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09 Dec 2025

Tipperary actor stars in latest 'Knives Out' film alongside Daniel Craig

'Wake Up Dead Man' has released recently on Netflix, starring Nenagh's Daryl McCormack

Tipperary actor stars in latest 'Knives Out' film alongside Daniel Craig

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Nenagh actor Daryl McCormack stars in ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’, predicted to be one of Netflix's biggest films of 2025.

‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ is the third film in the Knives Out series of mystery films, with the previous two films, ‘Knives Out’ and ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ garnering critical acclaim.

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The film released on November 28, and is receiving rave reviews across the board, with it sitting at 92% on film review website Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing.

Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus.

The film stars Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.

‘Knives Out’ is a series of American murder mystery films written, directed, and co-produced by Rian Johnson.

Trained at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and the Gaiety School of Acting, McCormack made his acting debut in the soap opera Fair City.

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He appeared in the BBC series Peaky Blinders, the film Pixie, and the Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters.

You can watch the Nenagh native star in one of the streaming platform's most highly anticipated films of the year on Netflix now.

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages.

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