Colin O'Donoghue

Colin O'Donoghue, the son of Con and Mary O'Donoghue, was born and raised in Drogheda, County Louth, in a Roman Catholic family.{{cite news|author=Staff|url=http://www.horror.com/php/article-3452-1.html|title=Alice Braga & Colin O'Donoghue Talk Devils, Exorcisms & Sir Anthony Hopkins – Alice Braga & Colin O'Donoghue Interview on The Rite, a New Horror Movie from Director Mikael Håfström and Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins|publisher=horror.com|date=24 January 2011|access-date=1 February 2012}} He has an older brother named Allen.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/colins-film-premieres-to-rave-reviews-27154216.html|title=Colin's film premieres to rave reviews|last=Comyn|first=Alison|work=Drogheda Independent|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=July 24, 2018}} He is the cousin of musician Harry O'Donoghue.{{cite web|url=https://www.harryodonoghue.com/ramblings/august-21-2013/|title=August 21, 2013|last=O'Donoghue|first=Harry|work=Harry O'Donoghue|date=November 4, 2014|access-date=July 24, 2018}} He attended Dundalk Grammar School, and later The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Colin-ODonoghues-Rite-of-passage-114192959.html?page=2|title=Colin O'Donoghue's 'Rite' of Passage|publisher=IrishCentral|date=19 January 2011|access-date=1 February 2012|author=O'Doherty, Cahir}} At age 16, he went to Paris for a month to learn French.{{cite news|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-01-26/entertainment/27096644_1_rome-budapest-ash-cloud|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701124754/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-01-26/entertainment/27096644_1_rome-budapest-ash-cloud|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012|title=Filmed on Location: Colin O'Donoghue of 'The Rite'|work=Daily News|date=26 January 2011|access-date=1 February 2012|author=Dominguez, Robert}}

O'Donoghue's early career was mainly split between theatre and television work in Ireland and the UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.colinodonoghue.com/biography.html|title=Official Website of Colin O'Donoghue|access-date=15 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608220735/http://www.colinodonoghue.com/biography.html|archive-date=8 June 2016|url-status=dead}} In 2003, he won the Irish Film and Television Award for "Best New Talent" for his role as Norman in "Home For Christmas".

In 2009, he appeared as Duke Philip of Bavaria in an episode of season 3 of the Showtime historical-fiction series The Tudors. He made his Hollywood film debut alongside Anthony Hopkins in the horror thriller film The Rite (2011). He made an audition video for The Rite in a friend's home studio in Drogheda and sent it to the United States. He plays guitar and sings in a band called The Enemies, formed in 2003 in Ireland.

In 2012, O'Donoghue was cast as Captain Hook/Killian Jones, love interest of the main heroine Emma Swan, in the second season of the hit ABC series Once Upon a Time. In 2014, O'Donoghue was cast as the main character in The Dust Storm, an independent film set in Nashville, Tennessee as a musician named Brennan.[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-dust-storm#/story Profile], indiegogo.com; accessed 8 September 2015.[http://www.bustle.com/articles/41610-what-is-ouats-captain-hook-in-colin-odonoghue-has-other-roles-but-sorry-none-include-eyeliner Profile], bustle.com; accessed 8 September 2015.

Christina Perri wrote a song, "The Words", which she dedicated to Colin's character (Captain Hook) in Once Upon a Time.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9tc9R_Y3FY music video], youtube.com; accessed 6 November 2015.

In December 2018, O'Donoghue was cast in an episode of the Netflix anthology drama series, Heartstrings.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/colin-odonoghue-willa-fitzgerald-among-five-cast-in-jj-sneed-episode-of-dolly-parton-netflix-anthology-1202522641/|title=Colin O'Donoghue & Willa Fitzgerald Among Five Cast In 'JJ Sneed' Episode Of Dolly Parton Netflix Anthology|last=Petski|first=Denise|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=December 19, 2018|access-date=October 23, 2019}} The series premiered on 22 November 2019.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/dolly-parton-heartstrings-first-look-netflix/|title=First look at the glitz and glamour of Dolly Parton's Heartstrings on Netflix|last=Sollosi|first=Mary|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 17, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2019}}

