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.
49 movies · 39 shows
Me, Myself, and Mary
2026·0.0
The Sheep Detectives
2026·7.9
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
2025·0.0
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
2023·6.6
Slumberland
2022·7.3
My Father's Dragon
2022·7.0
The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders
2021·10.0
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021·10.0
The Starling
2021·6.9
How to Build a Girl
2020·5.8
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
The Cloverfield Paradox
2018·5.6
Molly's Game
2017·7.2
Loving Vincent
2017·8.0
The Incredible Jessica James
2017·6.1
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016·6.8
Mascots
2016·5.4
The Program
2015·6.4
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014·8.0
St. Vincent
2014·7.1
Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features
2014·5.4
Calvary
2014·7.1
The Double
2014·6.5
Cuban Fury
2014·6.1
The IT Crowd Manual
2014·8.2
Thor: The Dark World
2013·6.5
Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
2013·6.1
Epic
2013·6.6
This Is 40
2012·5.9
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012·5.7
The Sapphires
2012·6.8
Friends with Kids
2012·6.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012·7.6
Bridesmaids
2011·6.5
Gulliver's Travels
2010·5.2
Dinner for Schmucks
2010·5.7
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
2009·6.9
The Boat That Rocked
2009·7.2
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008·0.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008·6.0
Hotel Very Welcome
2007·5.5
The Year London Blew Up
2005·9.0
Festival
2005·6.0
Vera Drake
2004·7.2
Conspiracy of Silence
2003·4.8