List of American Actors of Irish Descent - 1970s

1970s

• Ben Affleck (1972– ) Hollywood film star/screenwriter/director
• Casey Affleck (1975– )
• Mackenzie Astin (1973– ) son of Patty Duke and brother of Sean Astin
• Sean Astin (1971– )
• Drew Barrymore (1975– ) daughter of actor John Drew Barrymore
• Julie Bowen (1970– )
• Lara Flynn Boyle (1970– )
• Eddie Cahill (1978– ) father is of Irish descent – film/television actor (CSI: NY)
• Mariah Carey (1970– ) mother is of Irish descent, father is of African-American/Venezuelan descent – Pop/R&B singer/songwriter/actress.
• Jennifer Connelly (1970– ) father is of mostly Irish heritage
• Kevin M. Connolly (1974– )
• Dane Cook (1972– ) actor/comedian
• Emily Deschanel (1976– ) mother is of Irish descent
• Shannen Doherty (1971– ) film/television actress
• Heather Graham (1970– )
• Carla Gugino (1971– ) mother is of Irish descent
• Alyson Hannigan (1974– ) film/television actress ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "American Pie")
• Angie Harmon (1972– ) father is half-Irish – film/television actress (Law & Order)
• Josh Hartnett (1978– ) film actor, mother is of Irish heritage (40 Days and 40 Nights, Sin City)
• Katherine Heigl (1978– )
• Jamie Kennedy (1970– ) American comedian and actor, best known on television for his work on Ghost Whisperer and cinema with Son of the Mask and Scream
• Ashton Kutcher (1978– ) mother is of Irish descent – film/television actor/prankster (That '70s Show)
• Justin Long (1978– ) actor, paternal grandfather is of Irish ancestry
• Eric Mabius (1971– )
• Danny Masterson (1976–) actor of Irish descent
• Jenny McCarthy (1972– )
• Rose McGowan (1973– )
• Danica McKellar (1975– ) part Irish through her father
• Bridget Moynahan (1971– )
• Brittany Murphy (1977–2009) mother was of Irish and Eastern European descent
• Charlie O'Connell (1975– ) father is of Irish ancestry
• Jerry O'Connell (1974– ) father is of Irish ancestry
• Renee O'Connor (1971– ) Television, film and stage actor/director/producer. Best known as the co-star of the television series, Xena: Warrior Princess
• Chris O'Donnell (1970– ) father is of Irish descent – film/television actor (NCIS: Los Angeles)
• Ana Ortiz (1971– ) American actress, mother is of Irish ancestry
• Monica Potter (1971– )
• Dominic Purcell (1970– )
• Maggie Q (1979– ) aka Margaret Denise Quigley, of Vietnamese and Irish descent, grew up in Hawaii
• Zachary Quinto (1977– ) is of Irish-Italian heritage
• Jeremy Renner (1971– ) mother is of Irish descent – film actor (The Hurt Locker)
• Robin Tunney (1972– )
• Vince Vaughan (1970– )
• Mark Wahlberg (1971– ) both parents are of partial Irish ancestry
• Paul Walker (1973– )