Gleeson and Fassbender nominated for Golden Globe awards
Irish actors Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender are both up for awards as the 69th annual Golden Globe award nominations were announced this afternoon.
The Irish co-production 'Albert Nobbs' received a number of nominations including Best Song for 'Lay Your Head Down', co-written by Irish musician Brian Byrne and sung by Sinead O’Connor.
Gleeson has been given a nod in the Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical category for his role in ‘The Guard’.
Fassbender, nominated for his role in 'Shame', will be competing with George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt for the Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama crown.
Comedy or Musical Motion Picture nominees include 'The Artist', 'Bridesmaids', '50/50', 'My Week With Marilyn' and 'Midnight in Paris'.
Best comedy series nominees include 'New Girl', 'Modern Family', 'Enlightened', 'Glee' and 'Episodes'.
The Globes will be presented on January 15, and hosted by Ricky Gervais.
‘The Descendants’
‘The Help’
‘Hugo’
‘The Ides of March’
‘Moneyball’
‘War Horse’
‘50/50’
‘The Artist’
‘Bridesmaids’
‘Midnight in Paris’
‘My Week With Marilyn’
Woody Allen (‘Midnight in Paris’)
George Clooney (‘The Ides of March’)
Michel Hazanavicius (‘The Artist’)
Alexander Payne (‘The Descendants’)
Martin Scorsese (‘Hugo’)
Woody Allen (‘Midnight in Paris’)
Michael Hazanavicius (‘The Artist’)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon (‘The Ides of March’)
Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin (‘Moneyball’)
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (‘The Descendants’)
George Clooney (‘The Descendants’)
Leonardo Dicaprio (‘J. Edgar’)
Michael Fassbender (‘Shame’)
Ryan Gosling (‘The Ides of March’)
Brad Pitt (‘Moneyball’)
Glenn Close (‘Albert Nobbs’)
Viola Davis (‘The Help’)
Rooney Mara (‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’)
Meryl Streep (‘The Iron Lady’)
Tilda Swinton (‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’)
Jodie Foster (‘Carnage’)
Charlize Theron (‘Young Adult’)
Kristen Wiig (‘Bridesmaids’)
Michelle Williams (‘My Week With Marilyn’)
Kate Winslet (‘Carnage’)
Jean Dujardin (‘The Artist’)
Brendan Gleeson (“The Guard”)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (‘50/50’)
Ryan Gosling (‘The Ides of March’)
Owen Wilson (‘Midnight in Paris’)
Berenice Bejo (‘The Artist’)
Jessica Chastain (‘The Help’)
Janet McTeer (‘Albert Nobbs’)
Octavia Spencer (‘The Help’)
Shailene Woodley (‘The Descendants’)
Kenneth Branagh (‘My Week With Marilyn’)
Altbert Brooks (‘Drive’)
Jonah Hill (‘Moneyball’)
Viggo Mortensen (‘A Dangerous Method’)
Christopher Plummer (‘Beginners’)
‘A Separation’ (Iran)
‘The Flowers Of War’ (China)
‘The Kid With the Bike’ (Belgium)
‘In The Land Of Blood and Honey’ (USA)
‘The Skin I Live In’ (Spain)
‘The Artist’
‘The Descendants’
‘The Ides of March’
‘Midnight in Paris’
‘Moneyball’
Laura Dern
Zooey Deschanel
Tina Fey
Laura Linney
Amy Poehler
Claire Danes
Mireille Enos
Julianna Margulies
Madeleine Stowe
Callie Thorne
Peter Dinklange
Paul Giamatti
Guy Pearce
Tim Robbins
Eric Stonestreet
Jessica Lange
Kelly Macdonald
Maggie Smith
SofiaVegara
Evan Rachel Wood
Alec Baldwin (‘30 Rock’)
David Duchovny (‘Californication’)
Johnny Galecki (‘The Big Bang Theory’)
Thomas Jane (‘Hung’)
Matt LeBlanc (‘Episodes’)
‘Enlightened’
‘Episodes’
‘Glee’
‘Modern Family’
‘New Girl’
