Ferdia Walsh-Peelo

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (born 12 October 1999)^[1][2] is an Irish actor and musician.^[3] He made his film debut in the musical Sing Street (2016) and television debut in the History series Vikings (2017–2020). He has since appeared in the films Here Are the Young Men (2020) and CODA (2021).

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo at the 2016 Dublin International Film Festival
Born	(1999-10-12) 12 October 1999 (age 25) Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician, composer
Years active	2016–present

Early life and education

Walsh-Peelo was born in Ashford, County Wicklow.^[4] He attended Coláiste Ráithín, a Gaelscoil in Bray and Wicklow Educate Together National School. He received vocal coaching from his mother, soprano Toni Walsh.^[5]

Career

Walsh-Peelo began his musical career as a boy soprano at the age of seven, winning many prizes throughout his early years. He was eventually cast in Mozart's Magic Flute aged twelve, which toured Ireland. Walsh-Peelo followed this up with the part of Miles in Britten's Turn of the Screw.^[5] In 2012, he appeared on Irish television in the famous Late Late Toy Show singing and playing piano.^[5] He was signed by William Morris Endeavor in the US and Independent Talent in the UK in 2015.^[6]

Walsh-Peelo made his onscreen acting debut in John Carney's 2016 musical comedy-drama film Sing Street alongside Lucy Boynton.^[7][8] During the film's screening at the Sundance Film Festival, he performed live with his co-star Mark McKenna.^[9]

In 2017, Walsh-Peelo began playing Alfred the Great in Vikings, a role he would play for the History series' final two seasons.^[10][11] He also played a young version of Aidan Gillen's character in the television film Dave Allen at Peace and appeared in the 2020 film Here Are the Young Men as Rez.

Walsh-Peelo played Miles, the singing partner and love interest of Ruby (Emilia Jones) in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival hit and Apple TV+ Original film CODA.^[12] He and the rest of the CODA cast won the SAG Award for Best Ensemble.^[13] Walsh-Peelo starred opposite Clara Rugaard in the British-Spanish World War II drama Love Gets a Room.^[14] He played Nick Kent in the biographical miniseries Pistol.^[15]

As of 2022, he is with a band called The Fynches.

Personal life

Walsh-Peelo is an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland's program Emergency Lessons, aimed at providing education to children who are in emergencies.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Sing Street	Conor "Cosmo" Lawlor
2020	Troubled Times	Eoghan	short film
	Here Are the Young Men	Rez
	Topping Out	Toby	short film
2021	CODA	Miles
	Love Gets a Room	Edmund

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017–2020	Vikings	King Alfred	recurring role (seasons 5–6)
2018	Dave Allen at Peace	Dave (age 18)	television film
2022	Pistol	Nick Kent	miniseries

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2017	London Film Critics' Circle	Young British/Irish Performer of the Year	Sing Street	Nominated	[17]
	Guild of Music Supervisors Awards	Best Song/Recording Created for a Film		Nominated
2022	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	CODA	Won	[a]

Notes

1. Shared.

References

1. Twitter
2. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
3. Brady, Tara. "Ferdia Walsh-Peelo: Sing Street, Sundance... now back to school". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
4. "Ferdia is streets ahead!". Irish Independent. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
5. Saldana, Selena. "Sing Street Production Notes UK Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
6. Sun, Rebecca (28 January 2016). "Sundance: 'Sing Street' Star Signs With WME (Exclusive)". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
7. "Sing Street star had to learn how to act on the film". Irish Examiner. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
8. "Sing Street (2016)". RTE. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
9. "Watch: 'Sing Street' Actors Perform at Sundance After-Party". Variety. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
10. "Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Instagram". Retrieved 7 February 2017.
11. Maher, David (15 July 2016). "Irish Red Rock star Darren Cahill lands major starring role in new series of Vikings". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
12. "Apple Original Films announce multiple Sundance Award winner "CODA" to premiere in theaters and on Apple TV+ on Friday, Aug. 13". Apple.com. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
13. "Sing Street star part of CODA's SAG Awards win". RTÉ. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
14. Hopewell, John (17 September 2021). "Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Star in Rodrigo Cortes' 'Love Gets a Room,' From Nostromo (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
15. Warner, Sam (14 March 2022). "'Pistol': Nick Kent actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo on what to expect from the Sex Pistols series". NME. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
16. Full Video: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo's #EmergencyLessons experience in Nepal. UNICEFIreland. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022 – via YouTube.
17. "'Moonlight' and 'Love and Friendship' Lead London Film Critics' Circle Nominations". Variety. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

External links

• Ferdia Walsh-Peelo at IMDb