Chris O'Dowd

Chris O'Dowd

CountryIreland Ireland
GenderMale
BirthdayOct 9, 1979
BiographyChristopher O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four series between 2006 and 2010. He has also starred in several films, including Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bridesmaids, Friends with Kids (both 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 between 2012 and 2015 and brought him Irish Film and Television Award nominations in acting, writing and directing.

Since 2017, he has appeared as Miles Daly in the Epix comedy series Get Shorty. He had a recurring role on 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.

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Known For

Family Tree
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as Tom Chadwick
FM
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as Lindsay Carol
Get Shorty
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Get Shorty

as Miles Daly
Monsters vs. Aliens
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as Dr. Cockroach
Moone Boy
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Moone Boy

as Seán Murphy
Puffin Rock
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as Narrator
State of the Union
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State of the Union

as Tom
The Big Door Prize
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as Dusty Hubbard
The Clinic
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as Brendan Davenport
The Crimson Petal and the White
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The Crimson Petal and the White

as William Rackham
The IT Crowd
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The IT Crowd

as Roy Trenneman

Part of Crew

Small Town, Big Story
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Small Town, Big Story

as Creator
Moone Boy
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Moone Boy

as Executive Producer

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