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Chris O'Dowd

Acting · Born October 9, 1979 · Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland

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.

Movies with Chris O'Dowd

• The Sheep Detectives (2026) — Mopple (voice)
• Thor: The Dark World (2013) — Richard
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) — Frank
• Molly's Game (2017) — Douglas Downey
• Bridesmaids (2011) — Rhodes
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018) — Shamus the Coachman (voice)
• Epic (2013) — Grub (voice)
• St. Vincent (2014) — Brother Geraghty
• This Is 40 (2012) — Ronnie
• The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) — Mundy
• Juliet, Naked (2018) — Duncan Thomson
• Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (2020) — Finn's Dad (voice)

TV shows with Chris O'Dowd

• Get Shorty (2017) — Miles Daly
• Girls (2012) — Thomas-John
• The IT Crowd (2006) — Roy Trenneman
• The Big Door Prize (2023) — Dusty
• Puffin Rock (2015) — Narrator (voice)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2013) — Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
• State of the Union (2019) — Tom
• Red Cap (2003) — Bernie Maddox