Acting credits
89
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Chris O'Dowd
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
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Movies: 51Series: 38Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 40477
IMDb ID: nm1483369
Known for: Acting
Born: October 9, 1979
Age: 46
Place of birth: Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1989 - 2027
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q933129
Also known as
Christopher O'Dowd • 克里斯·奧多德 • کریس اودوود
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Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Chris O'Dowd.
May 6, 2027
as (voice)
On the Edge
2027 • Movie
Me, Myself, and Mary
2026 • Movie
as Mopple (voice)
The Sheep Detectives
2026 • Movie
as Dermot
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
2025 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
2023 • Movie
as Phillip
Slumberland
2022 • Movie
as Kwan the Macaque (voice)
My Father's Dragon
2022 • Movie
as Seamus (voice)
The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders
2021 • Movie
as Roland
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021 • Movie
as Jack Maynard
The Starling
2021 • Movie
as Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
How to Build a Girl
2020 • Movie
as Finn's Dad (voice)
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020 • Movie
as Self
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019 • Movie
as Shamus the Coachman (voice)
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 • Movie
as Duncan Thomson
Juliet, Naked
2018 • Movie
as Nicholas
Love After Love
2018 • Movie
as Mundy
The Cloverfield Paradox
2018 • Movie
as Douglas Downey
Molly's Game
2017 • Movie
as Postman Joseph Roulin
Loving Vincent
2017 • Movie
as Boone
The Incredible Jessica James
2017 • Movie
as Frank
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 • Movie
as Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
Mascots
2016 • Movie
as David Walsh
The Program
2015 • Movie
as Lennie
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Chris O'Dowd.
as Self • 1 eps
TFI Unplugged
2026 • Series
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 eps
Saturday Night Live UK
2026 • Series
as Jack E. McCarthy • 2 eps
Small Town, Big Story
2025 • Series
as Dusty • 20 eps
The Big Door Prize
2023 • Series
as Flanny the Lovebug (voice) • 1 eps
Human Resources
2022 • Series
as Tom • 10 eps
State of the Union
2019 • Series
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Russell Howard Hour
2017 • Series
as Miles Daly • 27 eps
Get Shorty
2017 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 39 eps
Puffin Rock
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 • Series
as Tom Chadwick • 8 eps
Family Tree
2013 • Series
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. • 50 eps
Monsters vs. Aliens
2013 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Last Leg
2013 • Series
as Sean Murphy • 18 eps
Moone Boy
2012 • Series
as Thomas-John • 5 eps
Girls
2012 • Series
as Mike • 1 eps
Black Mirror
2011 • Series
as William Rackham • 4 eps
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Conan
2010 • Series
as Lindsay Carol • 6 eps
FM
2009 • Series
as Jase • 6 eps
Roman's Empire
2007 • Series