
Chris O'Dowd
Known for: Acting
Born: October 9, 1979
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, w…
Known for

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
2009

Puffin Rock and the New Friends
2023
The Adventures of Super Frank

The Sapphires
2012

Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
2013

Me, Myself, and Mary
2026
Ceasefire

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012

Festival
2005

Calvary
2014

Cuban Fury
2014

The Program
2015

National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
2014

Love After Love
2018

The Incredible Jessica James
2017

The IT Crowd Manual
2014

The Starling
2021
Bender

Hotel Very Welcome
2007

Slumberland
2022

The Cloverfield Paradox
2018

Juliet, Naked
2018

The Year London Blew Up
2005

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
2020

On the Edge
2027

Bridesmaids
2011

Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features
2014

National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
2025

Friends with Kids
2012

St. Vincent
2014

The Sheep Detectives
2026

Gulliver's Travels
2010

My Father's Dragon
2022

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016

Loving Vincent
2017

Molly's Game
2017

This Is 40
2012

Epic
2013

National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021

Artificial

Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream
2019

The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders
2021

How to Build a Girl
2020

The Boat That Rocked
2009

The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008

Mascots
2016

Dinner for Schmucks
2010

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008

The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012

Conspiracy of Silence
2003

Vera Drake
2004

The Double
2014

Mary Poppins Returns
2018

Thor: The Dark World
2013

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006

Roman's Empire
2007

Doc Martin
2004

The IT Crowd
2006

8 Out of 10 Cats
2005

The Clinic
2003

Red Cap
2003

FM
2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009

The Crimson Petal and the White
2011

Monsters vs. Aliens
2013

Girls
2012

Moone Boy
2012

Family Guy
1999

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005

The Simpsons
1989

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015

Puffin Rock
2015

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015

The Big Door Prize
2023

Get Shorty
2017

Family Tree
2013

Human Resources
2022

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996

The Russell Howard Hour
2017

The Twilight Zone
2019

State of the Union
2019

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014

Conan
2010

The Last Leg
2013

Small Town, Big Story
2025

Black Mirror
2011

The One Show
2006

Saturday Night Live UK
2026

Soccer Aid
2006

TFI Unplugged
2026