Chris O'Dowd

Acting · Born 1979-10-09 in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland

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…

Filmography

• Vera Drake as Sid's Customer
• The Boat That Rocked as Simon
• Bridesmaids as Rhodes
• This Is 40 as Ronnie
• Calvary as Jack Brennan
• St. Vincent as Brother Geraghty
• Slumberland as Phillip
• Loving Vincent as Postman Joseph Roulin
• Molly's Game as Douglas Downey
• The Starling as Jack Maynard

TV

• Doc Martin as Jonathan Crozier
• The IT Crowd as Roy Trenneman
• The Simpsons as Seamus (voice)
• Black Mirror as Mike
• The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Headmaster
• Roman's Empire as Jase
• 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
• The Clinic as Brendan Davenport
• Red Cap as Bernie Maddox
• FM as Lindsay Carol