Gavin O'Connor (actor)

Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor and author, known for his roles in TV series such as Charlie, Taken Down, The Tudors, Single Handed and films including Dorothy Mills (2008), Eden (2008), The Front Line (2006), Headrush (2003) and This Is My Father (1998), This Must Be The Place and Fifty Dead Men Walking

Gavin O'Connor
Born
Cork, Ireland
OccupationActor, Author
Years active1996–present

O’Connor’s first book, MOJO was released on Amazon in 2019.

Born in Cork, O'Connor trained at Trinity College Dublin's Samuel Beckett Centre.

Career

O'Connor made his professional acting debut in Pat McCabe's Loco County Lonesome at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in September 1994.[1] His on-screen debut came in the film The Informant (1997).

O'Connor plays a younger version of the Earl of Shrewsbury[2][3] 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.

His first film as writer/actor/producer Blink was nominated in World Competition at the prestigious Montreal World Film Festival

2015 saw his acclaimed performance as the controversial ex Irish Minister for Justice Seán Doherty in RTÉ Charlie (TV series) opposite Aidan Gillen and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. In 2016, he played Patrick Pearse in The Bloody Irish for PBS, and in 2018 he played Mackin in RTE's critically acclaimed drama Taken Down.

An accomplished voice over-artist, he has voiced ad campaigns for brands like Guinness, 3 Mobile and Ford, as well as animated series such as Galactik Football, The Mad Cows and computer games like Dreamfall: The Longest Journey playing one of the lead characters Kian Alvane

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References and notes
  1. www.irishplayography.com http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=30686. Retrieved 2020-11-11. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. The Earl of Shrewsbury is depicted in the series as a much younger man. At the time of the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536, which is when he is featured in The Tudors, historically, he was 70 yrs old. The date confirms that he had to have been the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury; as titles are passed on after a noble dies.
  3. The Tudors. Showtime. Season 3, Episode The Northern Uprising (2009). TV episode.
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