Gavin O'Connor (actor)

This article is about the Irish actor. For the American director and actor, see Gavin O'Connor (filmmaker).

Gavin O'Connor
Born
Cork, Ireland
Occupation(s)Actor, Author
Years active1996–present

Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor who has had roles in TV series such as "The Hunt For Raoul Moat", "Vikings: Valhalla, "The Alienist", "Taken Down",Charlie, "North Sea Connection", 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).

O'Connor's first novel, MOJO, was released on Amazon in 2019. [1]

Biography

Born in Cork, O'Connor trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College Dublin.

Career

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 several ad campaigns, animated series (such as Galactik Football and The Mad Cows) and computer games like Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.[citation needed] In the latter he voiced one of the lead characters Kian Alvane.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References and notes

  1. ^ "The shape I'm in: Gavin O'Connor". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Loco County Lonesome". www.irishplayography.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ The Tudors. Showtime. Season 3, Episode The Northern Uprising (2009). TV episode.
  5. ^ "'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.
  6. ^ "'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.
  7. ^ "'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.
  8. ^ "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.