The Hasty Pudding Announces Barry Keoghan as 2024 Man of the Year

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, announces BARRY KEOGHAN as the recipient of its 2024 Man of the Year Award. From his iconic performances in Dunkirk, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Eternals, and The Banshees of Inisherin, to his recently BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated role in Saltburn, the Pudding is proud to celebrate a truly unique and impactful presence in the world of entertainment.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals Man and Woman of the Year Awards are presented annually to performers who have made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment. The Man of the Year award was established in 1967, with past recipients including Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds, and last year’s recipient Bob Odenkirk, the 56th Man of the Year.

The Man of the Year festivities will take place on Friday, February 2nd, 2024. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals will host a celebratory roast for Mr. Keoghan at 7:00pm and present him with his Pudding Pot at Farkas Hall, the Pudding’ s historic home in the heart of Harvard Square since 1888. A press conference will follow the roast at 7:20pm. Afterwards, Mr. Keoghan will attend a performance of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 175th production "Heist Heist Baby".

Barry Keoghan is truly the 2024 Man of the Year, with an eternal(s) impact on the arts that’s no joke(r),” said Producer Madison Pankey. “We’re excited to see him dance through our day of celebrations, although we hope he understands birthday suit doesn’t count as black-tie.”

“We are feverishly locking up all gravesites and bathtubs in anticipation of Barry’s arrival to Harvard” said Man of the Year Coordinator Aidan Golu b. “With experience as both superhero​and supervillain, Barry Keoghan is the perfect choice to fight to earn his Pudding pot February 2nd.”

Barry Keoghan is an Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, SAG Award nominated performer as well as a BAFTA Award winning film and television actor, working with the industry’s leading auteurs. Currently, Keoghan can be seen co-starring in the AppleTV+ series, Master of The Air, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. From the creators of Band of Brothers, the series follows American airmen in the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss and triumph. Keoghan portrays pilot ‘Lt. Curtis Biddick,’ alongside Austin Butler and Callum Tuner.

He can also be seen starring in Emerald Fennell’ s Saltburn , co-starring Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant, for Amazon Prime. The film follows Oxford University student Oliver Quick (Keoghan), who is struggling to find his place, and finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

For his role, Keoghan received a 2024 Golden Globe® Award nomination and is nominated for a BAFTA Award in the category of Best Leading Actor. Most recently, Keoghan completed production on Andrea Arnold‘s Bird, starring opposite of Franz Rogowski; as well as Trey Edward Schults’ and The Weeknd’s untitled project starring opposite of Jenna Ortega as well. Prior to this, he completed production on Chris Andrews’ Bring Them Down opposite of Christopher Abbott and Colm Meaney.

Most notably, in 2023, Keoghan received the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor as Dominic in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, opposite Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. The same year he was also nominated for the 2023 Academy Award® in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; Golden Globe® for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture; Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture; Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Acting Ensemble; Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor; as well as The London Film Critic’s Circle Award for Supporting Actor of the Year among many other accolades.​

Additional film credits include Matt Reeves’ DC Universe The Batman, opposite Robert Pattinson; Chloe Zhao’s Marvels’ Eternals, with a cast that includes Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Brian Tyree Henry & Kumail Nanjiani; David Lowery’ s The Green Knight; Nick Rowland’ s Calm with Horses (BAFTA, BIFA and IFTA nominations); as well as Bart Layton’s American Animals (BIFA nomination); Yorgos Lanthimos The Killing of a Sacred Deer opposite Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman (Independent Spirit Award nominations and Irish Film & Television Award win); Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Dunkirk, with Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy; Lance Daly’s Black, 47; Konstantin Bojanov’ s Light Thereafter; Rebecca Daly’s Mammal ; Adam Smith’s Trespass Against Us; Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy’ s Traders; as well as Yann Demanges’’ 71 .

Additional television credits include Craig Mazin’s Emmy® and Golden Globe® Nominated Chernobyl and the third and final season of Top Boy.

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