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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 9, 1979
Place of Birth
Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
Also Known As
- Christopher O'Dowd
- 克里斯·奧多德
- کریس اودوود
Chris O'Dowd
2.9 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris O'Dowd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Mopple (voice)
The Sheep Detectives
2026
0.0
Dermot
The Brightening Air
2025
6.7
Jack E. McCarthy
Small Town, Big Story
2025
6.6
Narrator (voice)
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
2023
6.2
Dusty
The Big Door Prize
2023
7.3
Phillip
Slumberland
2022
7.1
Kwan the Macaque (voice)
My Father's Dragon
2022
6.5
Flanny the Lovebug (voice)
Human Resources
2022
6.5
Flanny O'Lympic (voice)
Human Resources
2022
10.0
Roland
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
Credits
The Sheep Detectives
as Mopple (voice)
2026
0.0
The Brightening Air
as Dermot
2025
0.0
Small Town, Big Story
as Jack E. McCarthy
2025
6.7
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
as Narrator (voice)
2023
6.6
The Big Door Prize
as Dusty
2023
6.2
Slumberland
as Phillip
2022
7.3
My Father's Dragon
as Kwan the Macaque (voice)
2022
7.1
Human Resources
as Flanny the Lovebug (voice)
2022
6.5
Human Resources
as Flanny O'Lympic (voice)
2022
6.5
National Theatre Live: Constellations
as Roland
2021
10.0
The Starling
as Jack Maynard
2021
6.9
How to Build a Girl
as Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
2020
5.7
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Finn's Dad (voice)
2020
7.6
State of the Union
as Tom
2019
7.0
The Twilight Zone
2019
6.7
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
as Self
2019
8.0
Mary Poppins Returns
as Shamus the Coachman (voice)
2018
6.5
Juliet, Naked
as Duncan Thomson
2018
6.3
Love After Love
as Nicholas
2018
5.5
The Cloverfield Paradox
as Mundy
2018
5.6
Molly's Game
as Douglas Downey
2017
7.2
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2017
8.0
Get Shorty
as Miles Daly
2017
7.0
Loving Vincent
as Postman Joseph Roulin
2017
8.0
The Incredible Jessica James
as Boone
2017
6.2
Mascots
as Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
2016
5.4
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Franklin Portman
2016
6.8
The Program
as David Walsh
2015
6.4
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest
2015
6.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Puffin Rock
as Narrator (voice)
2015
7.4
🎬
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
as Lennie
2014
8.0
St. Vincent
as Brother Geraghty
2014
7.1
Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
2014
5.4
Calvary
as Jack Brennan
2014
7.1
The Double
as Nurse
2014
6.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Cuban Fury
as Drew
2014
6.1
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
The IT Crowd Manual
as Self - Roy Trenneman
2014
8.4
Thor: The Dark World
as Richard
2013
6.5
Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
as Dr. Cockroach (voice)
2013
6.1
Epic
as Grub (voice)
2013
6.5
Family Tree
as Tom Chadwick
2013
6.4
Monsters vs. Aliens
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
2013
6.4
The Last Leg
as Self
2013
5.7
This Is 40
as Ronnie
2012
5.9
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Bruce
2012
5.8
Moone Boy
as Sean Murphy
2012
7.4
The Sapphires
as Dave Lovelace
2012
6.8
Girls
as Thomas-John
2012
6.3
Friends with Kids
as Alex
2012
6.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
2012
7.6
Black Mirror
as Mike
2011
8.3
Bridesmaids
as Officer Rhodes
2011
6.5
The Crimson Petal and the White
as William Rackham
2011
7.0
Gulliver's Travels
as General Edward
2010
5.2
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Dinner for Schmucks
as Marco
2010
5.7
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
as Ray
2009
6.9
The Boat That Rocked
as Simon
2009
7.2
🎬
The Justin Lee Collins Show
as Self
2009
6.5
FM
as Lindsay Carol
2009
6.5
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
0.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Post Modern Review Staff
2008
6.0
Roman's Empire
as Jase
2007
7.7
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Hotel Very Welcome
as Liam
2007
5.5
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
as Headmaster
2006
6.2
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
The IT Crowd
as Roy Trenneman
2006
8.2
The Year London Blew Up
as Brendan Dowd
2005
8.0
Festival
as Tommy O'Dwyer
2005
5.8
8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self
2005
7.1
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
Vera Drake
as Sid's Customer
2004
7.2
Doc Martin
as Jonathan Crozier
2004
8.2
The Clinic
as Brendan Davenport
2003
5.3
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
4.4
Red Cap
as Bernie Maddox
2003
6.4
Family Guy
as Guard / Contestant (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Butler (voice)
1999
7.4
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1996
7.0
The Simpsons
as Seamus (voice)
1989
8.0
Artificial
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Adventures of Super Frank
as John O'Dowd
N/A
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