Gavin Drea

Gavin Drea, an Irish actor and comedian, was born in Dublin and began his screen work with a 2010 episode of Jack Taylor on TV3. He then took the role of Luke on Love/Hate, the RTÉ One drama, in its second season. His first feature was Lenny Abrahamson's What Richard Did (2012). On stage he appeared in the Druid Theatre Company's A Whistle in the Dark, staged in Ireland, Britain and America, and his performance as Des earned a best supporting actor nomination at the Irish Theatre Awards. In 2014 he founded the comedy collective Dreamgun and appeared in Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Breaking Dad. Later roles include Barney Quinn in My Mother and Other Strangers, Michael Collins in Resistance, and parts in Sweetness in the Belly (2019), My Salinger Year (2020), Wedding Season and Surface. He also did voice work in Cyberpunk 2077.