Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1979-10-09 (Age: 47)
Place of Birth
Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
Chris O'Dowd
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.
Filmography (48)
Me, Myself, and Mary
2026
The Sheep Detectives
2026
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
2025
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
2023
Slumberland
2022
My Father's Dragon
2022
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
The Starling
2021
How to Build a Girl
2020
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
Juliet, Naked
2018
Love After Love
2018
