Chris O'Dowd
Acting
1979-10-09 · 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 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
TheatersOn the Edge
2027 · Movie
TheatersMe, Myself, and Mary
2026 · Movie
The Sheep Detectives
2026 · Movie
TFI Unplugged
2026 · Series
Saturday Night Live UK
2026 · Series
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
2025 · Movie
Small Town, Big Story
2025 · Series
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
2023 · Movie
The Big Door Prize
2023 · Series
Slumberland
2022 · Movie
My Father's Dragon
2022 · Movie
Human Resources
2022 · Series
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021 · Movie
The Starling
2021 · Movie
How to Build a Girl
2020 · Movie
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020 · Movie
State of the Union
2019 · Series
The Twilight Zone
2019 · Series
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019 · Movie
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 · Movie
Juliet, Naked
2018 · Movie
Love After Love
2018 · Movie
The Cloverfield Paradox
2018 · Movie
Molly's Game
2017 · Movie
The Russell Howard Hour
2017 · Series
Get Shorty
2017 · Series
Loving Vincent
2017 · Movie
The Incredible Jessica James
2017 · Movie
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 · Movie
Mascots
2016 · Movie
The Program
2015 · Movie
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Puffin Rock
2015 · Series
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014 · Movie
St. Vincent
2014 · Movie
Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features
2014 · Movie
Calvary
2014 · Movie
The Double
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Cuban Fury
2014 · Movie
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Series
The IT Crowd Manual
2014 · Movie
Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Movie
Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
2013 · Movie
Epic
2013 · Movie
Family Tree
2013 · Series
Monsters vs. Aliens
2013 · Series
The Last Leg
2013 · Series
This Is 40
2012 · Movie
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012 · Movie
Moone Boy
2012 · Series
The Sapphires
2012 · Movie
Girls
2012 · Series
Friends with Kids
2012 · Movie
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012 · Movie
Black Mirror
2011 · Series
Bridesmaids
2011 · Movie
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011 · Series
Gulliver's Travels
2010 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
Dinner for Schmucks
2010 · Movie
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
2009 · Movie
The Boat That Rocked
2009 · Movie
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009 · Series
FM
2009 · Series
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008 · Movie
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Movie
Roman's Empire
2007 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Hotel Very Welcome
2007 · Movie
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006 · Series
The One Show
2006 · Series
Soccer Aid
2006 · Series
The IT Crowd
2006 · Series
The Year London Blew Up
2005 · Movie
Festival
2005 · Movie
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005 · Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Series
Vera Drake
2004 · Movie
Doc Martin
2004 · Series
The Clinic
2003 · Series
Conspiracy of Silence
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Red Cap
2003 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Ceasefire
Movie
Eddie and the Beanstalk
Movie
Artificial
Movie
Bender
Movie
The Adventures of Super Frank
Movie