Glen Hansard

What draws me to Glen Hansard is how little daylight there is between the busker and the Oscar winner. He never sanded off the rough Dublin edges, and that texture is exactly why his songs land. The Frames built a loyal Irish following the slow way, and The Swell Season's aching folk still floors me on repeat listens. Plenty of musicians dabble in acting; few carry such unguarded honesty into both. I respect that he seems allergic to self-promotion, letting the work speak. To me he is proof that a quiet, unhurried career can outlast louder ones.

Name (English)

Glen Hansard

Name (Japanese)

グレン・ハンサード

Reading

ぐれん・はんさーど

Born

April 21, 1970 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dog

Origin

Dublin, County Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Occupation

actor / street artist / singer / singer-songwriter / musician

Awards & achievements

• Academy Award for Best Original Song

• Official sitehttps://glenhansard.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/Glen_Hansard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20Hansard
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220010

Tags

• County Dublin
• actor
• street artist
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.