Christopher O'Dowd was born on 9 October 1979 and is an Irish actor and comedian.
30 Facts About Chris O'Dowd
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Chris O'Dowd received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four series between 2006 and 2010.
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Chris O'Dowd has starred in several films, Gulliver's Travels, Bridesmaids, Friends with Kids, Cuban Fury, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and The Cloverfield Paradox.
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Chris O'Dowd created and starred in the Sky 1 television series Moone Boy, which aired between 2012 and 2015 and brought him Irish Film and Television Award nominations in acting, writing, and directing.
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Chris O'Dowd had a recurring role on the comedy-drama series Girls.
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Chris O'Dowd made his Broadway debut in the play adaptation of Of Mice and Men in 2014, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award.
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Chris O'Dowd's father, Sean, is a sign designer, and his mother, Denise, a counsellor and psychotherapist.
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Chris O'Dowd represented Roscommon in Gaelic football at under-16, minor and under-21 levels, the highlight being his performance as a goalkeeper in the 1997 Connacht Minor Football Championship final against Mayo, a game which RTE Sport covered and aired as part of its The Sunday Game highlights programme.
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Chris O'Dowd studied politics and sociology at University College Dublin, and subsequently attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Chris O'Dowd starred in the United Kingdom in Channel 4's comedy The IT Crowd, BBC Two's Roman's Empire, Red Cap, and the award-winning documentary-drama The Year London Blew Up.
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Chris O'Dowd has appeared on Irish television, having starred in the RTE One drama The Clinic and the drama Showbands alongside Kerry Katona.
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Chris O'Dowd has had roles in a number of films, including the 2005 film Festival where he played stand-up comedian Tommy O'Dwyer, a role for which he won a Scottish BAFTA award, and a small role in Vera Drake.
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Chris O'Dowd appears in Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a comedy sci-fiction film with Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly, and Anna Faris.
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Chris O'Dowd played Liam in the 2007 German film Hotel Very Welcome.
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Chris O'Dowd starred in the 2009 film The Boat That Rocked, inspired by the story of offshore pirate broadcasters Radio Caroline, which was released in Canada and the US as Pirate Radio.
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Chris O'Dowd starred opposite Sienna Miller in the film Hippie Hippie Shake, about the groundbreaking '60s magazine Oz, the precursor to a whole generation of lad mags.
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Chris O'Dowd plays Felix Dennis, who later became the publisher of Maxim, and his landmark indecency trial.
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Chris O'Dowd appeared in the 2010 film Dinner for Schmucks, an American version of the French farce Le Diner de Cons.
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Chris O'Dowd appeared on panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and starred in an ITV2 comedy series entitled FM.
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Chris O'Dowd described "fighting over Megan Fox in a pool" during filming as "one of the most fun things I've ever done".
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Chris O'Dowd played Dave in Wayne Blair's 2012 debut feature Australian musical The Sapphires.
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Chris O'Dowd is to write and executive produce a new American comedy series called Big Men, after NBC won the bidding war for it.
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Chris O'Dowd co-wrote Moone Boy, a series based on his childhood, for Sky 1.
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Chris O'Dowd has co-written some books based on the series: Moone Boy: The Blunder Years, Moone Boy: The Fish Detective, Moone Boy: The Notion Potion, and an activity book, Moone Boy: The Marvellous Activity Manual.
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From April to July 2014, O'Dowd starred in the Broadway revival of Of Mice and Men, directed by Anna D Shapiro and co-starring James Franco and Leighton Meester, for which O'Dowd was nominated for a Drama Desk and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
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Chris O'Dowd starred as a Catholic school teacher in the 2014 film St Vincent with Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy.
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Chris O'Dowd was the narrator for the 2014 RTE documentary Man on Bridge.
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In 2022 Chris O'Dowd played Philip in the Netflix film Slumberland alongside Jason Momoa, Kyle Chandler and young actress Marlow Barkley.
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Chris O'Dowd married British writer, director, and television presenter Dawn Porter in 2012.
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Chris O'Dowd says he has developed an antitheist philosophy, and believes religion is "going to be like racism" in terms of social unacceptability and condemnation.