Gavin O'Connor
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Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor, known for his roles in V series] such as The Tudors
and films including Dorothy Mills (2008), Eden (2008), The Front Line
(2006), Headrush
(2003) and This Is My Father
(1998).
Born in Cork
, O'Connor trained at Trinity College Dublin's Beckett Centre.
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O'Connor has appeared in numerous films and television series since his debut in The Informant
(1997).
O'Connor plays a younger version of the Earl of Shrewsbury
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.
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
and films including Dorothy Mills (2008), Eden (2008), The Front Line
The Front Line (2006 film)
The Front Line is a 2006 Irish crime drama film. The film revolves around a Congolese immigrant working in a bank in Dublin city whose family is kidnapped by a gang of criminals who force him to be the inside man on their robbery of the bank. The film is directed by David Gleeson....
(2006), Headrush
Headrush (film)
Headrush is a 2003 Irish crime comedy, written and directed by Shimmy Marcus about two young guys, Charlie and T-Bag, who hope to solve all their problems by working for a notorious Underworld Criminal, The Uncle....
(2003) and This Is My Father
This Is My Father
This Is My Father is a 1998 Irish-American 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 , a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle class family, and Kieran O'Dea , a shy labourer in...
(1998).
Born in Cork
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
, O'Connor trained at Trinity College Dublin's Beckett Centre.
Career
He made his professional acting debut in Pat McCabe's Loco County Lonesome at Dublin's Olympia TheatreOlympia Theatre, Dublin
The Olympia Theatre is a concert hall/theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located in Dame Street.-History:Built in 1879, it was originally called the "Star of Erin Music Hall". Two years later in 1881, it was renamed "Dan Lowrey's Music Hall" and was renamed again in 1889 to "Dan Lowrey's Palace of...
.
O'Connor has appeared in numerous films and television series since his debut in The Informant
The Informant (1997 film)
The Informant is a 1997 cable TV movie produced by Showtime, starring Cary Elwes and Timothy Dalton. It was directed by Jim McBride and written by Nicholas Meyer based upon the book Field of Blood by Gerald Seymour.-Plot:...
(1997).
O'Connor plays a younger version of the Earl of Shrewsbury
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, 4th Earl of Waterford, 10th Baron Talbot, 9th Baron Furnivall, KG was the son of John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Lady Catherine Stafford, daughter of the 1st Duke of Buckingham....
in the third series of Michael Hirst
Michael Hirst (writer)
Michael Hirst is an English screenwriter, best known for his films Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age ....
's hit television series The Tudors
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
, first aired on 5 April 2009 in the United States on Showtime, and August 2009 in the United Kingdom on BBC2.
Film
- This Must Be the PlaceThis Must Be the PlaceThis Must Be the Place is a 1985 album by British jazz fusion duo Morrissey-Mullen.- Track listing :#"A Tear for Crystal"#"Mean Time"#"This Must Be the Place"#"With You"#"Southend Pierre"#"Visions"#"All I Want to Do"- Personnel :...
(20011) - Fifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men Walking is a 2008 English-language crime thriller film written and directed by Kari Skogland. It is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography of the same name...
(2008) - Dorothy MillsDorothy MillsDorothy Mills is a 2008 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 disturbed young girl.-Awards and nominations:...
(2008) - Eden (2008)
- The Front LineThe Front Line (2006 film)The Front Line is a 2006 Irish crime drama film. The film revolves around a Congolese immigrant working in a bank in Dublin city whose family is kidnapped by a gang of criminals who force him to be the inside man on their robbery of the bank. The film is directed by David Gleeson....
(2006) - Turning Green (2005)
- RoseBudRosebudA rosebud is the bud of a rose flower. The word may refer to:-Arts:* A plot device in the film Citizen Kane* "Rosebud" , an episode of the television comedy The Simpsons, parodying Citizen Kane...
(2004) - HeadrushHeadrush (film)Headrush is a 2003 Irish crime comedy, written and directed by Shimmy Marcus about two young guys, Charlie and T-Bag, who hope to solve all their problems by working for a notorious Underworld Criminal, The Uncle....
(2003) - This Time Round (2001)
- Mad About MamboMad About MamboMad About Mambo is a 2000 British/Irish co-production, filmed in Dublin but set in Belfast, written and directed by John Forte. It stars William Ash, Keri Russell and Brian Cox.-Plot summary:...
