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Aliases: Christopher O'Dowd , 克里斯·奧多德 , کریس اودوود
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
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Movie Involvements: 23
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Black Mirror
(2011) MikeThor: The Dark World
(2013) RichardMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
(2016) Franklin PortmanThe Clinic
(2003) Brendan DavenportEpic
(2013) Grub (voice)The Cloverfield Paradox
(2018) MundyMolly's Game
(2017) Douglas DowneyPuffin Rock
(2015) Narrator (voice)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2026 | N/A | |
2025 | Mike | |
Jack E. McCarthy | ||
2023 | Narrator (voice) | |
Dusty | ||
2022 | Phillip | |
Kwan the Macaque (voice) | ||
Flanny the Lovebug (voice) | ||
Flanny O'Lympic (voice) | ||
2021 | Roland | |
Jack Maynard | ||
2020 | Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson | |
Finn's Dad (voice) | ||
2019 | Tom | |
N/A | ||
Self | ||
2018 | Shamus the Coachman (voice) | |
Duncan Thomson | ||
Nicholas | ||
Mundy | ||
2017 | Douglas Downey | |
Self | ||
Miles Daly | ||
Postman Joseph Roulin | ||
Boone | ||
2016 | Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello | |
Franklin Portman | ||
2015 | David Walsh | |
Self - Guest | ||
Self - Guest | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
2014 | Lennie | |
Brother Geraghty | ||
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. | ||
Jack Brennan | ||
Nurse | ||
Self | ||
Drew | ||
Self | ||
Self - Roy Trenneman | ||
2013 | Richard | |
Dr. Cockroach (voice) | ||
Grub (voice) | ||
Tom Chadwick | ||
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. | ||
Self | ||
2012 | Ronnie | |
Bruce | ||
Sean Murphy | ||
Dave Lovelace | ||
Thomas-John | ||
Alex | ||
Self | ||
2011 | Mike | |
Officer Rhodes | ||
William Rackham | ||
2010 | General Edward | |
Self | ||
Marco | ||
2009 | Ray | |
Simon | ||
Self | ||
Lindsay Carol | ||
Post Modern Review Staff | ||
2007 | Jase | |
Self | ||
Liam | ||
2006 | Headmaster | |
Roy Trenneman | ||
Himself | ||
2005 | Brendan Dowd | |
Tommy O'Dwyer | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2004 | Sid's Customer | |
Jonathan Crozier | ||
2003 | Brendan Davenport | |
N/A | ||
Bernie Maddox | ||
1999 | Guard / Contestant (voice) | |
Butler (voice) | ||
1996 | Self | |
1989 | Seamus (voice) | |
N/A | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2025 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2025 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2025 | Executive Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2025 | Creator | |
2012 | Creator | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |