Chris O'Dowd
- 44 years old
- Irish
- Actor, writer and director
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10 memorable bits from The IT Crowd
When I read that Channel 4's The IT Crowd debuted ten years ago this week, I thought, "Great! This will be a fun and easy topic to write about." As a dedicated fan of this slightly surreal, smart and sometimes slapsticky sitcom, I wouldn't need to do any research. In fact, I could talk about Jen Barber (Katherine Parkinson), Maurice Moss (Richard Ayoade) and Roy Trenneman (Chris O'Dowd), the staffers of Reynholm Industries' subterranean IT department, ad nauseam. Easy peasy, right? Not at all!
Carmen Croghan, Everything I Know About The UK..., 6th February 2016Chris O'Dowd admits he's unsure about US Moone Boy
Chris O'Dowd has admitted he doesn't know if an American version of Moone Boy will work.
Goss.ie, 3rd March 2015Judging by the opener of this 1991-set third series, Chris O'Dowd's generally endearing sitcom seems to be leaning heavily on its retrospective premise for its jokes. As young Martin visits his uncle in Dublin, where he sells encyclopedias with a hefty dose of dramatic irony ("the greatest information resource the world will ever see"), parents Debra and Liam go away to celebrate their anniversary, only to bump into the latter's youth-obsessed old flame. Cue confusion over newfangled things such as yoga and raving.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 2nd March 2015Chris O'Dowd on Moone Boy, fatherhood and Broadchurch
The IT Crowd star, whose Irish Sky1 comedy returns tonight, fills us in on his TV picks.
Ellie Austin, Radio Times, 2nd March 2015Why Moone Boy is the best Irish comedy since Father Ted
Mrs Brown may run this TV town but Chris O'Dowd's Moone Boy is the Irish export that everyone should be watching, says Sarah Doran.
Sarah Doran, Radio Times, 2nd March 2015Moone Boy - Series 3
Warm, funny and full of charm. That's the best way I can describe Moone Boy, a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy set in the small Irish town of Boyle in 1989.
Written by Chris O'Dowd (The IT Crowd) and Nick Vincent Murphy, Moone Boy launched on Sky 1 in September 2012, won an IFTA, an International Emmy and returns this week for a third series.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 1st March 2015Chris O'Dowd on Moone Boy
Like any new dad, Chris O'Dowd is knee-deep in nappies and can't stop talking about the life-changing wonder of becoming a parent for the first time.
Alun Palmer, The Mirror, 26th February 2015Chris O'Dowd and Dawn O'Porter welcome baby boy
Chris O'Dowd and Dawn O'Porter have welcomed their first child. O'Porter gave birth to her son Art on January 25, it has been revealed.
Harry Fletcher, Digital Spy, 2nd February 2015Chris O'Dowd: I don't know how prepared I'm to be a dad
Chris O'Dowd is in town with his long-time friend and co-writer, Nick Vincent Murphy, to promote their first Moone Boy book.
The Irish Times, 23rd November 2014Moone Boy to be re-made in America
Moone Boy, the Sky sitcom created by Chris O'Dowd, is to be re-made by the US television network ABC.
British Comedy Guide, 16th October 2014