Irish actor Barry Keoghan has signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for representation in the United States, covering film, TV, and theatrical work. He continues to be represented by B-Side Management in the UK, managed by Entertainment 360, and represented for public relations by Narrative PR.
The Oscar-nominated actor is currently filming Sam Mendes’ The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, playing Ringo Starr opposite Paul Mescal‘s Paul McCartney. Each film tells the story from a different band member’s point of view, with all four slated for release in April 2028.
Keoghan will next appear in Lemonade, directed by Kim Bartley, and in Butterfly Jam, Kantemir Balagov‘s English-language debut, which opened Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. He starred in Netflix’s Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man and in Bart Layton’s Crime 101 for Amazon MGM.
Keoghan broke out in 2017 with The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Christopher Nolan‘s Dunkirk. He earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin in 2023 and has starred in Saltburn and Marvel’s Eternals.
The deal adds Keoghan to a busy year for CAA. The agency recently signed Chris DiStefano for worldwide comedy representation following his back-to-back Radio City and Madison Square Garden sellouts, brought on Kevin Bridges for U.S. representation after his sold-out Beacon Theatre debut, and added drag performer Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 for comedy representation as she heads into the national tour of Oh, Mary!
Takeaways
CAA’s latest add fits a clear pattern this year: sign proven, in-demand talent for firepower in a specific lane rather than overhaul their whole team.
Keoghan isn’t leaving B-Side, Entertainment 360, or Narrative PR; CAA is slotting in specifically for U.S. film and TV. It’s the same playbook the agency ran with DiStefano, Bridges, and Alaska: keep the existing team intact, add muscle where it counts.
The timing also lines up with the biggest role of Keoghan’s career. Landing Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’s four-film Beatles project, alongside Paul Mescal, and set for a rare simultaneous four-movie theatrical release, puts him in position for a major 2028 moment, and CAA now has a hand in what comes next.
Does CAA push Keoghan toward bigger U.S. studio franchises, building on his Marvel and Nolan credits? Could the Beatles project’s four-film format reshape how studios plan theatrical rollouts for ensemble biopics? Does this signal CAA angling for a bigger footprint in awards-season contenders?
