Acting · Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland · Born October 9, 1979
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.
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as (voice)
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as Mopple (voice)
TVTFI Unplugged
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as Self
TVSaturday Night Live UK
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as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
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2025
as Dermot
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as Jack E. McCarthy
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2023
as Narrator (voice)
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2023
as Dusty
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2022
as Phillip
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2022
as Kwan the Macaque (voice)
TVHuman Resources
2022
as Flanny O'Lympic (voice)
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2021
as Seamus (voice)
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2021
as Roland
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2021
as Jack Maynard
MovieHow to Build a Girl
2020
as Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
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2020
as Finn's Dad (voice)
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2019
as Tom
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2019
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2019
as Self
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2018
as Shamus the Coachman (voice)
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2018
as Duncan Thomson
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2018
as Nicholas
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2018
as Mundy
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2017
as Douglas Downey
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2017
as Self
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2017
as Miles Daly
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2017
as Postman Joseph Roulin
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2017
as Boone
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2016
as Franklin Portman
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2016
as Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
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2015
as David Walsh
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2015
as Self - Guest
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
TVPuffin Rock
2015
as Narrator (voice)
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2014
as Lennie
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2014
as Brother Geraghty
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2014
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
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2014
as Jack Brennan
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2014
as Nurse
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
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2014
as Drew
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2014
as Self
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2014
as Self - Roy Trenneman
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2013
as Richard
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2013
as Dr. Cockroach (voice)
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2013
as Grub (voice)
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2013
as Tom Chadwick
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2013
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
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2013
as Self
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2012
as Ronnie
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2012
as Bruce
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2012
as Sean Murphy
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as Dave Lovelace
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2012
as Thomas-John
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2012
as Alex
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2012
as Self
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2011
as Mike
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2011
as Rhodes
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2011
as William Rackham
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2010
as General Edward
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2010
as Self
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2010
as Marco
MovieFrequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
2009
as Ray
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2009
as Simon
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009
as Self
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2009
as Lindsay Carol
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2008
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2008
as Post Modern Review Staff
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2007
as Jase
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2007
as Self
MovieHotel Very Welcome
2007
as Liam
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2006
as Headmaster
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
TVSoccer Aid
2006
as Self - Player
TVThe IT Crowd
2006
as Roy Trenneman
MovieThe Year London Blew Up
2005
as Brendan Dowd
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2005
as Tommy O'Dwyer
TV8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieVera Drake
2004
as Sid's Customer
TVDoc Martin
2004
as Jonathan Crozier
TVThe Clinic
2003
as Brendan Davenport
MovieConspiracy of Silence
2003
TVRed Cap
2003
as Bernie Maddox
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Guard / Contestant (voice)
TVNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Seamus (voice)
The Adventures of Super Frank
as John O'Dowd
MovieArtificial
Bender
Ceasefire
as Niall O'Dowd
