Education
He was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin.
He was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin.
He has worked in theatre, film, radio and television, as well as written music for many shows, and co-written two musicals and directed plays and operas. He is known internationally for his award-winning one-man Beckett shows I"ll Go On and Watt which the Gate Theatre presented at the 1985 and 2010 Dublin Theatre Festival respectively. McGovern revived "I"ll Go On" for a run at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City for Los Angeles"s Center Theatre Group in 2014.
(on his one man show "I"ll Go On")"McGovern illuminates the accessibility of the novels, their Irishness and their brilliant, bitter humour..brilliant" - The New York Times "Barry McGovern"s dazzling one-man performance…makes for wicked, compulsive fun" - The Irish Times "An outright triumph…arrestingly funny" - Time "90 minutes of laughter, bitterness, compassion and verbal music to leave you rapt" - New York "Superb one-man show….
Without doubt one of the best interpreters of Samuel Beckett"s work, McGovern"s performance is masterful" - Sunday Business “Barry McGovern’s astounding performance was not only the best of the festival, but also among the best I’ve ever seen… genius, no other word for lieutenant" - Sun Herald Ovation.
McGovern is a former member of the RTÉ Players and the Abbey Theatre Company.
