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Glen Hansard is a Actor and Sound Irlandais born on 21 april 1970 at Dublin (Irlande)

Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard
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Nationality Irlande
Birth 21 april 1970 (53 years) at Dublin (Irlande)

Glen Hansard est un chanteur, compositeur, guitariste et acteur irlandais, né à Dublin le 21 avril 1970.

Il a notamment fondé le groupe de rock The Frames en 1990. En avril 2006, il se lance en solo avec l'album "The Swell Season", pour lequel il collabore avec la musicienne tchèque Markéta Irglová, la finlandaise Marja Tuhkanen (violon et alto), et le français Bertrand Galen (violoncelle).

Sa carrière d'acteur est étroitement liée à sa vocation de musicien, puisqu'il a joué le guitariste Outspan Foster dans The Commitments d'Alan Parker, et que dans le film Once de John Carney (2006), il incarne un musicien des rues qui rencontre une pianiste et chanteuse interprétée par Markéta Irglová.

Glen Hansard fait aussi une apparition dans la série les Simpson (saison 20 - épisode 14), la famille le croise en train de chanter dans la rue sous la fenêtre de Markéta Irglová.

Le 12 décembre 2013 il apparaît à l'émission 'Live on Letterman' au Ed Sullivan Theatre à New York, où il chantera, accompagné de son band, quelques-uns de ses succès, 'Love don't leave me waiting', 'Bird of sorrow', et 'Song of good hope', il chantera aussi quelques chansons populaires comme: 'Respect' d'Aretha Franklin, 'Drive all night' de Bruce Springsteen et 'It feels like rain' de John Hiatt.

À ce jour, il a publié trois albums solos: Rythm and Repose en 2012, suivi de Didn't He Ramble en 2015 et Between Two Shores en 2018.

Best films

Once (2007)
(Actor)

Usually with

John Carney
John Carney
(1 films)
Alan Parker
Alan Parker
(1 films)
Dick Clement
Dick Clement
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Glen Hansard (3 films)

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Actor

Once
Once (2007)
, 1h25
Directed by John Carney
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Markéta Irglová, Glen Hansard
Roles Guy
Rating77% 3.897793.897793.897793.897793.89779
A thirty-something Dublin busker ("Guy", played by Glen Hansard) sings and plays guitar on Grafton Street, a Dublin shopping district. He struggles with the trials of performing on the street. Lured by his music, an unnamed young Czech immigrant flower seller ("Girl", played by Markéta Irglová) talks to him about his songs. Delighted to learn that he also repairs Hoovers (a brand name that became synonymous with vacuum cleaners in the United Kingdom and Ireland), she insists that he fix her broken vacuum cleaner.
The Commitments, 1h58
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Musical films
Actors Robert Arkins, Colm Meaney, Andrew Strong, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Bronagh Gallagher, Angeline Ball
Roles Outspan Foster
Rating75% 3.7976853.7976853.7976853.7976853.797685
In the northside of Dublin, Jimmy Rabbitte aspires to manage the world's greatest band, with only one music in mind: soul. Disgusted with bands in Ireland, and beginning with his friends Outspan and Derek, he assembles a band in the tradition of 1960s black American recording artists like Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. By advertising for applicants in a newspaper and asking around to promising acquaintances, Jimmy holds auditions at his parents' home and assembles a band together. Unlike his idols, Jimmy's band is white.

Sound

Once
Once (2007)
, 1h25
Directed by John Carney
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Markéta Irglová, Glen Hansard
Roles Songs
Rating77% 3.897793.897793.897793.897793.89779
A thirty-something Dublin busker ("Guy", played by Glen Hansard) sings and plays guitar on Grafton Street, a Dublin shopping district. He struggles with the trials of performing on the street. Lured by his music, an unnamed young Czech immigrant flower seller ("Girl", played by Markéta Irglová) talks to him about his songs. Delighted to learn that he also repairs Hoovers (a brand name that became synonymous with vacuum cleaners in the United Kingdom and Ireland), she insists that he fix her broken vacuum cleaner.
Beauty in Trouble, 1h50
Directed by Jan Hřebejk
Origin Republique tcheque
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Anna Geislerová, Emília Vášáryová, Jana Brejchová, Jiří Macháček, Josef Abrhám, Jan Hrušínský
Rating67% 3.3962853.3962853.3962853.3962853.396285
The script is based on Robert Grave's enigmatic poem, Beauty in Trouble and it begins with these words set to music sung by a chanteuse who accompanies herself with an accordion.