United Kingdom, May 23 -- Barry Keoghan says he's an addict.

The 32-year-old actor - who tragically lost his mother to heroin addiction 20 years ago - opened up in a new interview where he revealed he has accepted that he is also an addict but he is determined to "move on and learn to work with it".

Speaking to Hollywood Authentic, Barry said: "I'm not in denial anymore. I understand that I do have an addiction, and I am an addict. You know, when you accept that, you finally can move on, and learn to work with it.

"My father passed away as a result of similar and I lost my mum to it. I've lost two uncles and a cousin to drugs. That should be enough to go, 'OK, if I dabble here, I'm f*****.'."

Barry - who has a two-year-old son Brando ...