Rory Cowan is best known for portraying Rory Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys from 2011 to 2017, and for starring in Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie in 2014.
14 Facts About Rory Cowan
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Since 2019, Cowan has played John Bosco Walsh in the RTE soap opera Fair City.
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Rory Cowan was born in the Coombe Hospital in Dublin to Rory Cowan Sr.
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Rory Cowan's parents were trade-union activists, while his grandfather was the soldier, solicitor, and politician Peadar Cowan, who had fought in the Irish War of Independence.
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Rory Cowan's mother wanted him to go into banking, but Rory Cowan deliberately failed his math exam in order to avoid this.
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Rory Cowan then worked in a record shop owned by EMI, eventually becoming marketing manager of the holding company in Ireland.
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In 2016, alongside actress Deirdre O'Kane, Rory Cowan was signed up to the Irish version of Gogglebox, screened by TV3.
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On 16 June 2017, Rory Cowan gave O'Carroll his resignation notice, and the following month announced he had quit Mrs Brown's Boys.
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Rory Cowan described his parting from the company as "amicable" and completed a stage tour of the show, but did not appear in the 2017 Christmas special.
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In 2019, Rory Cowan joined the RTE soap drama Fair City.
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On 7 December 2023, it was announced that Rory Cowan would be a contestant on the seventh series of the Irish version of the competition series, Dancing with the Stars.
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Rory Cowan has lived in Kilmainham since 1990, and credits his work with O'Carroll with enabling him to afford to buy his house and achieve financial security.
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In December 2016, Rory Cowan was a victim of homophobic online abuse on Twitter, which led to police reports being filed and an official investigation launched by the Gardai.
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On 12 August 2020, Rory Cowan announced on Twitter that he had joined Fine Gael, after being persuaded by former Fine Gael TD Noel Rock.