1. Colin O'Donoghue was born on 26 January 1981 and is an Irish actor and musician, best known for portraying Captain Killian "Hook" Jones on the ABC TV show Once Upon a Time.
15 Facts About Colin O'Donoghue
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Colin O'Donoghue appeared in the horror thriller film The Rite as a skeptical novice priest, Michael Kovak.
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Colin O'Donoghue portrayed the character of Douxie Casperan in the Guillermo del Toro animated series Tales of Arcadia for Netflix.
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Colin O'Donoghue is portraying Gordon Cooper on Disney+ Original Series The Right Stuff.
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Colin O'Donoghue starred in Dolly Parton's Heartstrings as JJ Sneed.
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Colin O'Donoghue, the son of Con and Mary O'Donoghue, was born and raised in Drogheda, County Louth, in a Roman Catholic family.
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Colin O'Donoghue made his Hollywood film debut alongside Anthony Hopkins in the horror thriller film The Rite.
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Colin O'Donoghue made an audition video for The Rite in a friend's home studio in Drogheda and sent it to the United States.
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Colin O'Donoghue plays guitar and sings in a band called The Enemies, formed in 2003 in Ireland.
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In 2014, Colin O'Donoghue was cast as the main character in The Dust Storm, an independent film set in Nashville, Tennessee as a musician named Brennan.
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In December 2018, Colin O'Donoghue was cast in an episode of the Netflix anthology drama series, Heartstrings.
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Colin O'Donoghue was part of the five-piece Irish band, "The Enemies", which was formed in 2003 by Colin O'Donoghue and a close friend, Ronan McQuillan.
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Colin O'Donoghue played guitar and sang backing vocals on the band's first EP and debut album.
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Colin O'Donoghue has been the co-host of The Sync Report podcast since 2022, his first episode airing in February 2022 and featuring Steve Vai as guest.
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Colin O'Donoghue married his wife Helen, a schoolteacher, in 2009, shortly after his appearance on The Tudors.