Jack Reynor Named First Honoree for 21st Oscar Wilde Awards

Jack Reynor has been announced as the first honoree at the 21st annual Oscar Wilde Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event is scheduled for March 11 at the Ebell theater in Los Angeles.

The Oscar Wilde Awards, presented by the US-Ireland Alliance, takes place three days before the Academy Awards. Reynor, 34, is the first name confirmed for this year's ceremony.

The actor's credits include Lenny Abrahamson's What Richard Did (2012), Sing Street (2016), and Flora and Son (2023), in which he starred alongside Eve Hewson. He worked with the Russo brothers on Cherry (2021) and appears in the 2026 Prime Video spy drama Citadel.

His other film and television work includes Glassland (2014), Free Fire (2016), Detroit (2017), On the Basis of Sex (2018) and the 2024 Netflix limited series The Perfect Couple. He stars with Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd in Power Ballad (2026).

Honorees since the event began in 2006 include Eve Hewson, Catherine O'Hara, Van Morrison, Norman Lear, Jim Sheridan, Hylda Queally, Glenn Close, Ruth Negga, Saoirse Ronan, Michelle Williams, Martin Short, Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley, Carrie Fisher, Jamie Dornan, Pierce Brosnan, Brendan Gleeson, Colm Meaney, Terry George, Neil Jordan and the late THR writer-editor Steve Brennan. Cronin, Maura Tierney and Domhnall Gleeson were celebrated at last year's awards.