Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor who has had roles in TV series such as " The Hunt For Raoul Moat", " Vikings: Valhalla, "

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Taken Down ''Taken Down'', is an Irish crime drama series starring Aissa Maiga, Lynn Rafferty, Brian Gleeson (actor), Brian Gleeson, Orla Fitzgerald and Barry Ward (actor), Barry Ward. It ran for one season on RTÉ2. The series follows Inspector Jen Roon ...

",'' Charlie'', " North Sea Connection", ''

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'', '' Single Handed'' and films including ''

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'' (2008), '' The Front Line'' (2006), '' Headrush'' (2003) and ''

This Is My Father ''This Is My Father'' is a 1998 film directed by Paul Quinn. Plot The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland, focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn ( Moya Farrelly), a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a m ...

'' (1998), '' This Must Be The Place'' (2011) and ''

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'' (2008). O'Connor's first novel, ''MOJO'', was released on Amazon in 2019.

Biography

Born in Cork, O'Connor trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre in

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Career

O'Connor made his professional acting debut in Pat McCabe's ''Loco County Lonesome'' at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in September 1994. His on-screen debut came in the film '' The Informant'' (1997). O'Connor plays a younger version of the

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in the third series of Michael Hirst's hit television series ''

'', 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 ''

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''. In 2015, he played the former Minister for Justice Seán Doherty in RTÉ's ''

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''. In 2016, he played

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in ''The Bloody Irish'' for

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, and in 2018 he played Mackin in RTE's drama ''

''. As a voice over-artist, he has voiced several ad campaigns, animated series (such as ''

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'' and '' The Mad Cows'') and computer games like '' Dreamfall: The Longest Journey''. In the latter he voiced one of the lead characters '' Kian Alvane''.

Filmography

Film

* '' 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) * ''

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2008) * '' Eden'' (2008) * '' The Front Line'' (2006) * '' Turning Green'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Headrush'' (2003) * '' This Time Round'' (2001) * '' Mad About Mambo'' (2000) * '' When the Sky Falls'' (2000) * '' The Black Suit'' (2000) * '' Boat Racing'' (1999) * ''

'' (1998) * '' The Informant'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1997) * '' Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1996)

Television

* ‘’ The Hunt For Raoul Moat’’ Steve Neill * ‘’ Vikings: Valhalla’’ Earl Of East Anglia *’’ North Sea Connection’’ Bryan * ''

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'' Murphy * '' Taken Down (2018)'' Mackin * '' The Bloody Irish'' (2016) Patrick Pearse * '' Charlie'' (2015) * '' Titanic: Blood & Steel'' (2012) * '' Rasaí na Gaillimhe 2'' (2012) * '' The Mad Cows'' (2011) * '' Single Handed'' (2010) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Rasaí na Gaillimhe'' (2009) * '' Showbands II'' (2007) * '' Teenage Cics'' (2006) * '' Stardust'' (2006) * ''

'' (2006) * '' Showbands'' (2005) * '' The Blizzard of Odd'' (2001) * '' Rí Rá'' (2001) * '' The Ambassador'' (1998)

Theatre

* '' The Bloody Irish'', (Patrick Pearse), The Helix * ''

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'', (Joe da Vinci), Gaiety Theatre, Dublin * ''

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, Dublin * '' Loco Country Lonesome'' (Packo), Olympia Theatre, Dublin * ''

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'' (Laertes), Riverbank Theatre, Dublin * ''

The Crucible ''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as ...

'' (Danforth), Beckett Centre, Ireland * '' Picnic'' (Hal), Focus Theatre, Ireland * '' I Like Armadillos'' (Sean), Andrews Lane, Dublin

References and notes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oconnor, Gavin Irish male film actors Irish male stage actors Irish male television actors Irish male voice actors Living people Male actors from Cork (city) 20th-century Irish male actors 21st-century Irish male actors Year of birth missing (living people) fr:Gavin O'Connor