High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Chris O`Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Roy Trenneman in British sitcom The IT Crowd. He has also appeared in several Hollywood films, including Gulliver`s Travels and Bridesmaids, the latter of which "has thrown him into the position as one of Hollywood`s leading men almost overnight with the film making over $100 million dollars at the US box office."