Chris O'Dowd

Known for ActingBorn 1979-10-09 (age 46)Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland

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.Read more

Movies & web series

National Theatre Live: Constellations

The Year London Blew Up

Black Mirror

The IT Crowd Manual

Doc Martin

The IT Crowd

Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream

The Russell Howard Hour

Loving Vincent

National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men

The Simpsons

The Sheep Detectives

Puffin Rock

Roman's Empire

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Slumberland

Moone Boy

Soccer Aid

Family Guy

Molly's Game

The Boat That Rocked

My Father's Dragon

Conan

The Graham Norton Show

St. Vincent

Get Shorty

Calvary

Vera Drake

8 Out of 10 Cats

State of the Union

The Starling

The Crimson Petal and the White

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Small Town, Big Story

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

The Sapphires

The Twilight Zone

Puffin Rock and the New Friends

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Human Resources

Red Cap

Epic

Mary Poppins Returns

Thor: The Dark World

The Double

Bridesmaids