Roddy Doyle est né en 1958 en Irlande. Il est scénariste et producteur. Il est connu pour Les commitments (1991), Family (1994) et Rosie (2018). Il est marié avec Belinda. Lui et Belinda ont trois enfants.
[from the movie 'The Commitments'] Soul is the music people understand. But it's something else 'cause,'cause, 'cause it's honest. It sticks its neck out and says it straight from the heart. Sure, there's a lot of different music you can get off on, but soul is more than that. It takes you somewhere else. It grabs you buy the balls and lifts you above the shite.