Biography
Chris O'Dowd
Acting
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…
Career works
91
Movies
53
Series
38
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
10/09/1979
Place of birth
Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
Filmography highlights
Movies
On the Edge
2027
Me, Myself, and Mary
2026
The Sheep Detectives
2026 · 7.7
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
2025
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
2023 · 6.6
Slumberland
2022 · 7.3
My Father's Dragon
2022 · 7.1
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021 · 10.0
The Starling
2021 · 6.9
How to Build a Girl
2020 · 5.7
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020 · 7.5
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019 · 8.0
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 · 6.5
Juliet, Naked
2018 · 6.3
Love After Love
2018 · 5.5
Series
TFI Unplugged
2026
Saturday Night Live UK
2026 · 4.4
Small Town, Big Story
2025 · 6.7
The Big Door Prize
2023 · 6.2
Human Resources
2022 · 6.6
State of the Union
2019 · 7.0
The Twilight Zone
2019 · 6.7
The Russell Howard Hour
2017 · 8.0
Get Shorty
2017 · 7.1
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · 6.4
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · 5.2
Puffin Rock
2015 · 7.7
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · 5.2
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · 5.0
Family Tree
2013 · 6.4