Gavin O'Connor
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| Gavin O'Connor | |
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| Born | Cork, Ireland |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor, Author |
| 📆 Years active | 1996–present |
Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor who has had roles in TV series such as Charlie, The Tudors, Single Handed and films including Dorothy Mills (2008), The Front Line (2006), Headrush (2003) and This Is My Father (1998), This Must Be The Place (2011) and Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008).
A book by O'Connor, MOJO, was released on Amazon in 2019.[1]
Biography[edit]
Born in Cork, O'Connor trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College Dublin.
Career[edit]
O'Connor made his professional acting debut in Pat McCabe's Loco County Lonesome at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in September 1994.[2] His on-screen debut came in the film The Informant (1997). O'Connor plays a younger version of the Earl of Shrewsbury[3][4] in the third series of Michael Hirst's hit television series The Tudors, first aired on 5 April 2009 in the United States on Showtime, and August 2009 in the United Kingdom on BBC2.
His first film as writer/actor/producer Blink was nominated in World Competition at the Montreal World Film Festival.[citation needed]
In 2015, he played the former Minister for Justice Seán Doherty in RTÉ's Charlie (TV series).[5] In 2016, he played Patrick Pearse in The Bloody Irish for PBS, and in 2018 he played Mackin in RTE's drama Taken Down.[6][7]
As a voice over-artist, he has voiced ad campaigns for brands like Guinness, 3 Mobile and Ford,[citation needed] as well as animated series such as Galactik Football, The Mad Cows and computer games like Dreamfall: The Longest Journey playing one of the lead characters Kian Alvane.[citation needed]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
- Don't Go
- The Belly Of The Whale (Director Wishes To Thank) (2018)
- While You Were Gone (film) (Writer, Producer)
- Blink (2013)
- This Must Be the Place (2011)
- Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
- Dorothy Mills (2008)
- Eden (2008)
- The Front Line (2006)
- Turning Green (2005)
- RoseBud (2004)
- Headrush (2003)
- This Time Round (2001)
- Mad About Mambo (2000)
- When the Sky Falls (2000)
- The Black Suit (2000)
- Boat Racing (1999)
- This Is My Father (1998)
- The Informant (1997)
- Fanatic (1997)
- Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1997)
- The Boys of Barr na Sráide (1996)
Television[edit]
- The Alienist (TV series) Murphy
- Taken Down (2018) Mackin
- The Bloody Irish (2016) Patrick Pearse
- Charlie (2015)
- Titanic: Blood & Steel (2012)[8]
- Rasaí na Gaillimhe 2 (2012)
- The Mad Cows (2011)
- Single Handed (2010)
- The Tudors (2009)
- Rasaí na Gaillimhe (2009)
- Showbands II (2007)
- Teenage Cics (2006)
- Stardust (2006)
- Galactik Football (2006)
- Showbands (2005)
- The Blizzard of Odd (2001)
- Rí Rá (2001)
- The Ambassador (1998)
Theatre[edit]
- The Bloody Irish, (Patrick Pearse), The Helix
- Borstal Boy, (Joe da Vinci), Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
- A Woman of No Importance, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
- Loco Country Lonesome (Packo), Olympia Theatre, Dublin
- Hamlet (Laertes), Riverbank Theatre, Dublin
- The Crucible (Danforth), Beckett Centre, Ireland
- Picnic (Hal), Focus Theatre, Ireland
- I Like Armadillos (Sean), Andrews Lane, Dublin
References and notes[edit]
- ↑ "The shape I'm in: Gavin O'Connor". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ "Loco County Lonesome". www.irishplayography.com. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ↑ The Earl of Shrewsbury is depicted in the series as a much younger man. At the time of the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536, which is when he is featured in The Tudors, historically, he was 70 yrs old. The date confirms that he had to have been the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury; as titles are passed on after a noble dies.
- ↑ The Tudors. Showtime. Season 3, Episode The Northern Uprising (2009). TV episode.
- ↑ "'Charlie' actor Gavin O'Connor addresses criticism of his portrayal of the late Sean Doherty". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ "'There's a lot of gallows humour and a very real sense of darkness to a lot of gardai' - Gavin O'Connor talks Taken Down". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ "'The Bloody Irish': New musical on 1916 Rising set to take US by storm". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ "Gavin O'Connor talks about role on hit RTÉ show 'Charlie'". iftn.ie. Irish Film and Television Network. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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