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 seasons from 2006 to 2010. He has starred in 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 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 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

Small Town, Big Story
To Be Determined

Small Town, Big Story

as Jack E McCarthy
Family Tree
Ended

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as Tom Chadwick
FM
Ended

FM

as Lindsay Carol
Get Shorty
Ended

Get Shorty

as Miles Daly
Monsters vs. Aliens
Ended

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as Dr. Cockroach
Moone Boy
Ended

Moone Boy

as Seán Murphy
Puffin Rock
Ended

Puffin Rock

as Narrator
State of the Union
Ended

State of the Union

as Tom
The Big Door Prize
Ended

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as Dusty Hubbard
The Clinic
Ended

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as Brendan Davenport
The Crimson Petal and the White
Ended

The Crimson Petal and the White

as William Rackham
The IT Crowd
Ended

The IT Crowd

as Roy Trenneman

Part of Crew

Small Town, Big Story
To Be Determined

Small Town, Big Story

as Creator
Moone Boy
Ended

Moone Boy

as Executive Producer

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