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Kieran O'Brien(I)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Kieran O'Brien (I) Actor, Years And Years (2019)
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Born in Lancashire, England, Kieran O'Brien first rose to prominence as a child star playing the title character in the BBC series Gruey. He then enjoyed further success as part of the main cast on the ITV series Children's Ward and also starred opposite the late Harry Dean Stanton in The Jim Henson Hour. O'Brien continued acting into his adulthood, appearing regularly in mainstream dramas, most notably as Robbie Coltrane's son in the multi BAFTA winning Cracker where he would first meet director Michael Winterbottom.

In 1999, he appeared in a full-frontal nude scene in Virtual Sexuality. He appeared nude again in the BBC series Burn It and then following his roles in the acclaimed Band of Brothers and 24 Hour Party People starred in 9 Songs, a film by Winterbottom which would push the boundaries of just how explicit a mainstream feature could be. O'Brien was the perfect casting opposite American model Margo Stilley, as he was a young actor both confident and well-endowed. He has to date collaborated with the maverick director on eight independent feature films, the most recent being The Look of Love.

Although O'Brien's role in such a controversial and groundbreaking film seems likely to be what people will always identify him with, he continues to act, mainly in high profile British and International television dramas.
Born1973
  • More at IMDbProContact info & Agent info
  • Born1973
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Photos22

    Still of Kieran O'Brien - Chernobyl
    Still of Kieran O'Brien in Bluestone 42
    Still of Kieran O'Brien and Elliot Gleave in Shield Five
    Julie Graham, Kieran O'Brien, and Zoë Tapper in Survivors (2008)
    Kieran O'Brien in 9 Songs (2004)
    Still of Kieran O'Brien - Holmes & Watson
    Kieran O'Brien in Frères d'armes (2001)
    Kieran O'Brien and Claire Keelan in Survivors (2008)
    Still of Kieran O'Brien in Peterloo
    Kieran O'Brien, Michael Winterbottom, and Margo Stilley at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien at an event for 9 Songs (2004)
    Kieran O'Brien at an event for 9 Songs (2004)

    Known for:

    Emma Thompson, Anne Reid, Jessica Hynes, Russell Tovey, Rory Kinnear, T'Nia Miller, Ruth Madeley, Jade Alleyne, and Lydia West in Years and Years (2019)
    Years and Years
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Woody
    Chernobyl (2019)
    Chernobyl
    9.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Khodemchuck
    Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in 9 Songs (2004)
    9 Songs
    4.8
    • Matt
    • 2004
    The Jim Henson Hour (1987)
    The Jim Henson Hour
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Matt Banting

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis, Juno Temple, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, and Nick Mohammed in Ted Lasso (2020)
      Ted Lasso
      8.8
      TV Series
      • James Tartt
      • 2020–2023
    • The Family Pile (2023)
      The Family Pile
      4.9
      TV Series
      • Stuart
      • 2023
    • Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Alex Ferns, Diego Luna, Genevieve O'Reilly, Joplin Sibtain, Elizabeth Dulau, Denise Gough, Noof Ousellam, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, and Wilf Scolding in Andor (2022)
      Andor
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Pegla
      • 2022
    • Adam Young in Clergymen (2022)
      Clergymen
      Short
      • Mutt
      • 2022
    • The Following Year (2021)
      The Following Year
      7.8
      Short
      • Ben
      • 2021
    • The Cars That Made the World (2020)
      The Cars That Made the World
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Narrator (voice)
      • 2020
    • Katherine Langford in Cursed: La rebelle (2020)
      Cursed: La rebelle
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Reith
      • 2020
    • Isolation Stories (2020)
      Isolation Stories
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Stranger's Husband (voice)
      • 2020
    • Emma Thompson, Anne Reid, Jessica Hynes, Russell Tovey, Rory Kinnear, T'Nia Miller, Ruth Madeley, Jade Alleyne, and Lydia West in Years and Years (2019)
      Years and Years
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Woody
      • 2019
    • Chernobyl (2019)
      Chernobyl
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Khodemchuck
      • 2019
    • Andie MacDowell, Helen Baxendale, and Greg Davies in Cuckoo (2012)
      Cuckoo
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Goran
      • 2019
    • Ralph Fiennes, John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, and Rebecca Hall in Holmes & Watson (2018)
      Holmes & Watson
      3.9
      • Lestrade's P.C. Smalls
      • 2018
    • Peterloo (2018)
      Peterloo
      6.5
      • Farrier
      • 2018
    • Stone (2009)
      Stone
      Podcast Series
      • Digsy
      • Phillip Dixon
      • 2018
    • MyAnna Buring in In the Dark (2017)
      In the Dark
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • DS Gary Kenny
      • 2017

    Producer

    • Jonathan Kerrigan in Fellow Creatures (2021)
      Fellow Creatures
      7.4
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2021
    • Abigail Lawrie in She (2020)
      She
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Mr Invisible (2013)
      Mr Invisible
      7.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Fired!
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2012

    Director

    • Bee Stung Wasp
      Short
      • Director
      • 2000

    Videos6

    Bellman And True
    Trailer 3:15
    Bellman And True
    The Shock Doctrine
    Trailer 1:35
    The Shock Doctrine
    Virtual Sexuality
    Trailer 1:58
    Virtual Sexuality
    9 Songs
    Trailer 2:06
    9 Songs
    Cracker
    Trailer 2:03
    Cracker
    Cracker: Season 2
    Trailer 1:09
    Cracker: Season 2

    Personal details

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    • Official sites
      • Another Tongue Voice (Work) Agency
      • Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency
    • Alternative names
      • Keiran O'Brien
    • Height
      • 1.73 m
    • Born
      • 1973
      • Rochdale, England, UK
    • Other works
      Stage: Appearing as Guy in UK tour of Simon Beaufoy's The Full Monty with Kenny Doughty, Roger Morlidge, Sidney Cole, Craig Gazey and Simon Rouse.
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Pictorial

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      [on Margo Stilley, his co-star in 9 Songs (2004)] I didn't fancy her - I felt protective towards her. On set she was the only woman with a crew of four lads. You can't get away from the fact she's a young girl.

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