scott will be looking to bring home his first-ever Golden Globe; he was nominated in 2024 for the film "All Of Us Strangers" and in 2020 for the series "Fleabag."

Andrew Scott. (Getty Images)

There wasn't much love for other Irish talent elsewhere in the Golden Globe nominations 2025.

Co Kildare native Paul Mescal - fresh off of "SNL" hosting duties - missed out on an acting nomination for his latest release "Gladiator II," though the film did land a nomination in the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category.

Mescal's "Gladiator II" co-star Denzel Washington was nominated in the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture category.

Paul Mescal. (Getty Images)

Also nominated in the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category is "Twisters," which features Irish actor Daryl McCormack.

Daryl McCormack. (Getty Images)

Saoirse Ronan was locked out of the Golden Globe nominations 2025, failing to secure acting nods for "The Outrun" and "Blitz." Neither film received any nominations.

Saoirse Ronan. (Getty Images)

Also missing out is "Kneecap," the semi-autobiographical film about the Belfast-based Irish language hip-hop trio that has received huge critical success. Variety had predicted the film would land a nomination in the Non-English Language Film category and had it as an outlier in the Best Original Song category.

Kneecap. (Getty Images)

The Golden Globes 2025 Awards Ceremony will air live on CBS in the US and stream on Paramount+ on Sunday, January 5, 2025

Golden Globe nominations 2025

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• The Brutalist (A24)
• A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
• Conclave (Focus Features)
• Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures / Amazon Mgm Studios)
• September 5 (Paramount Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

• Anora (Neon)
• Challengers (Amazon Mgm Studios)
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
• A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
• The Substance (Mubi)
• Wicked (Universal Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

• Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
• Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Memoir Of A Snail (IFC Films)
• Moana 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
• The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)

Cinematic And Box Office Achievement

• Alien: Romulus (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Deadpool & Wolverine (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Gladiator Ii (Paramount Pictures)
• Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Twisters (Universal Pictures)
• Wicked (Universal Pictures)
• The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

• All We Imagine As Light (Sideshow / Janus Films) – USA / France / India
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – France
• The Girl With The Needle (Mubi) – Poland / Sweden / Denmark
• I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics) – Brazil
• The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Neon) – USA / Germany
• Vermiglio (Sideshow / Janus Films) – Italy

Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama

• Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
• Angelina Jolie (Maria)
• Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)
• Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door)
• Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
• Kate Winslet (Lee)

Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama

• Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
• Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
• Daniel Craig (Queer)
• Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
• Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
• Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

• Amy Adams (Nightbitch)
• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
• Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
• Mikey Madison (Anora)
• Demi Moore (The Substance)
• Zendaya (Challengers)

Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

• Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
• Hugh Grant (Heretic)
• Gabriel Labelle (Saturday Night)
• Jesse Plemons (Kinds Of Kindness)
• Glen Powell (Hit Man)
• Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)

Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture

• Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked)
• Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
• Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
• Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
• Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture

• Yura Borisov (Anora)
• Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
• Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
• Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
• Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
• Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)

Best Director – Motion Picture

• Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Edward Berger (Conclave)
• Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
• Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

• Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)
• Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
• Peter Straughan (Conclave)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

• Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)
• Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)
• Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)
• Clément Ducol, Camille (Emilia Pérez)
• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Challengers)
• Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

• “Beautiful That Way” –– The Last Showgirl
  • Music & Lyrics By: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson
• “Compress / Repress” –– Challengers
  • Music & Lyrics By: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
• “El Mal” –– Emilia Pérez
  • Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard
• “Forbidden Road” –– Better Man
  • Music & Lyrics By: Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek
• “Kiss The Sky” –– The Wild Robot
  • Music & Lyrics By: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi
• “Mi Camino” –– Emilia Pérez
  • Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille

Best Television Series – Drama

• The Day Of The Jackal (Peacock)
• The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video)
• Shōgun (Fx/Hulu)
• Slow Horses (Apple Tv+)
• Squid Game (Netflix)

Best Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• The Bear (FX/Hulu)
• The Gentlemen (Netflix)
• Hacks (HBO | Max)
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
• Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television

• Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
• Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)
• The Penguin (HBO | Max)
• Ripley (Netflix)
• True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)

Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Series – Drama

• Kathy Bates (Matlock)
• Emma D’arcy (House Of The Dragon)
• Maya Erskine (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
• Keira Knightley (Black Doves)
• Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
• Anna Sawai (Shōgun)

Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Series – Drama

• Donald Glover (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
• Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent)
• Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
• Eddie Redmayne (The Day Of The Jackal)
• Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun)
• Billy Bob Thornton (Landman)

Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

• Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
• Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
• Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
• Selena Gomez (Only Murders In The Building)
• Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along)
• Jean Smart (Hacks)

Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

• Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
• Ted Danson (A Man On The Inside)
• Steve Martin (Only Murders In The Building)
• Jason Segel (Shrinking)
• Martin Short (Only Murders In The Building)
• Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Limited Series, Anthology Series, Or A Motion Picture Made For Television

• Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
• Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country)
• Cristin Milioti (The Penguin)
• Sofía Vergara (Griselda)
• Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans)
• Kate Winslet (The Regime)

Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Limited Series, Anthology Series, Or A Motion Picture Made For Television

• Colin Farrell (The Penguin)
• Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer)
• Kevin Kline (Disclaimer)
• Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story)
• Ewan Mcgregor (A Gentleman In Moscow)
• Andrew Scott (Ripley)

Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role On Television

• Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear)
• Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
• Dakota Fanning (Ripley)
• Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer)
• Allison Janney (The Diplomat)
• Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country)

Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role On Television

• Tadanobu Asano (Shōgun)
• Javier Bardem (Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story)
• Harrison Ford (Shrinking)
• Jack Lowden (Slow Horses)
• Diego Luna (La Máquina)
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)