Tom Kerrisk is an Award Winning Irish Actor, Singer, Musician & Composer.

Born and raised in County Clare, SouthWest Ireland, Kerrisk has been tuning into his authentic creative power all his life.
With a deep love for film and creating characters, songwriting and composing, singing and stage performing, Tom comes alive shapeshifting into his latest character or entertaining a live audience on stage with his voice and music.

As an Actor he has received widespread recognition for his performances and notably won the Best Actor Award at the South African Horror Film Festival 2025, for his role as ‘Eamon’ in John Farrelly’s (Jackpot Films) haunting Irish-language masterpiece, ‘An Taibhse’.   He also composed the music for the film with his fellow band member Ally Donald and was Executive Producer on the production for Jackpot Films.  

Tom had previously won the Best Actor Award at the 2022 LA Crime & Horror Film Festival, for his portrayal of 'Christopher' in John Farrelly's debut feature 'The Sleep Experiment', out now on Amazon Prime.  Also composing the soundtrack with Ally Donald and acting as Executive Producer on this feature as well.

His next project will be another Jackpot Films production, this time a coming of age romantic drama set on the Aran Islands off the West Coast of Ireland during the 1980s.  Tom has also finished a feature film script entitled 'In All The Dark Places' which is being added to the Jackpot Films roster for future development.

Apart from film, Tom is the founding member of 'DAFT POP', a high octane musical act for hire.  He formerly released his original music with MYSTIC TEARS, a 3 piece Cosmic Rock band  and prior to that, Tom founded and fronted Irish rock band THE SPIKES releasing 2 albums "Urges & Purges" & "Joylist" to critical acclaim.