Chris O'Dowd

Christopher O'Dowd is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2010. He has starred in films including Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bridesmaids, Friends with Kids, The Sapphires (2012) for which he won an AACTA Award, 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.