Chris O'Dowd
Acting
- Born:
- 1979-10-09
- Place of birth:
- Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
Biography
Christopher O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Brenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four series from 2006 to 2010. He has starred in films including Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bridesmaids, Friends with Kids (2011), Cuban Fury (2014), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018). He created and starred in the Sky 1 television series Moone Boy, which aired from 2012 to 2015 and brought him Irish Film and Television Award nominations for acting, writing and directing. Since 2017, he has appeared as Miles Daly in the Epix comedy series Get Shorty. He had a recurring role in the comedy-drama series Girls. His performance in the British comedy TV series State of the Union won him a Primetime Emmy Award. He made his Broadway debut in the play adaptation of Of Mice and Men in 2014, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. In 2020, he was listed as #39 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris O'Dowd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
On the Edge
Artificial
Me, Myself, and Mary
The Sheep Detectives
TFI Unplugged
Saturday Night Live UK
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
Small Town, Big Story
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
The Big Door Prize
Slumberland
My Father's Dragon
Human Resources
National Theatre Live: Constellations
The Starling
How to Build a Girl
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
State of the Union
The Twilight Zone
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
Mary Poppins Returns
Juliet, Naked
Love After Love
The Cloverfield Paradox
Molly's Game
The Russell Howard Hour
Get Shorty
Loving Vincent
The Incredible Jessica James
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Mascots
The Program
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Puffin Rock
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
St. Vincent
Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features
Calvary
The Double
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Cuban Fury
Off Camera with Sam Jones
The IT Crowd Manual
Thor: The Dark World
Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
Epic
Family Tree
Monsters vs. Aliens
The Last Leg
This Is 40
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Moone Boy
The Sapphires
Girls
Friends with Kids
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Black Mirror
Bridesmaids
The Crimson Petal and the White
Gulliver's Travels
Little Crackers
Conan
Dinner for Schmucks
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
The Boat That Rocked
The Justin Lee Collins Show
FM
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Roman's Empire
The Graham Norton Show
Hotel Very Welcome
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
The One Show
Soccer Aid
The IT Crowd
The Year London Blew Up
Festival
8 Out of 10 Cats
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Vera Drake
The Clinic
Conspiracy of Silence
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Red Cap
Family Guy
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
The Simpsons
The Adventures of Super Frank
Bender
Ceasefire
Untitled Jack and the Beanstalk Film