Who is Chris O’ Dowd? Chris O’ Dowd Biography and Wiki
Chris O’ Dowd is an Irish actor and he is famously known for his role as Miles Daly in the comedy series Get Shorty and as Roy Trenneman in the channel 4 comedy. The IT Crowd and he has also starred in movies and television series such as Dinner for Schmucks, Thor: The Dark World, Mary Poppins Returns, Doc Martin, and Roman’s Empire.
Chris O’ Dowd Age and Birthday
O’ Dowd was born Christopher O’Dowd on the 9th of October, 1979 in Boyle, County Roscommon. He celebrates his birthday on the 9th of October every year. Chris will be 41 years old on 9th of October 2020.
Chris O’ Dowd Height and Weight
O’ Dowd is a man of average stature, he also appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos. He stands at a height of 6 feet 3 inches (1.9 meters). He also weighs 158.7 lbs (72kg).
Chris O’ Dowd Education
O’Dowd attended a High School in Boyle and later enrolled at the University College Dublin and later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts but he didn’t obtain a degree from the University
Chris O’ Dowd Parents
O’ Dowd was born to his father named Sean O’Dowd, who worked as a sign designer and to his mother named Denise O’Dowd, who is a counselor and psychotherapist
Chris O’ Dowd Siblings
O’ Dowd grew up with four siblings.
Chris O’ Dowd Wife
Chris is married to Dawn O’Porter, who is a British writer, director and television presenter. The couple tied their knot in 2012 and together they are blessed with two children who are sons named Art O’Porter and Valentine O’Porter. The family resides in Ireland.
Chris O’ Dowd Children
O’ Dowd and his wife Dawn O’Porter have two children who are sons named Art O’Porter, born on the 1st of February, 2015 and a second son named Valentine O’Porter, who was born on the 1st of July, 2017.
Chris O’ Dowd Salary and Net Worth
O’ Dowd net worth is estimated to be $6 million and he earns over $1 million as salary annually and his net worth accumulated due to the success in his career as an actor and for starring in movies such as How to Build a Girl and The Program.
Chris O’ Dowd Measurements and Facts
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Chris.
Chris O’ Dowd Bio and Wiki
- Full Names: Chris O’ Dowd
- Popular As: Chris
- Gender: Female
- Occupation / Profession: Actor
- Nationality: Irish
- Race / Ethnicity: White
- Religion: Atheist
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
Chris O’ Dowd Birthday
- Age / How Old?: 40 years
- Zodiac Sign: Libra
- Date of Birth: 9th of October, 1979
- Place of Birth: Boyle, County Roscommon
- Birthday: 9th of October
Chris O’ Dowd Body Measurements
- Body Measurements: Not Available
- Height / How Tall?: 6 feet 3 inches (1.9 meters)
- Weight: 158.7 lbs (72kg).
- Eye Color: Not Available
- Hair Color: Not Available
- Shoe Size: Not Available
Chris O’ Dowd Family and Relationship
- Father (Dad): Sean O’Dowd
- Mother: Denise O’Dowd
- Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Four
- Marital Status: Married
- Wife/Spouse: Married to Dawn O’Porter
- Dating / Girlfriend: Not Applicable
- Children: 2 Sons (Art O’Porter and Valentine O’Porter,)
Chris O’ Dowd Networth and Salary
- Net Worth: $6 million
- Salary: $1 million annually
- Source of Income: Acting
Chris O’ Dowd House and Cars
- Place of living: To be Updated
- Cars: Car Brand to be Updated
Chris O’ Dowd Career
O’Dowd starred in the United Kingdom in Channel 4’s comedy The IT Crowd, BBC Two’s Roman Empire, Red Cap, and the award-winning documentary-drama The Year London Blew Up. He has also appeared on Irish television, having starred in the RTÉ One drama The Clinic and the drama Showbands alongside Kerry Katona.
O’Dowd has appeared in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People in a minor role. He also had roles in a number of films, including the 2005 film Festival where he played stand-up comedian Tommy O’Dwyer, a role for which he won a Scottish BAFTA award, and a small role in Vera Drake. O’Dowd appears in Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a comedy sci-fiction film with Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly and Anna Faris. He played Liam in the 2007 German film Hotel Very Welcome.
