Acting credits
87
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Chris O'Dowd
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.0
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Movies: 50Series: 37Crew 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: 6.58
Wikidata: Q933129
Also known as
Christopher O'Dowd
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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
On the Edge
as (voice)
2027 Movie
Dec 25
Artificial
2026 Movie
Me, Myself, and Mary
2026 Movie
The Sheep Detectives
as Mopple (voice)
2026 Movie
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
as Dermot
2025 Movie
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
as Narrator (voice)
2023 Movie
Slumberland
as Phillip
2022 Movie
My Father's Dragon
as Kwan the Macaque (voice)
2022 Movie
National Theatre Live: Constellations
as Roland
2021 Movie
The Starling
as Jack Maynard
2021 Movie
How to Build a Girl
as Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
2020 Movie
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
as Finn's Dad (voice)
2020 Movie
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
as Self
2019 Movie
Mary Poppins Returns
as Shamus the Coachman (voice)
2018 Movie
Juliet, Naked
as Duncan Thomson
2018 Movie
Love After Love
as Nicholas
2018 Movie
The Cloverfield Paradox
as Mundy
2018 Movie
Molly's Game
as Douglas Downey
2017 Movie
Loving Vincent
as Postman Joseph Roulin
2017 Movie
The Incredible Jessica James
as Boone
2017 Movie
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Frank
2016 Movie
Mascots
as Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
2016 Movie
The Program
as David Walsh
2015 Movie
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
as Lennie
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Chris O'Dowd.
TFI Unplugged
as Self • 1 eps
2026 Series
Saturday Night Live UK
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 eps
2026 Series
Small Town, Big Story
as Jack E. McCarthy • 2 eps
2025 Series
The Big Door Prize
as Dusty • 20 eps
2023 Series
Human Resources
as Flanny the Lovebug (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
State of the Union
as Tom • 10 eps
2019 Series
The Twilight Zone
1 eps
2019 Series
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
Get Shorty
as Miles Daly • 27 eps
2017 Series
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Puffin Rock
as Narrator (voice) • 39 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2014 Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Family Tree
as Tom Chadwick • 8 eps
2013 Series
Monsters vs. Aliens
as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. • 50 eps
2013 Series
The Last Leg
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
Moone Boy
as Sean Murphy • 18 eps
2012 Series
Girls
as Thomas-John • 5 eps
2012 Series
Black Mirror
as Mike • 1 eps
2011 Series
The Crimson Petal and the White
as William Rackham • 4 eps
2011 Series
Conan
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
FM
as Lindsay Carol • 6 eps
2009 Series
Roman's Empire
as Jase • 6 eps
2007 Series