Patrick Leo Kenny-Gibson (born 19 April 1995) is an Irish actor. He began his career with roles in the television series ''
The Tudors
''The Tudors'' is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among ...
'' (2009), ''
The Passing Bells'' (2014), ''
The OA'' (2016–2019), ''
The White Princess'' (2017), and
''Shadow and Bone'' (2023), and the film ''
Tolkien'' (2019). Since 2024, Gibson has starred as a young
Dexter Morgan
Dexter Morgan (born Dexter Moser), also known as The Bay Harbor Butcher, is a fictional serial killer and the antihero protagonist of the ''Dexter'' book series written by Jeff Lindsay (writer), Jeff Lindsay, as well as the Dexter (TV series), tel ...
in the prequel series ''
Dexter: Original Sin''.
Early life
Gibson was born in
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
. His father is also an actor and his mother works in marketing. His brother, William, also acted but is now a cardiologist in Montreal, Canada. The family lived in
Greystones
Greystones () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on Ireland's east coast, south of Bray and south of Dublin city centre and has a population of 22,009, according to the 2022 census. The town is border ...
, then
Stillorgan
Stillorgan (, also and previously or ), formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, and contains many housing estates, shops and oth ...
, and later
Donnybrook. Gibson attended
Gonzaga College
Gonzaga College SJ is a voluntary Catholic boys' secondary school in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1950, Gonzaga College is under the trusteeship of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), one of five Jesuit secondary schools in Ir ...
.
Gibson began his studies in philosophy at
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...
, but left halfway through his degree in 2016 upon being cast in ''
The OA''.
Career
Gibson was awarded Rising Star at the 2017
IFTAs. In June 2025, it was revealed that Gibson portrays James Bond in the upcoming video game, ''
007 First Light
''007 First Light'' is an upcoming action-adventure game developed and published by IO Interactive. Based on the ''James Bond'' franchise under license from Amazon MGM Studios, it will tell an original narrative inspired by List of James Bond n ...
''.
Personal life
Since early 2024, Gibson has been in a relationship with American actress
Maude Apatow.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Living people
1995 births
21st-century Irish male actors
Irish expatriates in England
Irish male film actors
Irish male television actors
People educated at Gonzaga College
Male actors from Dublin (city)
People from Donnybrook, Dublin
People from Greystones
People from Stillorgan