Mark O'Brien (actor)

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{{Infobox person

| name = Mark O'Brien

| image = Mark O'Brien.jpg

| caption = O'Brien in 2013

| birth_name =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|5|7}}

| birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

| nationality =

| years_active = 2005–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Georgina Reilly|2013}}

| children = 1

| occupation = Actor, director

}}

Mark O'Brien (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian actor and director best known for his roles as Des Courtney in Republic of Doyle (2010–2014) and Tom Rendon in Halt and Catch Fire (2015–2016).{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/halt-and-catch-fire-season-2-mark-obrien-aleksa-palladino-cast-1201437102/|title=AMC's 'Halt and Catch Fire' Adds Two Cast Members for Season 2|work=Variety|first=Elizabeth|last=Wagmeister|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=July 27, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/aleksa-palladino-and-mark-obrien-join-amcs-halt-an-215528|title=Aleksa Palladino and Mark O'Brien join AMC's Halt And Catch Fire|work=The A.V. Club|first=Sam|last=Barsanti|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=July 27, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mark-o-brien-cast-in-amc-s-halt-and-catch-fire-1.2973685|title=Mark O'Brien cast in AMC's Halt and Catch Fire|work=CBC.ca|date=March 1, 2015|access-date=July 27, 2015}} He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards for his performance as Terry Sawchuk in the biographical drama film Goalie (2019).Debra Yeo, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2020/05/28/quebec-film-antigone-wins-canadian-screen-award-for-best-motion-picture.html "Quebec film 'Antigone' wins Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture"]. Toronto Star, May 28, 2020.

At the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, he received two nominations for his film The Righteous, for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, 'Sort Of' & 'Scarborough' Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022. The film, which he wrote and directed himself, also won Best Screenplay at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal and Manchester's Grimmfest, as well as Best Cinematography at Grimmfest and the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/newfoundland-actor-mark-o-brien-realizes-his-filmmaking-dream-with-a-thriller-about-god-and/article_58ba93e4-8f64-5358-b31b-448758a10707.html|title=Newfoundland actor Mark O'Brien realizes his filmmaking dream with a thriller about God and damnation |date=June 3, 2022|author=Debra Yeo|publisher=Toronto Star|access-date=August 30, 2023}}

Personal life

He is an English major with a Bachelor of Arts from Memorial University of Newfoundland. His mother was a nurse and his father a truck driver. O'Brien also has three older sisters.

O'Brien married actress Georgina Reilly on January 6, 2013, after having met on the set of Republic of Doyle in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/live/cbc-wedding-edition-mark-obrien-and-georgina-reilly.html|title=CBC wedding edition: Mark O'Brien and Georgina Reilly|date=February 1, 2013|author=Emily Pratt|publisher=CBC Live|access-date=February 15, 2013}}

He is friends with fellow Newfoundlander Jonny Harris, who was also guest at his wedding. In November 2017, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\|Notes
rowspan="2"\|2009 \| Quiet at Dawn \| Watts \|
Grown Up Movie Star \| Will \|
2012 \| Beat Down \| Michael \|
rowspan="3"\|2015 \| End of Days, Inc. \| Jason \|
Len and Company \| Zach \|
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town \| Bruce Buck \|
2016 \| Arrival \| Captain Marks \|
rowspan="8"\|2018 \| Parallel \| Josh \|
State Like Sleep \| Darren \|
Anon \| Cyrus Frear \|
How It Ends \| Jeremiah \|
data-sort-value="Darkest Minds, The" \| The Darkest Minds \| Rob Meadows \|
Kin \| Jake Stanton \|
data-sort-value="Front Runner, The" \| The Front Runner \| Billy Shore \|
Bad Times at the El Royale \| Larsen Rogers \|
rowspan="4"\|2019 \| Goalie \| Terry Sawchuk \|
Ready or Not \| Alex Le Domas \|
Marriage Story \| Carter \|
Hammer \| Chris Davis \|
rowspan="2"\|2021 \| data-sort-value="Righteous, The" \| The Righteous \| Aaron Smith \|
Blue Bayou \| Ace \|
2023 \| Seven Veils \| \|
2025 \| data-sort-value="Embers and the Stars, The" \| The Embers and the Stars \| {{TableTBA}} \| {{Cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/constance-wu-mark-obrien-william-fichtner-movie-embers-and-the-stars-1236164722/\|title=Constance Wu, Mark O’Brien & William Fichtner Wrap Under-The-Radar Sci-Fi Pic ‘The Embers And The Stars’\|website=Deadline Hollywood\|first=Andreas\|last=Wiseman\|date=November 1, 2024\|access-date=November 1, 2024}}
{{TableTBA}} \| Nuremberg \| John Amen \| Post-production

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"|Notes

rowspan="2"|2009

| Quiet at Dawn

| Watts

Grown Up Movie Star

| Will

2012

| Beat Down

| Michael

rowspan="3"|2015

| End of Days, Inc.

