Colin O'Donoghue

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Colin O'Donoghue (2013)

Colin O'Donoghue (born January 26, 1981 in Drogheda , County Louth ) is an Irish actor .

Life

O'Donoghue grew up in a Catholic family in Drogheda, Ireland . At the age of 16 he lived in Paris for a month to learn the French language. He later attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin to study acting. He is related to the singer Daniel O'Donoghue (head singer of "The Script"). O'Donoghue married his wife, Helen, a school teacher, in 2009 shortly after his appearance on "The Tudors". The couple have been together since they were 18 and have two children: a son (Evan) and a daughter (Millie, May 2017).

Career

Colin O'Donoghue began his film career in 2002 with a role in Home for Christmas . In 2009 he played Philipp the Arguable in the third season of the film adaptation of The Tudors . He celebrated his breakthrough in January 2011 on the side of Sir Anthony Hopkins in The Rite - Das Ritual . He got the role after shooting an application video in a friend's studio and sending it to the production company in the United States . After he made a guest appearance as Captain Hook in the fantasy series Once Upon a Time in 2012 , he was promoted to lead actor a little later.

In addition to his work in film and television, O'Donoghue is a sought-after theater actor.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2002: Home for Christmas
  • 2004: Love Is the Drug
  • 2005: Proof
  • 2005: Fair City
  • 2006–2008: The Clinic (TV series)
  • 2009: The Tudors ( The Tudors , TV series)
  • 2009: Wild Decembers
  • 2011: The Rite - Das Ritual (The Rite)
  • 2012: Storage 24
  • 2012–2018: Once Upon a Time ( Once Upon a Time , TV series, 130 episodes)
  • 2016: The Dust Storm
  • 2017: Carrie Pilby
  • 2018: What Still Remains
  • 2020: The Magicians; Stories from Arcadia (TV series, 10 episodes)

theatre

  • Eclipse (Olivier Theater, London)
  • Aoife and Isobel (Project Theater, Dublin)
  • What the Dead Want (Project Theater, Dublin)
  • Leaving (Quarehawks Theater Co.)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Storytellers Theater Co.)
  • Eugene Onegin - The Roadshow (Something different Theater Co.)
  • Outlying Islands (Island Theater Co.)
  • Moonlight Mickey's (Calipo Theater Co.)
  • Othello (Second Age Theater Co.)
  • Walking The Road (Axis Theater)
  • Sky Road (Theater Royal, Waterford)
  • Taming of the Shrew (Rough Magic Theater Co.)

Awards

  • 2003 winner of the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) in the category “Best New Talent” for the television production Home for Christmas (2002).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alice Braga & Colin O'Donoghue Talk Devils, Exorcisms & Sir Anthony Hopkins . www.horror.com. January 24, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Robert Dominguez: Filmed on Location: Colin O'Donoghue of 'The Rite' . Daily News, New York. January 26, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c Chair O'Doherty: Colin O'Donoghue's 'Rite' of passage . Irish Central. January 19, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  4. ^ Rainer Idesheim: Once Upon a Time: Colin O'Donoghue promoted to leading actor . In: Serienjunkies.de . October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME O'Donoghue, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Drogheda , County Louth, Ireland