Kieran O'Brien

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-01-23 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK

Kieran O'Brien

Biography

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 ...

Acting

2004

9 Songs

as Matt

1999

Virtual Sexuality

as Alex Thorne

2006

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

as Charles Gibson Cowan

2005

Goal!

as Hughie McGowan

2007

Goal II: Living the Dream

as Hughie McGowan

2009

The Shock Doctrine

as Narrator (Voice)

1987

2013

The Look of Love

as Jimmy Humphries

1989

Monster Maker

as Matt Banting

2016

The Watchman

as Lee Simpson

2018

Peterloo

as Peter Wilkes, a Farrier

2012

Spike Island

as Poster Vendor

2018

Holmes & Watson

as PC Smalls

2006

Cracker: Nine Eleven

as Mark Fitzgerald

2004

The Banker

as Vain Man

Production

2020

She

as Executive Producer

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