Glen Hansard

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Glen Hansard born 21 April 1970 in Dublin Ireland is the Academy Awardwinning principal songwriter and vocalistguitarist for Irish group The Frames and one half of folk rock duo The Swell Season He is also known for his acting having appeared in the BAFTA winning film The Commitments as well as starring the film Once His song Falling Slowly from Once cowritten with Markéta Irglová won the AcademyAward for Best Original Song in 2007 and between 20072008 earned him ten other major nominations or awards Description above from the Wikipedia article Glen Hansard licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia