COMEDIAN

Chris O'Dowd

1979 - Today

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Christopher O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four series between 2006 and 2010. He has also starred in several films, including Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bridesmaids, Friends with Kids (both 2011), Cuban Fury (2014), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris O'Dowd has received more than 7,595,665 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Chris O'Dowd is the 87th most popular comedian (down from 85th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 385th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Chris O'Dowd ranks 87 out of 98. Before him are Joy Behar, Steven Wright, Gabriel Iglesias, Nick Swardson, Nick Kroll, and Dane Cook. After him are Kenan Thompson, Aziz Ansari, Ralphie May, Chelsea Handler, Mitch Hedberg, and Bo Burnham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Chris O'Dowd ranks 546. Before him are Aleksandar Radosavljević, Hugo Alcântara, André Holland, Walter Herrmann, Francisco Yeste, and Enrique Vera. After him are Artur Soares Dias, Justin Bruening, Amat Escalante, Tia Texada, Carlos Bocanegra, and Leena Peisa.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Chris O'Dowd ranks 430 out of 549. Before him are William Allingham (1824), Jonathan Sexton (1985), Niall Quinn (1966), Brian McFadden (1980), Sarah Bolger (1991), and Craig Breen (1990). After him are Charlie Murphy (1988), Imelda May (1974), Dylan Moran (1971), Richard Dunne (1979), Séamus Coleman (1988), and Amybeth McNulty (2001).

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Among COMEDIANS In Ireland

Among comedians born in Ireland, Chris O'Dowd ranks 1. 

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