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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris O'Dowd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027On the Edge — (voice)
• 2026Artificial
• 2026Me, Myself, and Mary
• 2026The Sheep Detectives — Mopple (voice)
• 2025National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air — Dermot
• Small Town, Big Story — Jack E. McCarthy, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2023Puffin Rock and the New Friends — Narrator (voice)
• The Big Door Prize — Dusty
• Human Resources — Flanny the Lovebug (voice), Flanny O'Lympic (voice)
• 2022My Father's Dragon — Kwan the Macaque (voice)
• 2022Slumberland — Phillip
• 2021National Theatre Live: Constellations — Roland
• 2021The Starling — Jack Maynard
• 2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth — Finn's Dad (voice)
• 2020How to Build a Girl — Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
• State of the Union — Tom
• The Twilight Zone
• 2018Juliet, Naked — Duncan Thomson
• 2018Love After Love — Nicholas
• 2018Mary Poppins Returns — Shamus the Coachman (voice)
• 2018The Cloverfield Paradox — Mundy
• Get Shorty — Miles Daly
• 2017Loving Vincent — Postman Joseph Roulin
• 2017Molly's Game — Douglas Downey
• 2017The Incredible Jessica James — Boone
• 2016Mascots — Tommy 'Zook' Zucarello
• 2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children — Frank
• Puffin Rock — Narrator (voice)
• 2015The Program — David Walsh
• 2014Calvary — Jack Brennan
• 2014Cuban Fury — Drew
• 2014Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features — Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
• 2014National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men — Lennie
• 2014St. Vincent — Brother Geraghty
• 2014The Double — Nurse
• 2013Epic — Grub (voice)
• Family Tree — Tom Chadwick
• 2013Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around — Dr. Cockroach (voice)
• Monsters vs. Aliens — Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.
• 2013Thor: The Dark World — Richard
• 20123, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom — Bruce
• 2012Friends with Kids — Alex
• Girls — Thomas-John
• Moone Boy — Sean Murphy, Creator
• 2012The Sapphires — Dave Lovelace
• 2012This Is 40 — Ronnie
• Black Mirror — Mike
• 2011Bridesmaids — Rhodes
• The Crimson Petal and the White — William Rackham
• 2010Dinner for Schmucks — Marco
• 2010Gulliver's Travels — General Edward
• FM — Lindsay Carol
• 2009Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel — Ray
• 2009The Boat That Rocked — Simon
• 2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate People — Post Modern Review Staff
• 2008The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
• 2007Hotel Very Welcome — Liam
• Roman's Empire — Jase
• The Amazing Mrs Pritchard — Headmaster
• The IT Crowd — Roy Trenneman
• 2005Festival — Tommy O'Dwyer
• 2005The Year London Blew Up — Brendan Dowd
• 2004Vera Drake — Sid's Customer
• 2003Conspiracy of Silence — James
• Red Cap — Bernie Maddox
• The Clinic — Brendan Davenport
• Family Guy — Guard / Contestant (voice), Butler (voice)
• The Simpsons — Seamus (voice)
• Bender
• Ceasefire — Niall O'Dowd
• The Adventures of Super Frank — John O'Dowd, Writer
• Untitled Jack and the Beanstalk Film — (voice)

Appearances as themselves (20)

• Saturday Night Live UK — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• TFI Unplugged — Self
• 2019Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream — Self
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Travel Man: 48 Hours in... — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2014The IT Crowd Manual — Self - Roy Trenneman
• The Last Leg — Self
• 2012The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• Conan — Self, Self - Guest
• The Justin Lee Collins Show — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Soccer Aid — Self - Player
• The One Show — Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self