Hugh O'Conor
Biography
Born in Dublin in 1975, Hugh O'Conor is an Irish actor who also works as a writer, director, and photographer. His first screen role was opposite Liam Neeson in Lamb, the 1985 film. In 1990 he received a Young Artist Award for playing the young Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), and Daniel Day-Lewis named him in his Oscar acceptance speech for that movie. O'Conor played murderer Graham Young in The Young Poisoner's Handbook, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1995. He appeared as Pere Henri in Chocolat (2000), earning a SAG cast nomination, and was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for Speed Dating (2006). On stage, he won Best Supporting Actor at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for King Lear at the Abbey Theatre. His first feature, Metal Heart, and the animated short The Overcoat both premiered at the 2018 Galway Film Fleadh, where The Overcoat won Best Animated Sequence.
51years old
Turns 52 on April 19in 160 days
- Born Dublin
- Star sign: AriesLast day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 37 years1986 to 2023
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First role
O'Conor made his first appearance in a film in the 1985 movie Lamb, in which he acted opposite Liam Neeson.
Behind the camera
Corduroy, a short film by O'Conor, competed in the Generation 14Plus presentation at the 60th Berlinale in Berlin. At the 2010 Clones Film Festival it took the Best Fiction/Experimental Film award.
Behind the camera
At the 2018 Galway Film Fleadh, O'Conor's first feature, Metal Heart, and his animated short, The Overcoat, both had their premieres. The Overcoat took the prize for Best Animated Sequence.
Behind the camera
O'Conor helped create and perform in RTE's sketch comedy Your Bad Self, which aired in 2010. The show took Best Entertainment at the 2011 Irish Film and Television Awards.
Hugh O'Conor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Butler directed two of these films. Amy Huberman appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Amy Huberman's page
Andrew Scott's page
Stephen Hogan's page
Rúaidhrí Conroy's page
Norma Sheahan's page
Mark Doherty's page
John ButlerDirector, 2 films, 2013 to 2017
All films by John Butler
Also two films together1 more actor
- David HeapSaving the Titanic (2012) and Botched (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Hugh O'Conor's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$282 million
5 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$153M54.2% of the total
- 2$112M39.7% of the total
- 3$15M5.2% of the total
- 4$2.3M0.8% of the total
- 5$14K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.