Chris O'Dowd is an award-winning actor writer and director. He has appeared in many films including Bridesmaids The Sapphires and This Is 40. He also starred in cult TV series The IT Crowd Family Tree and Girls and on Broadway in Of Mice and Men with James Franco. He writes directs and stars in Moone Boy the Sky TV series on which he collaborates with his friend Nick Vincent Murphy. Chris is from Roscommon Ireland but is currently based in LA. He studied politics at Dublin University before training at LAMDA. Nick Vincent Murphy is an Irish screenwriter from Kilkenny now based in LA. He studied English and History at Trinity College Dublin and did a Masters in Film Production at the Dublin Institute of Technology. In 2007 he was a writer on the acclaimed television comedy-drama series The Running Mate and in 2010 his first feature film Hideaways premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival before going on to win the Méliès d'Argent Award for Best European Film at the Strasbourg Film Festival. In 2010 he co-wrote a short film Capturing Santa with Chris O'Dowd as part of the Little Crackers series for Sky which they then developed into comedy series Moone Boy winner of an International Emmy for Best Comedy. . Language: English