Chris O'Dowd
Chris O'Dowd
Biography
Christopher 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, 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 at number 39 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. In November 2022, he appeared as the character Philip in the Netflix film Slumberland.
Known For
Actor
as Narrator (voice)
as Dusty
as Phillip
as Kwan the Macaque (voice)
as Flanny O'Lympic (voice)
as Flanny the Lovebug (voice)
as Roland
as Jack Maynard
as Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
as Finn's Dad (voice)
as Tom
as Shamus the Coachman (voice)
as Duncan Thomson
as Nicholas
as Mundy
as Douglas Downey
as Postman Joseph Roulin
as Boone
as Self
as Miles Daly
as Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
as Franklin Portman
as David Walsh
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Narrator (voice)
as Lennie
as Brother Geraghty
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
as Jack Brennan
as Nurse
as Drew
as Himself / Roy Trenneman
as Self
as Self
as Richard
as Dr. Cockroach (voice)
as Grub (voice)
as Tom Chadwick
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
as Self
as Ronnie
as Bruce
as Dave Lovelace
as Alex
as Self
as Sean Murphy
as Thomas-John
as Officer Rhodes
as William Rackham
as General Edward
as Marco
as Self
as Simon
as Self
as Lindsay Carol
as Post Modern Review Staff
as Liam
as Jase
as Self
as Headmaster
as Roy Trenneman
as Himself
as Brendan Dowd
as Tommy O'Dwyer
as Self
as Sid's Customer
as Jonathan Crozier
as Brendan Davenport
as Bernie Maddox
as Guard / Contestant (voice)
as Butler (voice)
as Self
as Seamus (voice)
Creator
as Creator
as Creator
Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director