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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-10-09 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland

Chris O'Dowd

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 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

Acting

2026

2025

Small Town, Big Story as Jack E. McCarthy

2023

2022

My Father's Dragon as Kwan the Macaque (voice)
Slumberland as Phillip
Human Resources as Flanny O'Lympic (voice)
Human Resources as Flanny the Lovebug (voice)

2021

2020

How to Build a Girl as Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson

2019

2018

Love After Love as Nicholas
Juliet, Naked as Duncan Thomson
Mary Poppins Returns as Shamus the Coachman (voice)

2017

Loving Vincent as Postman Joseph Roulin
Molly's Game as Douglas Downey
Get Shorty as Miles Daly

2016

Mascots as Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello

2015

The Program as David Walsh
Puffin Rock as Narrator (voice)

2014

Calvary as Jack Brennan
Cuban Fury as Drew
St. Vincent as Brother Geraghty
The Double as Nurse
The IT Crowd Manual as Self - Roy Trenneman

2013

Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around as Dr. Cockroach (voice)
Epic as Grub (voice)
Monsters vs. Aliens as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
Family Tree as Tom Chadwick
The Last Leg as Self

2012

This Is 40 as Ronnie
The Sapphires as Dave Lovelace
Girls as Thomas-John
Moone Boy as Sean Murphy

2011

Bridesmaids as Officer Rhodes
Black Mirror as Mike

2010

Gulliver's Travels as General Edward
Conan as Self

2009

2008

2007

2006

The IT Crowd as Roy Trenneman
The IT Crowd as Himself
The One Show as Self

2005

2004

Vera Drake as Sid's Customer
Doc Martin as Jonathan Crozier

2003

The Clinic as Brendan Davenport
Red Cap as Bernie Maddox

1999

Family Guy as Guard / Contestant (voice)
Family Guy as Butler (voice)

1996

1989

The Simpsons as Seamus (voice)

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Writing

Directing

2025

Production

2025

Small Town, Big Story as Executive Producer

Creator

2025

2012

Moone Boy as Creator