Chris O'Dowd

'''Christopher O'Dowd''' (born 9 October 1979) 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 series from 2006 to 2010. He has starred in films including ''Gulliver's Travels'' (2010), ''Bridesmaids'', ''Friends with Kids'' (both 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 on 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. Provided by Wikipedia