He starred in the 2009 film The Boat That Rocked, released in Canada and the U.S. as Pirate Radio. The film was inspired by the story of offshore pirate broadcasters Radio Caroline. O’Dowd plays Simon, the station’s breakfast DJ.”The breakfast jock on Radio Caroline at the time was Tony Blackburn, so there’s definitely an element of him in it,” says O’Dowd of his character. “And then I called in different Irish DJs that would have been contemporaries of Tony Blackburn at the time, a guy called Larry Gogan and a couple of other people.”
O’Dowd starred opposite Sienna Miller in the film Hippie Hippie Shake, which is about the groundbreaking ’60s magazine, Oz. The publication was the precursor to a whole generation of lad mags. O’Dowd plays Felix Dennis, who would later become the publisher of Maxim. The story centers on the landmark indecency trial. In preparation for the role, O’Dowd met with Dennis, stating “He was an incredibly charismatic man.”
In April 2009 it was announced that O’Dowd had been cast in a remake of Gulliver’s Travels as General Edward. “It’s shooting in Pinewood from the end of April”, he said, shortly after his participation was announced. “I’m just going back to England to learn how to ride a horse… I’m a general in the army, so there’s going to be a little bit of horse riding. I think it’s going to be really fun though, we’re all kind of learning together.”
O’Dowd appeared in the 2010 film Dinner for Schmucks, an American version of the French farce, Le Dîner de Cons. He also appeared on panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Season 21, Episode 11), and starred in an ITV2 comedy series entitled FM. In 2010, he took part in Little Crackers, writing and directing a short film loosely based on his own childhood and Christmas in his family home from 1984–88. In April 2011, he starred in the BBC adaptation of The Crimson Petal and the White as William Rackham and appeared in the May 2011 release Bridesmaids as Officer Nathan Rhodes.
O’Dowd had a supporting role in This Is 40. He described “fighting over Megan Fox in a pool” during filming as “one of the most fun things I’ve ever done”.
O’Dowd played Dave in Wayne Blair’s 2012 debut feature Australian musical The Sapphires. Based on a popular stage show, it was shot across Australia and Vietnam and produced by Goalpost Australia. He is to write and executive produce a new American comedy series called Big Men after NBC won the bidding war for it.
He co-wrote a series based on his childhood called Moone Boy for Sky 1. Segments of the series, which ran from 2012 to 2015, were filmed in his hometown, Boyle. A book based on the series and also co-written by O’Dowd, Moone Boy: The Blunder Years, was published in May 2015. Subsequent releases include Moone Boy: The Fish Detective, published in October 2015, Moone Boy: The Notion Potion, published in September 2017, as well as an activity book, Moone Boy: The Marvellous Activity Manual, published in May 2017.
From April to July, 2014, O’Dowd starred in the Broadway revival of Of Mice and Men, directed by Anna D. Shapiro and co-starring James Franco and Leighton Meester. For this, he was nominated for a Drama Desk and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He starred as a Catholic school teacher in the 2014 film St. Vincent with Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy. O’Dowd was the narrator for the 2014 RTÉ documentary Man on Bridge.
