Inside Chris O'Dowd's Fortune: Chris O'Dowd's Assets & Salary - Is the Star a Billionaire? Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, Chris O'Dowd has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Is Chris O'Dowd's Net Worth?

Chris O'Dowd is an Irish actor, writer, director, producer, and comedian who has a net worth of $6 million. Chris O'Dowd is known for playing characters such as Brendan Davenport on "The Clinic" (2003–2005), Roy Trenneman on "The IT Crowd" (2006–2010;  2013), Seán Murphy on "Moone Boy" (2012–2015), and Miles Daly on "Get Shorty" (2017–2019). He created "Moone Boy" and wrote the show with Nick Vincent Murphy as well as producing the series and directing six episodes. O'Dowd and Murphy also co-wrote the books "Moone Boy: The Blunder Years" (2014), "Moone Boy: The Fish Detective" (2015), and "Moone Boy: The Notion Potion" (2017).

Chris has more than 60 acting credits to his name, including the films "Festival" (2005), "The Boat That Rocked" / "Pirate Radio" (2009), "Dinner for Schmucks" (2010), "Bridesmaids" (2011), "The Sapphires" (2012), "This Is 40" (2012), "Thor: The Dark World" (2013), and "Juliet, Naked" (2018) and the television series "Roman's Empire" (2007), "FM" (2009), "Girls" (2012–2013), "Family Tree" (2013), "State of the Union" (2019), and "The Big Door Prize" (2023–present). He voiced Dr. Herbert Cockroach on Nickelodeon's "Monsters vs. Aliens" from 2013 to 2014, and he narrated the animated Irish children's series "Puffin Rock" from 2015 to 2016. O'Dowd has also performed on Broadway, starring as Lennie in a 2014 production of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men." Chris won a Theatre World Award and earned a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award nomination for his performance in the play.

Early Life

Chris O'Dowd was born on October 9, 1979, in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. He is the son of psychotherapist/counsellor Denise O'Dowd and sign designer Seán O'Dowd, and he grew up with four older siblings. Chris played Gaelic football at the under-16 and minor levels as well as the under-21 level. O'Dowd attended University College Dublin (UCD), where he studied sociology and politics, then he spent 18 months at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In an interview with the "College Tribune," a UCD student newspaper, Chris stated, "I didn't finish my degree. The politics part of it was fine, but I was doing sociology as well and I could never bring myself to find an interest in it." During his time at UCD, O'Dowd was a contributor to the student newspaper "The University Observer," and he was involved with the Literary and Historical Society and UCD Dramsoc.

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Career

O'Dowd's first film was 2003's "Conspiracy of Silence," and he followed it with "VeraDrake" (2004), "Hotel Very Welcome" (2007), "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" (2008), "The Boat That Rocked" (aka "Pirate Radio," 2009), and "Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel" (2009). He won a BAFTA Scotland Award for his performance in 2005's "Festival." From 2003 to 2005, Chris played Brendan Davenport on the Irish medical drama "The Clinic," which earned him an IFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Television. He appeared in the TV movies "The Year London Blew Up: 1974" (2005) and "Showbands II" (2006), receiving another IFTA Award nomination for "Showbands II." In 2006, O'Dowd began starring as Roy Trenneman on the British sitcom "The IT Crowd," which aired 24 episodes over four seasons, followed by a farewell episode in 2013. The critically-acclaimed series earned Chris a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme in 2014. In 2007, he played Jase on the British series "Roman's Empire," and in 2009, he starred as Lindsay on ITV2's "FM." Next, O'Dowd appeared in the films "Hippie Hippie Shake" (2010), "Dinner for Schmucks" (2010), "Gulliver's Travels" (2010), "Friends with Kids" (2011), "3,2,1… Frankie Go Boom" (2012), "The Sapphires" (2012), "This Is 40" (2012), "Thor: The Dark World" (2013), "Cuban Fury" (2014), "St. Vincent" (2014), "Mascots" (2016), "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (2016), "The Incredible Jessica James" (2017), "Molly's Game" (2017), "Juliet, Naked" (2018), and "The Cloverfield Paradox" (2018).

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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.