Kieran O'Brien

Kieran O'Brien

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 Michael Winterbottom for 24 Hour Party People in 2002 and, in '04, for the controversial 9 Songs, which included scenes of genuine sexual intercourse between O'Brien and his leading lady Margo Stilley. His role had earned him the credit of being the only mainstream British actor who has been shown ejaculating in a mainstream UK-produced feature. Since 9 Songs, O'Brien has made two further films with Winterbottom; A Cock and Bull Story and The Look of Love. Recent regular TV roles include Holby Blue and The Syndicate.

  • Title: Kieran O'Brien
  • Popularity: 8.736
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1973-01-23
  • Place of Birth: Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK
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  • Also Known As: Keiran O'Brien
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Kieran O'Brien Movies

  • 2004
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    9 Songs

    9 Songs

    5.6 2004 HD

    Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet...

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  • 1999
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    Virtual Sexuality

    Virtual Sexuality

    5.2 1999 HD

    A frustrated teenage girl creates her perfect man in a virtual reality machine and in a freak accident, gives him life.

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  • 2006
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    Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

    Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

    2 2006 HD

    Elizabeth David is the most important cookery writer of the 20th century. David's public image was of an elegant, respectable and somewhat austere...

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  • 2005
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    Goal!

    Goal!

    6.8 2005 HD

    Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of...

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  • 2007
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    Goal II: Living the Dream

    Goal II: Living the Dream

    6 2007 HD

    Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet -...

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  • 2009
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    The Shock Doctrine

    The Shock Doctrine

    7.109 2009 HD

    An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror...

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  • 1987
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    Bellman and True

    Bellman and True

    6.5 1987 HD

    Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the...

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  • 2013
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    The Look of Love

    The Look of Love

    5.621 2013 HD

    Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter,...

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  • 1989
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    Monster Maker

    Monster Maker

    6.4 1989 HD

    A young boy wants to work with a famous creature/fx man but gets more than he bargained when one of the creatures, The Ultra-Gorgon, takes him under...

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  • 2005
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    A Cock and Bull Story

    A Cock and Bull Story

    6.2 2005 HD

    Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and...

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  • 2002
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    24 Hour Party People

    24 Hour Party People

    6.9 2002 HD

    Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a...

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  • 2016
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    The Watchman

    The Watchman

    6 2016 HD

    CCTV operator Carl becomes frustrated when the police refuse to tackle a gang of drug dealers. He takes the law into his own hands with devastating...

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  • 2018
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    Peterloo

    Peterloo

    6.8 2018 HD

    An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in...

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  • 2012
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    Spike Island

    Spike Island

    6.5 2012 HD

    Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.

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  • 2018
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    Holmes & Watson

    Holmes & Watson

    4.3 2018 HD

    Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut...

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  • 2006
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    Cracker: Nine Eleven

    Cracker: Nine Eleven

    7 2006 HD

    After living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for their daughter Katie's wedding. Drinking too much at...

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  • 2021
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    The Following Year

    The Following Year

    5.5 2021 HD

    The near future. The day of his anniversary a widower receives the clone of the woman he lost years ago under tragic circumstances.

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  • 2020
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    She

    She

    7 2020 HD

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  • 1993
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    Cracker

    Cracker

    6.5 1993 HD

    The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.

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  • 1983
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    Dramarama

    Dramarama

    6.7 1983 HD

    Dramarama is the name of a British children's anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. It tended to feature drama of a science...

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  • 2003
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    The Terry and Gaby Show

    The Terry and Gaby Show

    5 2003 HD

    The Terry and Gaby Show was a daytime television show broadcast on Five on weekday mornings between June 2003 and April 2004, produced by Chris...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1996
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    Dalziel & Pascoe

    Dalziel & Pascoe

    6.3 1996 HD

    British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The...

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  • 2007
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    Holby Blue

    Holby Blue

    7.1 2007 HD

    The police force at Holby South is tasked with the toughest job yet. Not only are they fighting the usual crime with drug offenders and gang members,...

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  • 2001
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    Band of Brothers

    Band of Brothers

    8.5 2001 HD

    Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men...

