Kieran O'Brien
O'Brien grew up in nearby Royton and was educated at the Bishop Henshaw Roman Catholic Memorial High School in Rochdale. He began acting at an early age and was the star of a BBC TV series Gruey by the time he was 15. He also featured in several other series at the time in one-off or recurring roles. In 1993, he played the role of Craig Lee in Coronation Street and then the role of Lee Jones in Children's Ward. In 1993 he also became a regular in the detective series, Cracker, playing Mark, the son of central character Robbie Coltrane. In 1999 he made his cinema debut with the film Virtual Sexuality and began a reunited with Cracker director Michael Winterbottom for 24 Hour Party People in 2002 and, in '04, for the controversial 9 Songs, which included scenes of genuine sexual intercourse between O'Brien and his leading lady Margo Stilley. His role had earned him the credit of being the only mainstream British actor who has been shown ejaculating in a mainstream UK-produced feature. Since 9 Songs, O'Brien has made two further films with Winterbottom; A Cock and Bull Story and The Look of Love. Recent regular TV roles include Holby Blue and The Syndicate.
9 Songs
as MattMatt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South...
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Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this...
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24 Hour Party People
as NathanManchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for...
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Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional...
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The Look of Love
as Jimmy HumphriesPaul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest...
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Holmes & Watson
as PC SmallsDetective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at...
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A Cock and Bull Story
as GarySteve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the...
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Peterloo
as Peter Wilkes, a FarrierAn epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a...
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Spike Island
as Poster VendorTeenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor...
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Virtual Sexuality
as Alex ThorneA frustrated teenage girl creates her perfect man in a virtual reality machine and in a freak...
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The Shock Doctrine
as Narrator (Voice)An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal...
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The Watchman
as Lee SimpsonCCTV operator Carl becomes frustrated when the police refuse to tackle a gang of drug dealers....
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Cracker: Nine Eleven
as Mark FitzgeraldAfter living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for...
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Bellman and True
as The BoyHiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security...
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The Following Year
as BenThe near future. The day of his anniversary a widower receives the clone of the woman he lost...
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Monster Maker
as Matt BantingA young boy wants to work with a famous creature/fx man but gets more than he bargained when one...
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Death in Paradise
as DannyA brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...
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Vera
as Bobby SalterA sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England,...
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Ted Lasso
as James TarttTed Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer...
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Chernobyl
as KhodemchuckThe true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear...
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Casualty
as Chris MillerDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Casualty
as BillyDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Band of Brothers
as Allen VestDrawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters,...
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Star Wars: Andor
as PeglaIn an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference...
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New Tricks
as Michael JacobsNew Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...
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Heartbeat
as NeilSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as AlIt's her business doing pleasure with you. A witty and provocative series based on the real-life...
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Cracker
as uncreditedThe wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...
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Cracker
as Mark FitzgeraldThe wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...
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Cracker
as MarkThe wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...
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Life on Mars
as Davie MackayA detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over...
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Cuckoo
as GoranCuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is...
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Dalziel & Pascoe
as uncreditedBritish crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...
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Years and Years
as WoodyAs Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the...
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Moving On
as ShaneMoving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone...
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Blue Murder
as Terry CamertonBlue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from...
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Jason and the Argonauts
as ActorAt a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of...
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In the Dark
as DS Gary KennyDI Helen Weeks grapples with pregnancy as she undertakes a very personal abduction case.
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Glue
as Thomas BrayOverton is a small, countryside village where farming is its bread and butter and race horses...
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The Last Enemy
as WafaStephen Ezard's search for the truth about the death of his brother Michael catapults him into...
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Prey
as Phil PrenticeThree-part crime thriller. When detective Marcus Farrow looks into a seemingly forgotten case,...
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Children's Ward
as Lee JonesChildren's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television...
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Messiah
as Eric MetcalfeCrime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.
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Holby Blue
as Constable Robert CliftonThe police force at Holby South is tasked with the toughest job yet. Not only are they fighting...
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Burn It
as Andy GrimshawCarl, Jon and Andy have been mates forever. They are Generation X-hardened party animals but...
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Dramarama
as uncreditedDramarama is the name of a British children's anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and...
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Bluestone 42
as NutsackBluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So...
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Indie Sex
as SelfIndie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.
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The Cars That Made the World
as Self - NarratorTelling the story of a group of rival engineers who created the most transformative invention of...
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Love Life
as DezA story set in a blue collar world, about love, romance, family, and babies. When a man returns...
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The Family Pile
as StuartA comedic exploration of one of life's big milestones, four sisters who have lost their parents...
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Trucking Hell
as uncreditedSuper-sized transport jobs require even bigger trucks to perform them. Lifting the lid on the...
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Bloodlines
as Mark HopkinWhen a young serving police officer's father is released from jail after serving a sentence for...
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