| Jason

Len and Company

| Zach

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town

| Bruce Buck

2016

| Arrival

| Captain Marks

rowspan="8"|2018

| Parallel

| Josh

State Like Sleep

| Darren

Anon

| Cyrus Frear

How It Ends

| Jeremiah

data-sort-value="Darkest Minds, The" | The Darkest Minds

| Rob Meadows

Kin

| Jake Stanton

data-sort-value="Front Runner, The" | The Front Runner

| Billy Shore

Bad Times at the El Royale

| Larsen Rogers

rowspan="4"|2019

| Goalie

| Terry Sawchuk

Ready or Not

| Alex Le Domas

Marriage Story

| Carter

Hammer

| Chris Davis

rowspan="2"|2021

| data-sort-value="Righteous, The" | The Righteous

| Aaron Smith

Blue Bayou

| Ace

2023

| Seven Veils

2025

| data-sort-value="Embers and the Stars, The" | The Embers and the Stars

| {{TableTBA}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/constance-wu-mark-obrien-william-fichtner-movie-embers-and-the-stars-1236164722/|title=Constance Wu, Mark O’Brien & William Fichtner Wrap Under-The-Radar Sci-Fi Pic ‘The Embers And The Stars’|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=November 1, 2024|access-date=November 1, 2024}}

| Nuremberg

| John Amen

| Post-production

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\|Notes
2005–2006 \| Legends and Lore of the North Atlantic \| \|
2005–2007 \| Kids' CBC \| Himself \|
2006 \| Above and Beyond \| Drake \| 2 episodes
2008 \| data-sort-value="One That Got Away, The" \| The One That Got Away \| Tommy Palchek \| TV movie
2010–2014 \| Republic of Doyle \| Des Courtney \| 77 episodes
2011 \| Warehouse 13 \| Jerry Hoffler \| Episode: "Don't Hate the Player"
rowspan="2"\|2012 \| Diary of a Deadly P.I. \| Des Courtney \| 12 episodes
Murdoch Mysteries \| Jerome Bradley \| Episode: "Murdoch Night in Canada"
2013 \| This Hour Has 22 Minutes \| Des Courtney \|
rowspan="2"\|2014 \| Hannibal \| Randall Tier \| 2 episodes
Saving Hope \| Marshall Parker \| Episode: "Awakenings"
2015–2017 \| Halt and Catch Fire \| Tom Rendon \| 15 episodes
2016–2017 \| data-sort-value="Last Tycoon, The" \| The Last Tycoon \| Max Miner \| 9 episodes
2019–2021 \| City on a Hill \| Jimmy Ryan \| 14 episodes
2022–2023 \| 61st Street \| Officer Johnny Logan \| Main role
rowspan="2"\|2023 \| Your Honor \| Father Jay \| 3 episodes
Perry Mason \| Thomas Milligan \| Recurring role
{{TableTBA}} \| Copenhagen \| Cobb \| Post-production

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"|Notes

2005–2006

| Legends and Lore of the North Atlantic

2005–2007

| Kids' CBC

| Himself

2006

| Above and Beyond

| Drake

| 2 episodes

2008

| data-sort-value="One That Got Away, The" | The One That Got Away

| Tommy Palchek

| TV movie

2010–2014

| Republic of Doyle

| Des Courtney

| 77 episodes

2011

| Warehouse 13

| Jerry Hoffler

| Episode: "Don't Hate the Player"

rowspan="2"|2012

| Diary of a Deadly P.I.

| Des Courtney

| 12 episodes

Murdoch Mysteries

| Jerome Bradley

| Episode: "Murdoch Night in Canada"

2013

| This Hour Has 22 Minutes

| Des Courtney

rowspan="2"|2014

| Hannibal

| Randall Tier

| 2 episodes

Saving Hope

| Marshall Parker

| Episode: "Awakenings"

2015–2017

| Halt and Catch Fire

| Tom Rendon

| 15 episodes

2016–2017

| data-sort-value="Last Tycoon, The" | The Last Tycoon

| Max Miner

| 9 episodes

2019–2021

| City on a Hill

| Jimmy Ryan

| 14 episodes

2022–2023

| 61st Street

| Officer Johnny Logan

| Main role

rowspan="2"|2023

| Your Honor

| Father Jay

| 3 episodes

Perry Mason

| Thomas Milligan

| Recurring role

| Copenhagen

| Cobb

| Post-production

=Director, producer and writer=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Year!! colspan="5" scope="col" \| Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"\| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" \|{{abbr\|Ref(s)\|Reference(s)}}
width=6% \|Director	width=6% \| Writer	width=6% \|Producer	width=6% \|Actor	width=6% \| Other
scope="row"\|Downward Calling \|2005 \|rowspan=3 {{yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|Short film Editor \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Lying Awake \|2006 \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|Short film Cinematographer, composer and editor \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Pretty Girls \|2008 \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|Short film Editor and cinematographer \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Brad \|2010 \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|rowspan=5\|Short film Editor \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Kathy \|2011 \|rowspan=3 {{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Better People \|2012 \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Sweetieface \|2013 \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Dennis \|rowspan=3\|2015 \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Who Is Hanna? \|rowspan=3 {{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|rowspan=3\|Short film \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Wanderer \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Threshold \|2018 \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\|Goalie \|2019 \|{{no}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" data-sort-value="Righteous, The" \| The Righteous \|2021 \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="5" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

width=6% |Director

width=6% | Writer

width=6% |Producer

width=6% |Actor

width=6% | Other

scope="row"|Downward Calling

|2005

|rowspan=3 {{yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Short film
Editor

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Lying Awake

|2006

|{{Yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Short film
Cinematographer, composer and editor

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Pretty Girls

|2008

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|Short film
Editor and cinematographer

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Brad

|2010

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|rowspan=5|Short film
Editor

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Kathy

|2011

|rowspan=3 {{yes}}

|{{no}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Better People

|2012

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Sweetieface

|2013

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Dennis

|rowspan=3|2015

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Who Is Hanna?

|rowspan=3 {{yes}}

|{{no}}

|rowspan=3|Short film

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Wanderer

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Threshold

|2018

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"|Goalie

|2019

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" data-sort-value="Righteous, The" | The Righteous

|2021

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

References

External links

{{IMDb name|1975628}}
{{twitter|markobriennl}}

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Category:Canadian male television actors

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Category:Writers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

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