Chris O'Dowd
Chris O'Dowd Trivia
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Chris O'Dowd appeared at the Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball '08, at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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The TV shows are he thinks are funniest are Summer Heights High and Peep Show.
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Two of Chris's favourite TV shows are The Wire and Mad Men.
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Although Chris was born and brought up in Boyle in Ireland, he currently (as of 2009) lives in Chalk Farm, north London.
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Chris says that he got landsick when filming the movie The Boat That Rocked.
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In 2002 he appeared in a TV commercial for Daz Washing Powder.
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He plays the role of Simon in the film The Boat That Rocked.
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In July 2008 he appeared in the play Under The Blue Sky by David Eldridge at the Duke of York's Theatre, London.
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Chris has appeared on panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Season 21 Episode 11) on 31st January, 2008.
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Chris was nominated in 2005 for an I.F.T.A. Award for best supporting actor in the Irish television drama The Clinic.
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Chris originally planed to become a speechwriter, but ended as an actor after he accompanied a friend to an audition but at the end was Chris who got the part instead of his friend.
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Chris based his character of The It Crowd Roy, on his brother-in-law.
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Chris studied Politics at University College, Dublin.
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Chris knew Katherine Parkinson, fellow co-star from The It Crowd from their days at L.A.M.D.A. (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts).
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When Chris was younger he worked as an impersonator of singer and Live Aid creator, Bob Geldof.
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Chris is friend with fellow actor and co-star of The It Crowd, Richard Ayoade.
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Chris convinced the creator of The It Crowd, Graham Linehan, to write his character as Irish instead of British.
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Chris collects Yorkie chocolate bar wrappers; Chris claims to have over a thousand.
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Chris played for the National Irish Tennis team.
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Chris was a contributor for the University College Dublin's newspaper, named The University Observer.
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Chris interviewed Graham Linehan, the creator of the sitcom The It Crowd, for Mongrel Magazine.
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Chris was an active member during his college years of The Literary and Historical Society of the University College Dublin.
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After Chris finished his studies in the University College Dublin, he later moved to continue his education in The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
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Chris was nominated in 2007 in the Irish Film Television Awards (I.F.T.A.) for his supporting role in the TV movie Showbands 2.
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Chris won a B.A.F.T.A. for Best Actor in a Scottish Film in 2005.
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Chris: (about a job he would rather forget about) An advert for Pizza Hut. I had just one line, but I'd been on the piss the previous night and I needed 43 takes at it.
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Chris: (about the film The Boat That Rocked) The ship we use in the film is a rescue ship and it had a morgue on the lower decks. Myself and Rhys Ifans were the first people on board and we decided to play a little joke on the girls. I decided to hide under a sheet in the morgue and hurl myself at them. Incredible that it worked, the man under a sheet joke is so twenties!
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Chris: (on how he got his first acting gig) I'd started skipping classes at drama school and had been sent up to the principal's office. While I was waiting, a fax came through from a casting director looking for young Irish actors. I nicked the fax, called and ended up booking the job.
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Chris: (about being at drama school with Katherine Parkinson) We were two of the worst students. Neither of us actually finished; both of us kind of got a mixture of thrown-out and left-of-our-own-volition.
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Chris: (about being single) I've cast myself as a loser for quite a while now. I'm a bit perturbed by how easy that seems to come to me!
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Chris: To research the role for FM, I watched Chris Moyles and Chris Evans at work, but for The Boat That Rocked I listened to hours of Radio Caroline sets on YouTube. Mainly Tony Blackburn, who was so funny.
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Chris: I found out that my great grandfather, a travelling salesman with a wife and family in Cork, had another, illegitimate family in Birmingham. My dad thinks that from that family was spawned George O'Dowd, better known as Boy George. It's not a common name.
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Chris: Why did I vomit? I couldn't face the bloody earth anymore! The North Sea is my home now!
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