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Hugh O'Conor

Hugh O'Conor

Actor · Born April 19, 1975 (51) · Dublin, Ireland

Hugh O'Conor is an Irish actor, writer, director, and photographer. In 2020, he was listed as number 49 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 19, 1975 (51)
From
Dublin, Ireland
Works as
Actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 59 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 14% in 30 days

What are Hugh O'Conor's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
24%
Bonds
22%
Society
16%
Survival
15%
Morality
14%
Power
9%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 4 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 11 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 7

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 10 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 10
Trickster
3 of 10
Shadow
1 of 10
Mentor
1 of 10
Herald
1 of 10
Hero
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
9
Dread
5
Absurd
5
Warm
4
Other
19

How their films linger

Haunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hugh O'Conor's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hugh O'Conor's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

59 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page.

  • Bucking Fastard(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Small Town, Big Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Conor VFX

  • Worry World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Writer

  • Lola(2022)

    as Enoch Johnson

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • X Marks the Spot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Smother(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · as Dr. Kevin

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Miss Scarlet(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as James Henderson

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Resistance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 5 episodes · as Dr Lawrence Moore

  • Sonja: The White Swan(2018)

    as Winthrope Gardiner

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Metal Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · as Smileyburger Functionary

  • The Overcoat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

  • Mary Shelley(2017)

    as Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Pilgrimage(2017)

    as Brother Cathal

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Handsome Devil(2016)

    as Sex Instructor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Property of the State (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Father Joe Walsh

  • Children and Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · as Hugh

  • Shem the Penman Sings Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as James Joyce

  • 1946 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Dan

  • The Bachelor Weekend(2013)

    as Fionnan

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • A Terrible Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Lt. Arthur Dickson

  • Ripper Street(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Eagles

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Saving the Titanic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Assistant Engineer Jonathan Shepherd

  • Stella Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Willie

  • Killing Bono(2011)

    as Gary

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Three Wise Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Tom

  • Reuniting the Rubins(2010)

    as Yona Rubin

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Man Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Wild Decembers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as The Crock

  • Corduroy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Writer

  • A Film with Me in It(2008)

    as Detective

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Out of the Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Mr. Henry Cavendish (archive footage)

  • Flick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Johnny 'Flick' Taylor

  • Summer of the Flying Saucer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Father Burke

  • Spacemen Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Northanger Abbey(2007)

    as James Morland

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Botched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Dmitry

  • Speed Dating(2007)

    as James Van Der Bexton

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Inspector Lewis(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Father Jasper

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Waiting for Dublin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Twickers

  • The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Mr. Henry Cavendish

  • Showbands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Karl

  • Bloom(2003)

    as Stephen Daedalus

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Renegade(2004)

    as Young Mike Blueberry

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Deathwatch(2002)

    as Anthony Bradford

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Coney Island Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Satchmo

  • Submerged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Jim McDonald

  • Chocolat(2000)

    as Father Henri

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Hotel Splendide(2000)

    as Stanley Smith

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • 30 Years to Life(1998)

    as Young Vinnie

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Sawdust Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Isaac

  • The Boy from Mercury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Paul

  • The Young Poisoner's Handbook(1995)

    as Graham Young

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Words Upon the Window Pane(1994)

    as Cabin Boy

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Three Musketeers(1993)

    as King Louis XIII

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Red Hot(1993)

    as Yuri

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • My Left Foot(1989)

    as Young Christy Brown

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Da (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Boy Charlie

  • Lamb(1985)

    as Owen Kane

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Rawhead Rex(1986)

    as Robbie Hallenbeck

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles from 1986 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Chocolat (2000)

$153M worldwide

Highest rated

Chocolat (2000)

Midcredits 86th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19862026

Peak 2017 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1986Screen debut· Rawhead Rex
  • 1995First top-billed film· The Young Poisoner's Handbook
  • 1995Breakout· The Young Poisoner's Handbook

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting53 of 58: 51 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thDirecting5 of 58: 1 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting4 of 58: 1 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing1 of 58: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

58 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s4 · acting1990s7 · acting2000s22 · 20 acting · 2 crew2010s18 · 17 acting · 3 crew2020s7 · 5 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 6% of 18 roles
860111

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Hugh O'Conor's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Reuniting the Rubins (2010)

78th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

My Left Foot (1989)

Midcredits 98th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Hugh O'Conor's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles24–85 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles19–48 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles9–60 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles21–47 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles21–69 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Hugh O'Conor work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hugh O'Conor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Butler shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers