In Case You Were Wondering, Barry Keoghan Clarified How To Pronounce His Last Name

Barry Keoghan has a lot going on. Outside of keeping up with the Instagram account for Bratz , the Oscar-nominated actor is in a new movie, Bird , that just screened at the Toronto International Film Festival; he’s also reportedly dating pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter and starring in director Trey Edward Shults’ new movie and The Batman 2 . But first, before he gets tWiStEd as The Joker , Keoghan has to share something important: how to pronounce his last name.

During an interview with Variety at TIFF, Keoghan was asked to “settle once and for all” how to say his last name. It’s Kee-oh-gan, not Keegan. But don’t feel too bad if you were pronouncing it wrong all this time, like Homer Simpson with Mrs. Crandall, I mean, Krabappel. “Some people get it wrong, I mean, even Irish people get it wrong,” he said. Ayo Edebiri would never !

You can watch the last name lesson here .

As for Bird , the Andrea Arnold film is described as a drama about “a distracted father (Barry Keoghan) and his lonely and imaginative 12-year-old daughter, Bailey (Nykiya Adams), who must seek attention (and adventure) elsewhere.” The film, which was acquired by Mubi, comes out in theaters on November 8.