Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor who has had roles in

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such as " The Hunt For Raoul Moat", " Vikings: Valhalla, "

The Alienist ''The Alienist'' is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, in ...

", " Taken Down",'' Charlie'', " North Sea Connection", ''

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

Dorothy Mills ''Dorothy Mills'', (also released as ''Dorothy''), is a 2008 Irish psychological thriller mystery film directed by Agnès Merlet. Starring Carice van Houten and Jenn Murray, the film is about a psychiatrist assigned to work on the case of a ...

'' (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.

Biography

Born in

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, 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

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. His first film as writer/actor/producer ''Blink'' was nominated in World Competition at the ''

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Seán Doherty in

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'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 '' Taken Down''. 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) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' This Must Be the Place'' (2011) * '' Fifty Dead Men Walking'' (2008) * ''

'' (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) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' This Is My Father'' (1998) * '' The Informant'' (1997) * '' Fanatic'' (1997) * '' Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord'' (1997) * '' The Boys of Barr na Sráide'' (1996)

Television

* '' Irish Blood'' Sergeant Claude * ‘’ 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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'',

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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 the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692 to 1693. Miller wrote ...

'' (Danforth), Beckett Centre, Ireland * ''

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'' (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