Mark O'Brien (actor)
Mark O'Brien (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian actor and director best known for his roles as Des Courtney in Republic of Doyle and Tom Rendon in Halt and Catch Fire.[1][2][3] He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards for his performance as Terry Sawchuk in the biographical drama film Goalie.[4]
Mark O'Brien | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Actor, director |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse(s) |
Personal life
O'Brien married fellow CBC network star Georgina Reilly on January 6, 2013, after having met on the set of Republic of Doyle in 2011.[5]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Downward Calling | John Doe | Short |
2008 | Patiently Wasting | Paul | |
Epilogue | Henry | ||
Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas | Charlie | ||
2009 | Quiet at Dawn | Watts | |
Grown Up Movie Star | Will | ||
Mum's the Word | Curtis | Short | |
Cut from the Same Cloth | Jack Cochrane | ||
2010 | Brad | Brad | |
Snarbuckled | Jacob O'Higgins | ||
2012 | Beat Down | Michael | |
Better People | John | Short | |
2013 | Sweetieface | ||
2015 | Dennis | Dennis | |
End of Days, Inc. | Jason | ||
Len and Company | Zach | ||
2016 | Arrival | Captain Marks | |
2018 | Parallel | Josh | |
State Like Sleep | Darren | ||
Anon | Cyrus Frear | ||
How It Ends | Jeremiah | ||
The Darkest Minds | Rob Meadows | ||
Kin | Jake Stanton | ||
The Front Runner | Billy Shore | ||
Bad Times at the El Royale | Larsen Rogers | ||
2019 | Goalie | Terry Sawchuk | |
Ready or Not | Alex Le Domas | ||
Marriage Story | Carter | ||
Hammer | Chris Davis | ||
2020 | The Righteous | Aaron Smith | Post-production |
Blue Bayou | Ace | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Legends and Lore of the North Atlantic | ||
2005–2007 | Kids' CBC | Himself | |
2006 | Above and Beyond | Drake | 2 episodes |
2008 | The One That Got Away | Tommy Palchek | TV movie |
2010–2014 | Republic of Doyle | Des Courtney | 78 episodes |
2011 | Warehouse 13 | Jerry Hoffler | |
2012 | Diary of a Deadly P.I. | Des Courtney | 12 episodes |
Murdoch Mysteries | Jerome Bradley | ||
2013 | This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Des Courtney | |
2014 | Hannibal | Randall Tier | 2 episodes |
Saving Hope | Marshall Parker | ||
2015–2016 | Halt and Catch Fire | Tom Rendon | 14 episodes |
2017 | The Last Tycoon | Max Miner | 9 episodes |
2019 | City on a Hill | Jimmy Ryan |
Director, producer and writer
Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | ||||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Other | ||||
Downward Calling | 2005 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film Editor |
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Lying Awake | 2006 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film Cinematographer, composer and editor |
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Pretty Girls | 2008 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Short film Editor and cinematographer |
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Brad | 2010 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film Editor |
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Kathy | 2011 | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
Better People | 2012 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Sweetieface | 2013 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Dennis | 2015 | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
gollark: So why do you need to understand how this works?
gollark: That's clearly Python there.
gollark: Stupidly convoluted black magic. That first bit reminds me of a Y combinator.
gollark: Poorly named and cryptic?
gollark: Typeomancy, as it is known.
References
- Wagmeister, Elizabeth (February 19, 2015). "AMC's 'Halt and Catch Fire' Adds Two Cast Members for Season 2". Variety. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- Barsanti, Sam (February 19, 2015). "Aleksa Palladino and Mark O'Brien join AMC's Halt And Catch Fire". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- "Mark O'Brien cast in AMC's Halt and Catch Fire". CBC.ca. March 1, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- Debra Yeo, "Quebec film ‘Antigone’ wins Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture". Toronto Star, May 28, 2020.
- Emily Pratt (February 1, 2013). "CBC wedding edition: Mark O'Brien and Georgina Reilly". CBC Live. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
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