Jamie Dornan appeared on Friday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote the coming of age comedy-drama Belfast, which hit theaters late last year.
At the top of the show, Dornan briefly chatted with Ellen about life at home with his wife Amelia Warner and their three girls: Dulcie, eight, Elva, five, and Alberta, two.
While discussing the idea of expanding their family until they have a boy, the 39-year-old actor joked that he’s been in a ‘perpetual state of drag’ all of his life thanks to growing up with two sisters and only having daughters.
Promo mode: Jamie Dornan appeared on Friday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote the coming of age comedy-drama Belfast, which hit theaters late last year
Dornan appeared to be a bit stunned and taken aback by all the applause he received when he made his entrance in front of the live studio audience.
The host assured him that all the adoration was due to his performance in Belfast. Belfast, which is getting rave reviews and Oscar buzz, is now in select theaters in the US and UK, as well as on-demand.
The film , which also stars Outlander actress Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan and Jude Hill, among others, is a semi-biographical story of writer and director Kenneth Branagh’s upbringing amid The Troubles in Belfast in the 1960s.
Life at home: At the top of the show, Dornan briefly chatted with Ellen about life at home with his wife Amelia Warner and their three girls: Dulcie, eight, Elva, five, and Alberta, two
Good sport: While discussing the idea of expanding their family until they have a boy, the 39-year-old actor joked that he’s been in a ‘perpetual state of drag’ all of his life thanks to growing up with two sisters and only having daughters
Dornan shared how his later father, who recently passed away from COVID-19, actually met Branagh many years ago when he helped open a wing of a hospital that he worked in during his career as a doctor.
‘It’s so well done,’ DeGeneres repeats several times over, in reference to the black-and-white film that has already won a People’s Choice Award at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival; and received seven Golden Globe nominations, winning for Best Screenplay, among other accolades.
‘The movie is getting Oscar buzz; you’re getting Oscar buzz, so it’s really great. It’s really beautifully done,’ DeGeneres says in support of the film, which got a nod of appreciation from Dornan.
Supportive: DeGeneres gave her support of Belfast, calling it ‘really great’ and ‘beautifully done’ during the interview
Father’s approval: The Irish actor shared that he ‘takes some sort of comfort’ that his late father knew he was making Belfast before his recent passing from COVID-19
He went on to share that he ‘takes some sort of comfort’ that his father knew he was making Belfast before his passing.
‘I think in some way he’s having some control of the love we’re getting for it,’ the former Fifty Shades of Grey star said, adding, that his dad ‘was so happy that I was working with Judi Dench, the legend, Dame Judi Dench, who plays my mother in this.’
Again, this episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, with Jamie Dornan, airs on Friday, January 28.
Legendary actress: Dornan also talked about how his father was happy to find out that he was working with Dame Judi Dench in Belfast
Gifted: DeGeneres presented Dornan with a basket full of underwear as a parting gift
