Gavin O'Connor (actor)
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor, known for his roles in TV series such as Charlie, The Tudors, Single Handed and films including Dorothy Mills (2008), Eden (2008), The Front Line (2006), Headrush (2003) and This Is My Father (1998), This Must Be The Place and Fifty Dead Men Walking
Born in Cork, O'Connor trained at Trinity College Dublin's Samuel Beckett Centre.
Career
He made his professional acting debut in Pat McCabe's Loco County Lonesome at Dublin's Olympia Theatre.
O'Connor has appeared in numerous films and television series since his debut in The Informant (1997).
O'Connor plays a younger version of the Earl of Shrewsbury[1][2] 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 prestigious Montreal World Film Festival
2015 saw his acclaimed performance as the controversial ex Irish Minister for Justice Seán Doherty in RTÉ Charlie (TV series) opposite Aidan Gillen and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. In 2016 he played Patrick Pearse in The Bloody Irish for PBS. In 2018 he played Mackin in RTE's critically acclaimed drama Taken Down.
An accomplished voice over-artist, he has voiced ad campaigns for brands like Guinness, 3 Mobile and Ford, 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
Filmography
Film
- Don't Go (2018)
- The Belly Of The Whale (Director Wishes To Thank) (2018)
- While You Were Gone (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
- Taken Down (2018) Mackin
- The Bloody Irish (2016) Patrick Pearse
- Charlie (TV series) (2015)
- Titanic: Blood & Steel(2012)
- 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
- 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
- ^ 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.
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