(2000) - When the Sky FallsWhen the Sky FallsWhen the Sky Falls is a 2000 film à clef directed by John Mackenzie and filmed in Ireland, starring Joan Allen. The story is based on that of Veronica Guerin, a crime reporter writing about drugs for the Sunday Independent, her investigations and murder.-Cast:*Joan Allen as Sinead Hamilton*Patrick...
(2000) - The Black Suit (2000)
- Boat RacingBoat racing-Types:* Canoe racing, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking* Drag boat racing, a form of drag racing which takes place on water rather than land* Dragon boat racing, a type of human-powered watercraft racing...
(1999) - This Is My FatherThis Is My FatherThis Is My Father is a 1998 Irish-American 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 , a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle class family, and Kieran O'Dea , a shy labourer in...
(1998) - The InformantThe Informant (1997 film)The Informant is a 1997 cable TV movie produced by Showtime, starring Cary Elwes and Timothy Dalton. It was directed by Jim McBride and written by Nicholas Meyer based upon the book Field of Blood by Gerald Seymour.-Plot:...
(1997) - Fanatic (1997)
- Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1997)
- The Boys of Barr na SráideThe Boys of Barr na Sráide"The Boys of Barr na Sráide" is a well-known Irish song from a poem written by Irish poet Sigerson Clifford . It is named after a street in Cahersiveen in County Kerry, Ireland. Clifford was born in Cork city, though both his parents came from Kerry.The song was first published in Ballads of a...
(1996)
Television
- Single-Handed (2010)
- The TudorsThe TudorsThe Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
(2009) - The Galway Races (2009)
- Showbands II (2007)
- Teenage Cics (2006)
- StardustStardust (TV miniseries)Stardust is a 2006 miniseries produced for RTÉ by Brackside Merlin Films. The first episode surrounds the night a fire broke out at the Stardust Disco in North Dublin on 13 February, 1981, in which 48 people died. The second episode depicts the search for answers and justice by families and...
(2006) - Galactik FootballGalactik FootballGalactik Football is a French animated television series, co-produced by Alphanim, France 2, Jetix Europe and Welkin-Animation. It started airing its 3rd 26-episode season in territories around Europe in June 2010....
(2006) - Showbands (2005)
- Clubhouse (2004)
- The Blizzard of OddThe Blizzard of OddThe Blizzard of Odd was an Irish comedy television programme broadcast on RTÉ, presented and written by Irish comedian Colin Murphy...
(2001) - Rí Rá (2001)
- The Ambassador (1998)
Theatre
- Borstal BoyBorstal Boy (play)Borstal Boy is a play adapted by Frank McMahon from the 1958 autobiographical novel of Irish nationalist Brendan Behan of the same title. The play debuted in 1967 at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, with Frank Grimes as the young Behan...
, (Joe da Vinci), Gaiety Theatre, Dublin - A Woman of No ImportanceA Woman of No ImportanceA Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. It is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy...
, Abbey TheatreAbbey TheatreThe Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904. Despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the present day...
, Dublin - Loco Country Lonesome (Packo), Olympia TheatreOlympia Theatre, DublinThe Olympia Theatre is a concert hall/theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located in Dame Street.-History:Built in 1879, it was originally called the "Star of Erin Music Hall". Two years later in 1881, it was renamed "Dan Lowrey's Music Hall" and was renamed again in 1889 to "Dan Lowrey's Palace of...
, Dublin - HamletHamletThe Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
(Laertes), Riverbank Theatre, Dublin - The CrucibleThe CrucibleThe Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists...
(Danforth), Beckett Centre, Ireland - PicnicPicnic (play)Picnic is a 1953 play by William Inge. The play premiered at the Music Box Theatre, Broadway on 19 February 1953 in a Theatre Guild production, directed by Joshua Logan, which ran for 477 performances....
(Hal), Focus TheatreFocus TheatreThe Focus Theatre in Dublin is a small but respected theatre which offers a variety of plays from new and established writers.The theatre was founded in 1967 by the late Deirdre O'Connell, and opened on 29 September with a production of Doris Lessing's Play With a Tiger.The Focus Theatre has been...
, Ireland - I Like Armadillos (Sean), Andrews Lane, Dublin