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Chris O'Dowd
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 Cro…
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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.
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2027
On the Edge
Movie (voice)
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2026
Artificial
Movie
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2026
Me, Myself, and Mary
Movie
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2026
The Sheep Detectives
Movie Mopple (voice)
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2026
TFI Unplugged
TV show Self
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2026
Saturday Night Live UK
TV show Self - Cameo (uncredited)
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2025
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
Movie Dermot
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2025
Small Town, Big Story
TV show Jack E. McCarthy
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2023
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2023
The Big Door Prize
TV show Dusty
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2022
Slumberland
Movie Phillip
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2022
My Father's Dragon
Movie Kwan the Macaque (voice)
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2022
Human Resources
TV show Flanny O'Lympic (voice)
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2021
National Theatre Live: Constellations
Movie Roland
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2021
The Starling
Movie Jack Maynard
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2020
How to Build a Girl
Movie Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
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2020
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Movie Finn's Dad (voice)
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2019
State of the Union
TV show Tom
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2019
The Twilight Zone
TV show
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2019
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
Movie Self
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2018
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie Shamus the Coachman (voice)
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2018
Juliet, Naked
Movie Duncan Thomson
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2018
Love After Love
Movie Nicholas
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2018
The Cloverfield Paradox
Movie Mundy
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2017
Molly's Game
Movie Douglas Downey
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2017
The Russell Howard Hour
TV show Self
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2017
Get Shorty
TV show Miles Daly
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2017
Loving Vincent
Movie Postman Joseph Roulin
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2017
The Incredible Jessica James
Movie Boone
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2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie Frank
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2016
Mascots
Movie Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
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2015
The Program
Movie David Walsh
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2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
Puffin Rock
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2014
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Movie Lennie
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2014
St. Vincent
Movie Brother Geraghty
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2014
Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features
Movie Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
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2014
Calvary
Movie Jack Brennan
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2014
The Double
Movie Nurse
