ACTOR

Colin O'Donoghue

1981 - Today

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Colin O'Donoghue (born 26 January 1981) is an Irish actor and musician, best known for portraying Captain Killian "Hook" Jones on the ABC TV show Once Upon a Time. He appeared in the horror thriller film The Rite (2011) as a skeptical novice priest, Michael Kovak. He portrayed the character of Douxie Casperan in the Guillermo del Toro animated series Tales of Arcadia for Netflix. He is also portraying Gordon Cooper on Disney+ Original Series The Right Stuff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Colin O'Donoghue is the 8,531st most popular actor (down from 8,154th in 2024), the 378th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 352nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Irish Actor.

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Among people born in 1981, Colin O'Donoghue ranks 335. Before him are Marica Hase, Clemente Rodríguez, Harel Skaat, Katarina Srebotnik, Zsolt Baumgartner, and Seçkin Özdemir. After him are Ali Al-Habsi, Stephanie Beatriz, Brad Walker, César Delgado, Romeo Santos, and Vasil Kiryienka.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Colin O'Donoghue ranks 378 out of 549. Before him are James Mason (1849), Anne Enright (1962), Leo Varadkar (1979), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), Orla Brady (1961), and Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848). After him are T. P. McKenna (1929), Sharon Corr (1970), Robert Sheehan (1988), Henry Grattan (1746), Terence MacSwiney (1879), and Patrick Kavanagh (1904).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Colin O'Donoghue ranks 54. Before him are Katie McGrath (1983), Patricia Collinge (1892), Dave Allen (1936), Barry Keoghan (1992), Brían F. O'Byrne (1967), and Orla Brady (1961). After him are T. P. McKenna (1929), Robert Sheehan (1988), Kerry Condon (1983), Genevieve O'Reilly (1977), Aidan Turner (1983), and Ardal O'Hanlon (1965).

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