Chris O’ Dowd Films
- 2003; Conspiracy of Silence as James Matthews
- 2004; Vera Drake as Sid’s Customer
- 2005; The Year London Blew Up as Dowd
- 2005; Festival as Tommy O’Dwyer
- 2007; Hotel Very Welcome as Liam
- 2008; How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Post Modern Review staff
- 2009; The Boat That Rocked as “Simple” Simon Swafford AKA Pirate Radio
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel as Ray - 2010; Hippie Hippie Shake as Felix Dennis
Dinner for Schmucks as Marco
Gulliver’s Travels as General Edward Edwardian - 2011; Bridesmaids as Officer Rhodes Friends with Kids as Alex
- 2012; 3,2,1… Frankie Go Boom as Bruce
The Sapphires as Dave
This Is 40 as Ronnie - 2013; Epic as Grub (voice)
The Double as Nurse Cameo
Thor: The Dark World as Richard - 2014; Calvary as Jack Brennan
Cuban Fury as Drew
St. Vincent as Brother Geraghty - 2015; The Program as David Walsh
- 2016; Mascots as Tommy (The Fist)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children as Franklin Portman - 2017; The Incredible Jessica James as Boone
Love After Love as Nicholas
Loving Vincent as Postman Roulin Voice and reference footage for animation
Molly’s Game as Douglas Downey - 2018; Juliet, Naked as Duncan Thomson
The Cloverfield Paradox as Mundy
Mary Poppins Returns as Shamus the Coachman Dog Voice - 2019; How to Build a Girl as Alan Wilko Wilkinson
- TBA; The Starling as Jack Maynard
Chris O’ Dowd Tv Series
- 2003; Red Cap as Bernie Maddox
- 2003–2005; The Clinic as Brendan Davenport
- 2005; The Year London Blew Up: 1974 as Dowd
- 2006; Showbands II as Mervin Mooney
The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard as Headmaster
Doc Martin as Jonathan Crozier - 2013; The IT Crowd as Roy Trenneman
- 2007; Roman’s Empire as Jase
- 2009; FM as Lindsay
- 2010; Little Crackers as Himself / Santa Claus
- 2011; The Crimson Petal and the White as William Rackham
- 2011–2012; Family Guy as Butler, Contestant, Guard (voices)
- 2012–2013; Girls as Thomas John
- 2012–2015; Moone Boy as Sean Murphy
- 2013–2014; Monsters vs. Aliens as Dr. Cockroach (voice)
- 2013; Family Tree as Tom Chadwick
- 2015–2016; Puffin Rock as Narrator (voice)
- 2017–present; Get Shorty as Miles Daly
- 2019; State of the Union as Tom
Chris O’ Dowd Awards and Achievements
2005; Festival Tommy O’Dwyer BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Scottish Film 2011; Bridesmaids Officer Rhodes IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble
2011; Nominated—Phoenix Award for Best Ensemble Acting 2012; The Sapphires Dave AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2003–2005; —IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Television (2005)- Nominated 2006; Nominated—IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Television (2007) 2011; —IFTA Award for Best Actor in Television (2012) Nominated 2013; International Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series
2013–2014; IFTA Award for Best Entertainment Programme
2013; Nominated—Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Multichannel Programme
Nominated—IFTA Award for Best Script Drama
Nominated—IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Television
2014; Nominated—IFTA Award for Best Actor in Television
Frequently Asked Questions About Chris O’ Dowd
Who is Chris O’ Dowd?
O’ Dowd is an Irish actor and he is famously known for his role as Miles Daly in the comedy series Get Shorty and as Roy Trenneman in the channel 4 comedy, The IT Crowd and he has also starred in movies and television series such as Dinner for Schmucks, Thor: The Dark World, Mary Poppins Returns, Doc Martin and Roman’s Empire.
How old is Chris O’ Dowd?
Chris is an Irish national born on the 9th of October, 1979 in Boyle, County Roscommon. He is 40 years old as os July 2020.
How tall is Chris O’ Dowd?
Chris stands at a height of 6 feet 3 inches (1.9 meters)
Is Chris O’ Dowd married?
Yes, he is married to Dawn O’Porter, who is a British writer, director, and television presenter. The couple tied their knot in 2012 and together they are blessed with two children who are sons named Art O’Porter and Valentine O’Porter. The family resides in Ireland.
How much is Chris O’ Dowd worth?
Chris has an approximate net worth of $6 million and his net worth accumulated due to the success in his career as an actor and for starring in movies such as How to Build a Girl and The Program.
How much does Chris O’ Dowd make?
Per our average wage estimates for an actor in Ireland, Chris receives an annual salary of over $1 million.
Where does Chris?
Because of security reasons, Chris has not shared his precise location of residence. We will immediately update this information if we get the location and images of his house.
Is Chris dead or alive?
Chris is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.
Chris O’ Dowd Social Media Contacts
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