Owen McDonnell
Irish actor Owen McDonnell distinguished himself early in his screen career with his turn as an all-too-human policeman on "Single-Handed" (RTE, 2007-2010) and continued to mine the vein of complex, emotionally-driven men in series like "An Bronntanas" (2014) and "Killing Eve" (BBC Three, 2016- ). Born in Galway, Ireland in 1974, McDonnell honed his acting talents at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, which he then parlayed through numerous theater productions throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom. After making his screen debut in the 2013 British drama "Conspiracy of Silence," McDonnell earned his breakout role as an Irish policeman on "Single-Handed" (RTE, 2007-2010). His turn as Sergeant Jack Driscoll, a hard-living and troubled member of the Garda, or Irish police, won him critical praise and led to more work on UK television, including "Wild Decembers" (RTE One, 2010), a drama created by novelist Edna O'Brien, and a two-season run on the Sky network comedy "Mount Pleasant" (2011-17). In 2014, he appeared in "An Bronntanas" ("The Gift"), an Irish-language thriller about a rescue boat crew plagued by the discovering of an abandoned fishing boat containing millions of euros' worth of drugs. The five-episode series was cut down to a feature-length film, which became Ireland's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. The following year, McDonnell starred in "An Klondike" (aka "Dominion Creek," TG4, 2015), a period drama about a trio of 19th-century Irish brothers who come up against a ruthless town leader while searching for gold in Alaska. It, too, was cut to feature-length for submission for the Academy Award, but was not selected as Ireland's submission. In 2018, he appeared before American viewers - many of whom were seeing him for the first time - in "Killing Eve," a thriller about two women--one, a security operative, and the other, a trained killer--in pursuit of each other. The series was produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge of "Fleabag" (BBC Three, 2016- ).
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Owen McDonnell
Filmography
Movies
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22% |
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Love & Gelato | Howard (Character) | - | 2022 |
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Minutes Past Midnight | Michael (Character) | - | 2016 |
33% |
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Swung | David (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gift | Fiachra Greene (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghost Train | Michael (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Terrible Beauty... | Ned Daly (Character) | - | 2013 |
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Made in Belfast | Smith (Character) | - | 2013 |
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Rewind | Brendan (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Decembers | Joseph Brennan (Character) | - | 2009 |
33% |
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Conspiracy of Silence | Noel (Character) | $2.6K | 2003 |
TV
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42% | 38% | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery (Character) | 2023 |
80% | 73% | Killing Eve | Niko Polastri (Character) | 2018-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Holiday | Sean (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silent Witness | Ryan (Character) | 2014 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Eve: Killer Episodes | Unknown (Character) | 2021 |
60% | No Score Yet | Three Families | Mark Ryan (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 75% | The Bay | Frank Mercer (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paula | McArthur (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 70% | My Mother and Other Strangers on Masterpiece | Michael Coyne (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mount Pleasant | Jack (Character) | 2011-2012 |