Male actors from County Galway

George Brent (born George Brendan Nolan; 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor. He is best remembered for the eleven films he made with Bette Davis, which included Jezebel and Dark Victory.

Séan Joseph McClory (8 March 1924 – 10 December 2003) was an Irish actor whose career spanned six decades and included well over 100 films and television series. He played Tom Grogan in My Three Sons, episode,""Dublin's Fair City."

Finbar Lynch (born 28 August 1959) is an Irish actor.

Alan Devine (born 1970), is an Irish actor.

James Patrick Healey (born 13 January 1951 in County Galway, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish-born Australian actor. His family moved to Manchester, England before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia in 1970. He studied acting at both NIDA (Sydney) and RADA (London). In Australia he acted in television police procedural Homicide in guest roles in 1975 and 1976. He had a regular role on soap opera The Restless Years as the murderous villain Gary Fisher in 1981, and appeared in Sons and Daughters for two episodes, as Wayne Hamilton's best man, in 1983. On American television he appeared on the soap opera Dynasty as Sean Rowan. He appeared in the show throughout the 1987–88 season, during which time his character became the fourth husband of Alexis Carrington Colby, played by Joan Collins after saving her life following a car crash. After that he had a regular role on daytime serial Santa Barbara in 1990.

Jarlath Conroy (born 30 September 1944) is an Irish theatre, film and television actor. Since 1971, he has become a successful actor appearing in film and television, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He also appeared in the movies Day of the Dead and The Art of Getting By. He is also the voice actor of Seamus in John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles and Aiden O'Malley in Rockstar Games's Grand Theft Auto IV.

Emmett Hughes (born 28 January 1987 in Headford, Galway) is an award winning Irish actor, writer and producer. He has worked in Dublin, London, Sydney and Los Angeles.

Richard Daly (1758–1813) was an Irish actor and theatrical manager.

Páraic Breathnach (born 1956) is an Irish actor, performer, writer and storyteller.

Cárthach Bán Breathnach is an Irish actor and broadcaster. As an actor, he is known for his roles in the TG4 series Aifric and the Irish language soap opera Ros na Rún.