Chris O'Dowd
Acting • Born 1979-10-09
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.
Filmography
88 credits
Hotel Very Welcome
Movie • 2007
Liam
Vera Drake
Movie • 2004
Sid's Customer
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
Movie • 2009
Ray
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
Movie • 2023
Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: Constellations
Movie • 2021
Roland
The Adventures of Super Frank
Movie
John O'Dowd
Gulliver's Travels
Movie • 2010
General Edward
Dinner for Schmucks
Movie • 2010
Marco
Friends with Kids
Movie • 2012
Alex
The Boat That Rocked
Movie • 2009
Simon
Conspiracy of Silence
Movie • 2003
Bridesmaids
Movie • 2011
Rhodes
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Movie • 2012
Bruce
Thor: The Dark World
Movie • 2013
Richard
Festival
Movie • 2005
Tommy O'Dwyer
This Is 40
Movie • 2012
Ronnie
The Sapphires
Movie • 2012
Dave Lovelace
Calvary
Movie • 2014
Jack Brennan
My Father's Dragon
Movie • 2022
Kwan the Macaque (voice)
Cuban Fury
Movie • 2014
Drew
St. Vincent
Movie • 2014
Brother Geraghty
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie • 2008
Post Modern Review Staff
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Movie • 2012
Self
The Program
Movie • 2015
David Walsh
Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features
Movie • 2014
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
Slumberland
Movie • 2022
Phillip
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Movie • 2014
Lennie
The Double
Movie • 2014
Nurse
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie • 2016
Franklin Portman
Loving Vincent
Movie • 2017
Postman Joseph Roulin
Mascots
Movie • 2016
Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
The Cloverfield Paradox
Movie • 2018
Mundy
Molly's Game
Movie • 2017
Douglas Downey
Love After Love
Movie • 2018
Nicholas
The Incredible Jessica James
Movie • 2017
Boone
Juliet, Naked
Movie • 2018
Duncan Thomson
The IT Crowd Manual
Movie • 2014
Self - Roy Trenneman
Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
Movie • 2013
Dr. Cockroach (voice)
Epic
Movie • 2013
Grub (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Shamus the Coachman (voice)
How to Build a Girl
Movie • 2020
Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
Movie • 2019
Self
The Year London Blew Up
Movie • 2005
Brendan Dowd
The Starling
Movie • 2021
Jack Maynard
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Movie • 2020
Finn's Dad (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Movie • 2008
The Sheep Detectives
Movie • 2026
Mopple (voice)
Artificial
Movie
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
Movie • 2025
Dermot
On the Edge
Movie
(voice)
Imagine
Movie • 2020
Self
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
TV • 2006
Headmaster
Roman's Empire
TV • 2007
Jase
Doc Martin
TV • 2004
Jonathan Crozier
The IT Crowd
TV • 2006
Roy Trenneman
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV • 2005
Self
The Clinic
TV • 2003
Brendan Davenport
Red Cap
TV • 2003
Bernie Maddox
FM
TV • 2009
Lindsay Carol
The Justin Lee Collins Show
TV • 2009
Self
The Crimson Petal and the White
TV • 2011
William Rackham
Monsters vs. Aliens
TV • 2013
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
Girls
TV • 2012
Thomas-John
Moone Boy
TV • 2012
Sean Murphy
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Guard / Contestant (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Seamus (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Puffin Rock
TV • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Big Door Prize
TV • 2023
Dusty
Get Shorty
TV • 2017
Miles Daly
Family Tree
TV • 2013
Tom Chadwick
Human Resources
TV • 2022
Flanny O'Lympic (voice)
Human Resources
TV • 2022
Flanny the Lovebug (voice)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self
The Russell Howard Hour
TV • 2017
Self
The Twilight Zone
TV • 2019
State of the Union
TV • 2019
Tom
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Butler (voice)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
Small Town, Big Story
TV • 2025
Jack E. McCarthy
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Mike
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self