O'Donoghue was part of the five-piece Irish band, "The Enemies", which was formed in 2003 by O'Donoghue and a close friend, Ronan McQuillan. The Enemies released their self-titled debut EP on 7 March 2011{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ie/album/the-enemies-ep/424319640|title=The Enemies – EP by The Enemies|publisher=iTunes Store Ireland. Apple|access-date=28 September 2012}} prior to their self-funded first album on track.{{cite web|url=http://www.theenemiesmusic.com|title=Pop | Rock | Band | Group | Drogheda|publisher=The Enemies Music|access-date=28 September 2012}} He played guitar and sang backing vocals on the band's first EP and debut album.

Although the band was unsigned, it was commissioned by General Motors to record tracks for their "Chevy route 66" online campaign.{{cite web|url=http://theenemiesmusic.com/intro/|title=ABOUT|website=THE ENEMIES|access-date=21 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228231701/http://theenemiesmusic.com/intro/|archive-date=28 December 2016|url-status=dead}} The band worked on the music for Coca-Cola's "5BY20" project.{{cite web|author=Entertainment|url=http://www.drogheda-independent.ie/lifestyle/the-enemies-making-friends-around-the-globe-3027954.html|title=The Enemies making friends around the globe|publisher=Drogheda-Independent.ie|access-date=28 September 2012}} Their debut album Sounds Big on the Radio was to be released in March 2013, which was later scheduled for 2014.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TheEnemiesMusic/status/299481329228201984|title=The Enemies on Twitter|access-date=21 May 2017}} In May 2013, he announced he was leaving the band due to the filming schedule of Once Upon a Time.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/colinodonoghue1/status/335069113695211520|title=Colin o'donoghue on Twitter|access-date=21 May 2017}}

For his role in Home for Christmas, he was awarded Best New Talent at the 1st Irish Film & Television Awards, held on 1 November 2003.Staff. [http://www.ifta.ie/winners/iftawinners2003.html "Winners of the 1st Annual Irish Film & Television Awards"], ifta.ie; retrieved 1 February 2012.

O'Donoghue has been the co-host of The Sync Report podcast since 2022,[https://www.instagram.com/p/CZMGvqBIu_w/ The Sync Report], instagram; accessed 29 September 2023. his first episode airing in February 2022 and featuring Steve Vai as guest.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yZCwqBpTMTHeV7ypQxFAE?si=ee1241ea29ad4731|title=S1 Ep9:The Sync Report with Steve Vai|website=Spotify |access-date=29 September 2023}} His fellow co-hosts are American film producer Rose Ganguzza and music supervisor Jason P. Rothberg.

O'Donoghue married his wife Helen, a schoolteacher, in 2009, shortly after his appearance on The Tudors.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/such-a-wicked-right-hook-29561327.html|title=SUCH a wicked right hook|last=Molony|first=Julia|date=9 September 2013|work=Irish Independent|access-date=28 August 2014|quote=His first step to stardom took the form of a small part in The Tudors, aka almost every Irish actor's rite of passage. It was here that fate intervened on behalf of our hero. Important people in LA saw his appearance in the show – all eight minutes of it, and on the strength of that, invited him over to LA to sign with a Hollywood agency. The only snag was that all this happened just a few weeks before he was due to marry his childhood sweetheart back in Ireland.}} The couple have been together since they were eighteen and have two children: a son{{cite tweet|user=colinodonoghue1|author=Colin O'Donoghue|number=364386958425858048|title=I'd like to welcome my beautiful baby boy, Evan into the world!! Born early Thursday morning. So proud to be a father!!|date=5 August 2013|access-date=29 January 2017}} and a daughter.{{cite tweet|user=colinodonoghue1|author=Colin O'Donoghue|number=863771783891111941|title=Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful Mum, and to my amazing wife who delivered a beautiful daughter this week! Woohoo!!|date=14 May 2017|access-date=14 May 2017}}

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