GLEN HANSARD

Glen Hansard is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician born on 21 April 1970. He has been the frontman of the Irish rock band The Frames since 1990, releasing six studio albums, four of which charted in the top ten of the Irish Album Charts. He is also part of the folk rock duo The Swell Season. Hansard released his debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose, in 2012. His second album, Didn't He Ramble, was released in 2015 and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. In addition to his music career, Hansard has acted and composed music for film. He appeared in the film The Commitments (1991) and starred in the film Once (2007), which earned him several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly," co-written with Markéta Irglová. The film was later adapted into a musical theatre production.