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{{short description|Irish actor and author (born 1972)}}
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| name         = Karl Geary
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| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1972|5|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Dublin]], Ireland
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| occupation   = {{hlist|Actor|author}}
| years_active = 1994–present
| children     = 2
| spouse       = {{married|[[Laura Fraser]]|2003}}
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'''Karl John Geary''' (born 31 May 1972) is an Irish-born American actor and author.<ref name="IT2017">{{cite web |publisher=[[Irish Times]] |date=7 January 2017 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/montpelier-parade-by-karl-geary-review-spinning-hearts-in-1980s-dublin-1.2911370 |first=Sarah |last=Gilmartin |title=Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary review: Spinning hearts in 1980s Dublin |accessdate=15 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="IrishmanAbroad">{{cite podcast |authorlink=Jarlath Regan |author=Jarlath Regan |edition=183 |work=[[An Irishman Abroad]] |title=Karl Geary |publisher=[[SoundCloud]] |date=19 March 2017 |url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/karl-geary-episode-183 |accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref>

==Early life==
Geary was born in [[Dublin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curtis Brown|url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/karl-geary|access-date=2020-06-10|website=www.curtisbrown.co.uk}}</ref> In 1987, at the age of 15, he moved to the United States; he later obtained a [[Permanent residence (United States)|green card]] in a visa lottery for undocumented Irish immigrants, and ultimately became a [[naturalized citizen]].

==Career==
Geary appeared in [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s ''[[Sex (book)|Sex]]'' book. His acting roles include ''[[Sex and the City]]'', ''Hysteria – The [[Def Leppard]] Story'', and ''[[Hamlet]]'' (2000). He wrote and appeared in ''[[Coney Island Baby (film)|Coney Island Baby]]'' (2003). He appeared as Coffey in the 2008 horror film ''[[The Burrowers]]''. He owns a bar in [[downtown Manhattan]] called the Scratcher,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yelp.com/biz/scratcher-new-york|title=Scratcher - East Village - New York, NY|website=Yelp.com|accessdate=29 December 2018}}</ref> and previously co-owned another club, the original tiny [[Sin-é|Cafe Sin-é]] on [[St. Mark's Place]] in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]], where he waited on tables alongside [[Jeff Buckley]].

==Personal life==
Geary has seven siblings. In 2003, he married Scottish actress [[Laura Fraser]]. They have one daughter, Lila, and live in [[Glasgow]], Scotland. Geary also has a son, Billy from a previous relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/25/karl-geary-i-was-writing-out-of-confusion-and-horror-rage-and-love-juno-loves-legs|title=Karl Geary: ‘I was writing out of confusion and horror, rage and love’|first=Hephzibah|last=Anderson|date=March 25, 2023|via=The Guardian}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Nadja (film)|Nadja]]''
| Renfield
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Gold in the Streets''
| Liam
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Montana (1998 film)|Montana]]''
| Bosch
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Trance (1998 film)|Trance]]''
| Sean
|
|-
| 1999
| ''{{sortname|The|Book of Stars}}''
| Kristjan
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Hamlet (2000 film)|Hamlet]]''
| [[Horatio (Hamlet)|Horatio]]
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Happy Here and Now]]''
| Eddie / Tom
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Coney Island Baby (film)|Coney Island Baby]]''
| Billy Hayes
| Also writer
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Mimic 3: Sentinel]]''
| Marvin
|
|-
| 2004
| ''Timbuktu''
| Deecy
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Satellite (film)|Satellite]]''
| Kevin Sinks
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Stag Night]]''
| Joe
|
|-
| 2008
| ''{{sortname|The|Burrowers}}''
| Fergus Coffey
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Archaeology of a Woman]]''
| Officer John
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Jimmy's Hall]]''
| Seán
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Experimenter (film)|Experimenter]]''
| Stephen Macht
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[I Am Not a Serial Killer (film)|I Am Not a Serial Killer]]''
| Grant Neblin
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Painted Lady (TV series)|Painted Lady]]''
| Aiden Finnegan
| Miniseries; 2 episodes
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Sex and the City]]''
| Tommy
| Episode: "[[Bay of Married Pigs]]"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Esther (1999 film)|Esther]]''
| [[Dalphon]]
| Television film
|-
| 2001
| ''Hysteria – The [[Def Leppard]] Story''
| [[Steve Clark]]
| Television film
|-
| 2006
| ''Hide & Seek''
| Greg Holden
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Gravity (TV series)|Gravity]]''
| Diego
| 6 episodes
|}

==Publications==
* ''Montpelier Parade''<ref name="IT2017"/><ref name="IrishmanAbroad"/> 2017 {{ISBN|1-9112-1545-0}}
* ''Juno loves Legs'' 2023 ISBN 9781787303102

==References==

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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0311297}}
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