Gavin O'Connor (actor)

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

O'Connor made his professional acting debut in Pat McCabe's Loco County Lonesome at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in September 1994.{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=30686|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.irishplayography.com | title = Loco County Lonesome }} His on-screen debut came in the film The Informant (1997). O'Connor plays a younger version of the Earl of ShrewsburyThe 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. 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|date=March 2021}}

In 2015, he played the former Minister for Justice Seán Doherty in RTÉ's Charlie (TV series).{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/watch-charlie-actor-gavin-oconnor-addresses-criticism-of-his-portrayal-of-the-late-sean-doherty-30919764.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = 'Charlie' actor Gavin O'Connor addresses criticism of his portrayal of the late Sean Doherty | date = 19 January 2015 | accessdate = 12 March 2021 }} In 2016, he played Patrick Pearse in The Bloody Irish for PBS, and in 2018 he played Mackin in RTE's drama Taken Down.{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/theres-a-lot-of-gallows-humour-and-a-very-real-sense-of-darkness-to-a-lot-of-gardai-gavin-oconnor-talks-taken-down-37539915.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = '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 | date = 18 November 2018 | accessdate = 12 March 2021 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/the-bloody-irish-new-musical-on-1916-rising-set-to-take-us-by-storm-31468058.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = 'The Bloody Irish': New musical on 1916 Rising set to take US by storm | date = 21 August 2015 | accessdate = 12 March 2021 }}

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|date=March 2021}} In the latter he voiced one of the lead characters Kian Alvane.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

• 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)

• Irish Blood Sergeant Claude
• ‘’ The Hunt For Raoul Moat’’ Steve Neill
• ‘’Vikings: Valhalla’’ Earl Of East Anglia
• ’’North Sea Connection’’ Bryan
• The Alienist (TV series) Murphy
• Taken Down (2018) Mackin
• The Bloody Irish (2016) Patrick Pearse
• Charlie (2015)
• Titanic: Blood & Steel (2012){{cite web|url = http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4287936&tpl=archnews&force=1 | publisher = Irish Film and Television Network | website = iftn.ie | title = Gavin O'Connor talks about role on hit RTÉ show 'Charlie' | date = 20 January 2015 | accessdate = 12 March 2021 }}
• 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)

• 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

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