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  • 2008
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    The Last Enemy

    The Last Enemy

    6.8 2008 HD

    Stephen Ezard's search for the truth about the death of his brother Michael catapults him into an international conspiracy and a passionate love...

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  • 2006
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    Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

    7.8 2006 HD

    A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself...

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  • 2012
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    Love Life

    Love Life

    6 2012 HD

    A story set in a blue collar world, about love, romance, family, and babies. When a man returns from his travels abroad he is shocked to discover...

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  • 2001
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    Messiah

    Messiah

    7.1 2001 HD

    Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

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  • 2004
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    New Tricks

    New Tricks

    7.4 2004 HD

    New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service....

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  • 2003
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    Burn It

    Burn It

    6.3 2003 HD

    Carl, Jon and Andy have been mates forever. They are Generation X-hardened party animals but their party train is grinding to a halt. Andy is getting...

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  • 2012
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    Cuckoo

    Cuckoo

    6.7 2012 HD

    Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively...

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  • 1993
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    Cracker

    Cracker

    6.5 1993 HD

    The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.

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  • 2011
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    Vera

    Vera

    7.4 2011 HD

    A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder,...

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  • 2003
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    Blue Murder

    Blue Murder

    6.636 2003 HD

    Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network,...

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  • 2009
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    Moving On

    Moving On

    7.063 2009 HD

    Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through...

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  • 2014
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    Prey

    Prey

    6.8 2014 HD

    Three-part crime thriller. When detective Marcus Farrow looks into a seemingly forgotten case, he has no idea of the chaos and heartache that will...

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  • 2007
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    Secret Diary of a Call Girl

    Secret Diary of a Call Girl

    6.9 2007 HD

    It's her business doing pleasure with you. A witty and provocative series based on the real-life adventures of a high-class escort. Juggling her own...

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  • 2013
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    Bluestone 42

    Bluestone 42

    8.1 2013 HD

    Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So what’s the average working day for a hero? Make your...

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 1989
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    Children's Ward

    Children's Ward

    3.5 1989 HD

    Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its...

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  • 2003
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    The Afternoon Play

    The Afternoon Play

    1 2003 HD

    The Afternoon Play is a series of individual plays which sometimes appear on BBC One during weekday afternoons. The first series began on 27 January...

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  • 2017
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    In the Dark

    In the Dark

    6.4 2017 HD

    DI Helen Weeks grapples with pregnancy as she undertakes a very personal abduction case.

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  • 1993
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    Cracker

    Cracker

    6.5 1993 HD

    The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.

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  • 2014
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    Glue

    Glue

    6.1 2014 HD

    Overton is a small, countryside village where farming is its bread and butter and race horses are its beating heart. When the body of a local...

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  • 2000
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    Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

    6 2000 HD

    At a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of his uncle Pelias. Twenty years later, Jason returns...

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  • 2007
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    Indie Sex

    Indie Sex

    5.2 2007 HD

    Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.

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  • 2020
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    The Cars That Made the World

    The Cars That Made the World

    8 2020 HD

    Telling the story of a group of rival engineers who created the most transformative invention of the 20th century, this docuseries explores over a...

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  • 2022
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    Star Wars: Andor

    Star Wars: Andor

    8.2 2022 HD

    In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical...

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  • 2019
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    Years and Years

    Years and Years

    7.6 2019 HD

    As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019....

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  • 2019
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    Chernobyl

    Chernobyl

    8.681 2019 HD

    The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and...

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  • 2023
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    The Family Pile

    The Family Pile

    1 2023 HD

    A comedic exploration of one of life's big milestones, four sisters who have lost their parents and are packing up the family home to sell. But even...

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  • 2018
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    Trucking Hell

    Trucking Hell

    6 2018 HD

    Super-sized transport jobs require even bigger trucks to perform them. Lifting the lid on the heavy recovery business, featuring industrial strength...

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  • 2011
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    Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

    7.5 2011 HD

    A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of...

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  • 2005
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    Bloodlines

    Bloodlines

    7 2005 HD

    When a young serving police officer's father is released from jail after serving a sentence for murder, her investigations into his crime take her on...

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  • 2020
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    Ted Lasso

    Ted Lasso

    8.437 2020 HD

    Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With...

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