ne of the celebrities of the hit US tv present Seal Team has stated “it is good to be home” as he returned to Ireland for the Irish Film and Television Awards.

AJ Buckley, who performs Sonny Quinn on the gritty Paramount+ navy drama, was born to Irish dad and mom in Dublin earlier than his household emigrated to Canada when he was six years outdated.

“Even though I wasn’t here in Ireland, I was still surrounded by storytelling and whatnot.

“There was a big Irish community I grew up around and, like any big Irish family, there’s always the singing and the dancing, the spoons come out and the bodhran and having a party.”

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He stated he couldn't precisely put his finger on the sensation of being again.

“There’s just something here, it’s like you feel a real connection.

“I think the Irish people are the hardest-working group of people in the world and they take such pride in what they do, and its that force of the connection to your family – that the richness in your life is the memories you have with your family”.

He stated he desires to deliver his youngsters to Ireland in summer time 2024.

Buckley even traces the second he determined to grow to be an actor again to Dublin, when he was 5 years outdated and watching a manufacturing of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs within the metropolis’s Abbey Theatre.

“I remember when Sneezy came on stage, the audience laughed and I remembered how it tickled my ear.

“I asked my mom, ‘What are those guys up on stage’ and she said, ‘They’re actors’.

“Since that moment, it’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do.”

Buckley recollects that his appearing journey had many highs and lows – however even the hardest elements introduced “great perspective”.

He stated there was a time he was sleeping in his automobile for a 12 months and a half, earlier than discovering success in his most well-known appearances in CSI: New York, Justified and now the profitable Seal Team.

He stated he had beforehand performed nerdy characters however wished to get right into a John McClane (the protagonist within the Die Hard motion pictures) sort function, his favorite character.

“I just worked my ass off to try and put on size and just physically changed how I looked.”

He stated he's grateful daily for the Seal Team job, the place he will get to “ride around on Black Hawk helicopters” and work alongside actual former Navy Seals.

“It is the best job I ever had in the world – call it the luck of the Irish.”

Seal Team was initially as a result of begin filming its seventh season this month, however the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike means name occasions are up within the air.

Buckley stated the reveals couldn't get made with out nice scripts however stated he doesn't suppose it's the proper time to strike.

“I 100% agree with the writers and actors need to strike, I just don’t think its smart to strike right now.

“We’re just coming out of Covid, people are barely hanging on, we’re in a recession, studios have let – whatever – 10,000 people go in the last six weeks, their stocks are down.

“So, you know, you don’t go to war when you have weak men.

“I just hope and pray they could figure it out sooner rather than later.

“Because people like the crew who work pay cheque to pay cheque, those people are going to get hurt the most.

“Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t want to see anybody get hurt and I don’t think the writers want to see anybody get hurt.”

Buckley will be a part of company from around the globe to mark an unimaginable 12 months for Irish filmmaking on the twentieth anniversary IFTA awards on Sunday May 7.

He praised Irish manufacturing, noting certainly one of his all-time favorite reveals is the Irish crime drama Love/Hate.

He additionally singled out Barry Keoghan’s efficiency within the Oscar-nominated The Banshees of Inisherin.

“I really think he’s he’s probably one of my like, new favourite actors.

“His performance, he’s so subtle with his thing and he’s so sincere.”

Buckley stated it could be a “bucket list thing” to work on an Irish stage or display screen manufacturing sooner or later.

“I’ve really wanted to come and just sink my teeth in and work with all these phenomenal filmmakers and storytellers.”

According to Screen Ireland, among the many Actor Award nominees on the night time are Keoghan, Jessie Buckley, Brendan Gleeson, Caitriona Balfe, Andrew Scott, Colin Farrell, Sharon Horgan, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Mescal, Stephen Rea and Anne-Marie Duff.

Also in rivalry for an award are Aisling Franciosi, Sarah Greene, Genevieve O’Reilly, Kerry Condon, Pierce Brosnan, Dervla Kirwan, Jason O’Mara, and Liam Neeson.

First-time IFTA nominees in attendance embrace: Daryl McCormack, Siobhan McSweeney, Danielle Galligan, Alison Oliver, Roisin Gallagher, Kelly Gough, Vinnie McCabe, Kerr Logan, and newcomers Zara Devlin, Ollie West, Kila Lord Cassidy and Alisha Weir.

Irish actors additionally attending embrace: John C Reilly, Liam Cunningham, Charlie Murphy, Victoria Smurfit, Niamh Algar and Clare Dunne, amongst others.