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My Take
Cyril Cusack represents the kind of actor I have enormous respect for: someone who treated the craft as a lifelong calling. A career spanning more than 70 years is almost unimaginable, and the fact that he was considered one of Ireland's finest stage talents tells me he earned that standing the hard way. I'm drawn to how he moved between the Royal Shakespeare Company's classical work and over 60 productions at the Abbey Theatre, never letting screen fame pull him away from the stage. Born in Durban but Irish to the core, he strikes me as a true man of the theatre rather than a celebrity.
Overview
Cyril James Cusack (26 November 1910 – 7 October 1993) was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland's finest thespians, and was renowned for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary theatre, including Shakespearean roles as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and over 60 productions for the Abbey Theatre,…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cyril Cusack
- Name (Japanese)
- シリル・キューザック
- Reading
- しりる・きゅーざっく
- Born
- November 26, 1910 – October 7, 1993
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dog
- Origin
- Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor / playwright
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University College Dublin
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.