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Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard

Born: 1970-04-21 • Dublin, Ireland

Glen Hansard (born 21 April 1970) is the Academy Award–winning principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Irish group The Frames and one half of folk rock duo, The Swell Season. He is also known for his acting, having appeared in the BAFTA winning film The Commitments, as well as starring the film Once.

His song "Falling Slowly" from Once, co-written with Markéta Irglová, won the Academy-Award for Best Original Song in 2007, and between 2007–2008 earned him ten other major nominations or awards.

Filmography
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman poster
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023 • Self
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song poster
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
2022 • Self
Cyrano poster
Cyrano
2021 • Guard
Breaking Out poster
Breaking Out
2021 • Self
Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021 poster
Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
2021
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The Busk - A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street
2020 • Self
Heyday - The Mic Christopher Story poster
Heyday - The Mic Christopher Story
2019
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration poster
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
2019 • Self
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Come On Up to the House
2018 • Himself
The Camino Voyage poster
The Camino Voyage
2018 • Himself
Jeff Buckley: You and I poster
Jeff Buckley: You and I
2016
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The Frames: In the Deep Shade
2013 • Himself
The Swell Season poster
The Swell Season
2012 • Himself
The Swell Season: One Step Away poster
The Swell Season: One Step Away
2009 • Himself
Once poster
Once
2007 • Guy
The Commitments poster
The Commitments
1991 • Outspan Foster
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Shelter me: Apollo House
The Forward Journey poster
The Forward Journey