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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.
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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.
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The Simpsons
The One Show
Black Mirror
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Graham Norton Show
Family Guy
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Twilight Zone
Small Town, Big Story
Human Resources
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Girls
Thor: The Dark World
Mary Poppins Returns
The Double
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Dinner for Schmucks
Mascots
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Red Cap
This Is 40
Epic
Molly's Game
Gulliver's Travels
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Bridesmaids
Roman's Empire
The Cloverfield Paradox
Puffin Rock
Slumberland
The IT Crowd Manual
Calvary
The Starling
Monsters vs. Aliens
The Incredible Jessica James
The IT Crowd
Family Tree
The Clinic
The Big Door Prize
Production Credits
Small Town, Big Story
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