Biography for
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Date of Birth

19 April 1975, Dublin, Ireland

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Mini Biography

A young dramatic actor of film and TV who has appeared in several dark big-screen dramas, the Irish-born O'Conor (not to be confused with the late American actor Hugh O'Connor) began acting at the age of eight. O'Conor was still a relative unknown pre-teen when he co-starred with 'Liam Neeson' (cv) in the British-made feature _Lamb (1985)_, playing the ten-year-old Owen, a lonely epileptic boy who is temporarily rescued from a violent and oppressive children's home by Brother Sebastian (Neeson). It was three years before the actor landed another major film role, that of the youthful version of 'Martin Sheen's' (cv) narrator (seen in flashbacks) in the 1988 film adaptation of Hugh Leonard's heartwarming Tony-winning play _Da_ (cv). His next film was the Daniel Day Lewis tour de force _My Left Foot (1989)_. Directed by Jim Sheridan, the film told the story of the severely handicapped writer Christy Brown. Once again, O'Conor played the lead as a child, but this was a much more demanding and widely-seen performance. Much lighter in tone was the big-budget remake of _The Three Musketeers (1993)_, in which O'Conor played the Boy King Louis, who is protected from assassination by the title characters. O'Conor's first starring role came with Ben Ross' dark British comedy _The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)_, in which he was an amateur toxicologist unwisely paroled from prison after testing his theories on family and friends, with fatal results. Based on a true story, it was a thoroughly unpleasant bit of work, yet found an appreciative audience. The following year, O'Conor played a teen trying to form a rock band in 1959 Russia in _Red Hot (1996)_.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Marilyn Costiz

Trivia

Received a scholarship to attend NYU Film School.

Father is a concert pianist.

Studied at Trinity College in Dublin Ireland.

Appeared in the Oxford stage production of "The Wexford Trilogy"

Attended the 2001 Oscar party at the FilmHouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was said to have cheered at every opportunity for his nominated film Chocolat (2000) by Lasse Hallström.

Father is Irish Pianist John O'Conor.

Has one sibling, a brother.

Only became serious about acting after attending Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Breakthrough role was that of Graham Young in Benjamin Ross' The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995).

Mother, Mary, is a sex therapist.

Younger brother Keith, 23, is currently working towards a Masters in computer studies.

Both he and his Summer of the Flying Saucer (2008) co-star Robert Sheehan have played a king of France. O'Conor played King Louis XIII of France in The Three Musketeers (1993) whereas Sheehan played his son King Louis XIV of France in "Young Blades" (2005).