In 1998, he won a World Theatre Award for his performance in The Cripple of Inishmaan and also played opposite Brendan Gleeson in a short film by Martin ...
but he was held in immigration for 22 hours over a 'passport infringement' and never made it. He looks like this (see above): After Into The West, he played Kevin in The Van (another classic) and went on to play in a string of films and TV shows.