Derrick O'Connor
Biography
Derrick O'Connor was an Irish actor whose career spanned theater, television and film in Britain and the United States. He spent his early years in Dublin, where he was born in 1941, and in London, and he trained in Essex at the East 15 Acting School. His first stage success came in Edinburgh, performing avant-garde work at the Traverse Theatre and the Royal Lyceum Theatre, and he appeared there in plays by Stanley Eveling and Megan Terry. He later played in London and Manchester, including The Merry-Go-Round at the Royal Court Theatre, Blood Sports with Simon Callow, and Born Yesterday at the Royal Exchange, and he acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was best known as the mercenary Pieter Vorstedt in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and for roles in three films by Terry Gilliam, among them Brazil (1985). His television credits included Crown Court and Fox. He died in 2018.
77years old at death
- Born Dublin
- Died Santa Barbara
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 33 years1973 to 2006
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Getting ready for a role
Terry Gilliam noted that O'Connor had a habit of dropping most of his dialogue for physical character humor, as in Time Bandits, where his character was reduced to grunts while Maid Marian translated for him.
Getting ready for a role
In the film Brazil, O'Connor threw out everything his character was meant to say and instead delivered the same lines as Bob Hoskins' character.
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Worked with
Derrick O'Connor shares two films with Harry Andrews, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jim Broadbent's page
Udo Kier's page
All films by Mark Steven Johnson
All films by Terry Gilliam
All films by Richard Donner
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