Kieran O'Brien

Born: 1973-01-23

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.


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9 Songs

as Matt
Released: 2004-07-16

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South...

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Holmes & Watson

as PC Smalls
Released: 2018-12-25

Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham...

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as Hughie McGowan
Released: 2007-02-09

Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this...

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24 Hour Party People

as Nathan
Released: 2002-02-13

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for...

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as Hughie McGowan
Released: 2005-09-29

Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional...

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Peterloo

as Peter Wilkes, a Farrier
Released: 2018-11-01

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a...

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The Look of Love

as Jimmy Humphries
Released: 2013-04-26

Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest...

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A Cock and Bull Story

as Gary
Released: 2005-07-17

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the...

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Spike Island

as Poster Vendor
Released: 2012-10-11

Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor...

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Virtual Sexuality

as Alex Thorne
Released: 1999-07-02

A 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)
Released: 2009-09-01

An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal...

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Bellman and True

as The Boy
Released: 1987-11-12

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security...

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Cracker: Nine Eleven

as Mark Fitzgerald
Released: 2006-10-30

After living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for...

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The Watchman

as Lee Simpson
Released: 2016-08-24

CCTV operator Carl becomes frustrated when the police refuse to tackle a gang of drug dealers....

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Monster Maker

as Matt Banting
Released: 1989-01-23

A young boy wants to work with a famous creature/fx man but gets more than he bargained when one...

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The Following Year

as Ben
Released: 2021-10-15

The near future. The day of his anniversary a widower receives the clone of the woman he lost...

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Vera

as Bobby Salter
First aired: 2011-05-01

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England,...

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Casualty

as Chris Miller
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Casualty

as Billy
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Death in Paradise

as Danny
First aired: 2011-10-25

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...

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Dalziel & Pascoe

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-16

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...

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Ted Lasso

as James Tartt
First aired: 2020-08-14

Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer...

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Band of Brothers

as Allen Vest
First aired: 2001-09-09

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters,...

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Heartbeat

as Neil
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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New Tricks

as Michael Jacobs
First aired: 2004-01-01

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...

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Star Wars: Andor

as Pegla
First aired: 2022-09-21

The tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became...

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Cuckoo

as Goran
First aired: 2012-09-25

Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is...

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Chernobyl

as Khodemchuck
First aired: 2019-05-06

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear...

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Cracker

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-27

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...

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Cracker

as Mark Fitzgerald
First aired: 1993-09-27

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...

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Cracker

as Mark
First aired: 1993-09-27

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...

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Moving On

as Shane
First aired: 2009-05-18

Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone...

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Secret Diary of a Call Girl

as Al
First aired: 2007-09-27

It's her business doing pleasure with you. A witty and provocative series based on the real-life...

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Life on Mars

as Davie Mackay
First aired: 2006-01-09

A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over...

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Jason and the Argonauts

as Actor
First aired: 2000-05-07

At a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of...

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Dramarama

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-09-12

Dramarama is the name of a British children's anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and...

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Years and Years

as Woody
First aired: 2019-05-14

As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the...

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Blue Murder

as Terry Camerton
First aired: 2003-05-18

Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from...

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In the Dark

as DS Gary Kenny
First aired: 2017-07-11

DI Helen Weeks grapples with pregnancy as she undertakes a very personal abduction case.

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Messiah

as Eric Metcalfe
First aired: 2001-05-26

Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

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Indie Sex

as Self
First aired: 2007-08-01

Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.

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Children's Ward

as Lee Jones
First aired: 1989-03-15

Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television...

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The Last Enemy

as Wafa
First aired: 2008-02-17

Stephen Ezard's search for the truth about the death of his brother Michael catapults him into...

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Hearts and Bones

as Robbie Rose
First aired: 2000-04-30

Hearts and Bones is television drama series, about a group of friends who move from Coventry to...

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Glue

as Thomas Bray
First aired: 2014-09-15

Overton is a small, countryside village where farming is its bread and butter and race horses...

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Bluestone 42

as Nutsack
First aired: 2013-03-05

Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So...

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Trucking Hell

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-05-17

Super-sized transport jobs require even bigger trucks to perform them. Lifting the lid on the...

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Burn It

as Andy Grimshaw
First aired: 2003-02-08

Carl, Jon and Andy have been mates forever. They are Generation X-hardened party animals but...

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Prey

as Phil Prentice
First aired: 2014-04-28

Three-part crime thriller. When detective Marcus Farrow looks into a seemingly forgotten case,...

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Holby Blue

as Constable Robert Clifton
First aired: 2007-05-08

The police force at Holby South is tasked with the toughest job yet. Not only are they fighting...

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The Cars That Made the World

as Self - Narrator
First aired: 2020-11-28

Telling the story of a group of rival engineers who created the most transformative invention of...

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The Family Pile

as Stuart
First aired: 2023-01-17

A comedic exploration of one of life's big milestones, four sisters who have lost their parents...

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Bloodlines

as Mark Hopkin
First aired: 2005-01-31

When a young serving police officer's father is released from jail after serving a sentence for...

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Love Life

as Dez
First aired: 2012-03-15

A story set in a blue collar world, about love, romance, family, and babies. When a man returns...

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