This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.

This goo was worth a point in January 2026.

publication date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 (part of January 2026)

category: Movies

clue: In one of life's sadistic twists, he played a father pressured to participate in fatal violence in his Northern Irish hometown, after really being raised there by a father of the same name who brought lives into the world.

explanation: Dornan, who was raised in Belfast by his obstetrician father Jim, played a sadist in Fifty Shades of Grey and its sequels, and the character Pa in Belfast who resisted participation in The Troubles. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky


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