Biography
Christopher O'Dowd is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2010. He has starred in films including Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bridesmaids, Friends with Kids, The Sapphires (2012) for which he won an AACTA Award, 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.
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Awards & recognition
- BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Performer · 2022
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series · 2019
- Theatre World Award · 2014
- BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Performer · 2022 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2014 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Black Mirror
Doc Martin
The IT Crowd
Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
Loving Vincent
The Simpsons
The Sheep Detectives
Puffin Rock
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Moone Boy
Family Guy
Slumberland
Molly's Game
Conan
Pirate Radio
The Graham Norton Show
8 Out of 10 Cats
Vera Drake
My Father's Dragon
Get Shorty
Calvary
St. Vincent
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Starling
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
The Sapphires
The Twilight Zone
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
Human Resources
Epic
Mary Poppins Returns
Thor: The Dark World
The Double
Bridesmaids
The Program
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Family Tree
Girls
Juliet, Naked
Monsters vs. Aliens
The Big Door Prize
The Incredible Jessica James
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Cuban Fury
Friends with Kids
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
This Is 40
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom