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Eugene O'Hare

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Eugene O'Hare
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Eugene O'Hare is an Irish actor, Methuen-published playwright and screenwriter. He has played recurring roles in major dramas for HBO, Netflix, BBC, Starz and Sony. He is currently writing for the upcoming Netflix UK series 'Grown Ups'. He made his Broadway debut at 24 and has worked with directors such as Sam Mendes, Ridley Scott and Alex Graves. In May 2024 he was named the winner of the inaugural Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize for Comedy; a major new-writing prize created by Sean Foley at Birmingham Rep Theatre, BBC Comedy and Victoria Wood Foundation. His play 'Portugal' beat 600 anonymous entries.

He plays Governor Martin in 'Outlander' Seasons 6 & 7 and recently filmed for the new series of 'The Diplomat' for Netflix.

O'Hare's performance in True West was publicly lauded by its author the late Sam Shepard in the last British revival before Shepard's death.

O'Hare created the role of Magennis in Jez Butterworth's hit play The Ferryman directed by Sam Mendes in 2017. His first American stage role was on Broadway playing Colm Meaney's son in the Eugene O'Neill masterpiece A Moon for the Misbegotten. O'Hare later returned to New York to St Ann's Warehouse to create the role of Pierre opposite Adrian Lester in Lolita Chakrabarti's multi award-winning debut play Red Velvet.

He has both written for and performed at the National Theatre in London and has played many roles on stage at theaters such as the Royal Court, Shakespeare's Globe, The Old Vic and in London's West End.

in 2022, he played American tech millionaire James McKelvey in Season 2 of HBO's Industry and he played Michaelis in the Netflix/Sony remake of Lady Chatterley's Lover. He has had roles in Black Mirror, Marcella, The Fall, Dublin Murders and Prometheus.

In 2019, his debut plays, published by Methuen, debuted in the same season at the Park Theatre in London to critical and public acclaim. One of these plays, Sydney & the Old Girl, featured the Harry Potter Bafta-winning actress Miriam Margolyes.

in 2023 his new Irish play The Dry House headlined the first spring season of the new Marylebone Theatre in London on 31st March. It ran until 6th May and starred Derry Girls actor Kathy Kiera Clarke. O'Hare also directed the play. The production was publicly lauded by the actor and filmmaker Paddy Considine. It was described by theatre critic Patrick Marmion as "as bleak and beautiful a work as you can care to imagine".The play received nightly full standing ovations with some audience members claiming to have seen the play several times- describing its effect as cathartic and profound.

The BBC commissioned his first outing as a screenwriter in 2018. The Music Room featured the entire Ulster Orchestra and played to a record audience on BBC One during Children in Need. In 2023 he received a commission from ITV Comedy which is currently in development with Element Pictures.

O'Hare has several original feature film scripts optioned and in development with Northern Ireland Screen. A wide range of high profile talent have attached to, or performed ,his work including Stephen Rea, David Tennant, and Caitriona Balfe.

He is represented by the Literary agency Curtis Brown in London and as an actor he is represented by Charlie Cox at EBA.
BornAugust 5, 1980
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    Known for

    Outlander (2014)
    Outlander
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Governor Josiah Martin
    • Governor Martin
    Emma Corrin and Jack O'Connell in L'Amant de lady Chatterley (2022)
    L'Amant de lady Chatterley
    6.6
    • Michaelis
    • 2022
    Ken Leung, Kit Harington, and Harry Lawtey in Industry (2020)
    Industry
    7.5
    TV Series
    • James McKelvey
    Anna Friel in Marcella (2016)
    Marcella
    7.3
    TV Series
    • DC Eddie Lyons

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    Actor



    • Outlander (2014)
      Outlander
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Governor Martin
      • Governor Josiah Martin
      • 2022–2023
    • Emma Corrin and Jack O'Connell in L'Amant de lady Chatterley (2022)
      L'Amant de lady Chatterley
      6.6
      • Michaelis
      • 2022
    • Ken Leung, Kit Harington, and Harry Lawtey in Industry (2020)
      Industry
      7.5
      TV Series
      • James McKelvey
      • 2022
    • King's Bounty II (2021)
      King's Bounty II
      5.7
      Video Game
      • Uwe
      • Dupont
      • Lupin (voice) ...
      • 2021
    • Anna Friel in Marcella (2016)
      Marcella
      7.3
      TV Series
      • DC Eddie Lyons
      • 2020
    • Dublin Murders (2019)
      Dublin Murders
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Detective Quigley
      • 2019
    • Matthew Rhys, Liam Ward, Ann Skelly, and Billy Winters in Death and Nightingales (2018)
      Death and Nightingales
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Constable Shanley
      • 2018
    • True West (2014)
      True West
      6.4
      • Austin
      • 2014
    • London Irish (2013)
      London Irish
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Jimmy
      • 2013
    • Coming Up (2003)
      Coming Up
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Jackie, Junior
      • 2013
    • Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan in The Fall (2013)
      The Fall
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Aaron Monroe
      • 2013
    • Prometheus (2012)
      Prometheus
      7.0
      • Mechanic 4
      • 2012
    • Black Mirror (2011)
      Black Mirror
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Hammond
      • 2011
    • Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Rea, Tom Conti, Toby Jones, Juliet Stevenson, and Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War (2008)
      10 Days to War
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • C-Company man
      • 2008
    • The Meeting
      Short
      • Connor
      • 2007

    Writer



    • The Music Room (2018)
      The Music Room
      9.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2018

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    • Alternative name
      • Eugene O' Hare
    • Height
      • 1.78 m
    • Born
      • August 5, 1980
      • Ireland
    • Other works
      created the role of Magennis in Jez Butterworth's hit play The Ferryman directed by Sam Mendes.

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      • Irish

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      Since 2020, O'Hare's poetry has appeared in dozens of international magazines such as Rattle, Causeway, Stand, Cyphers and as a featured news piece in The Irish News. He was shortlisted for the 2021 poetry prize at Belfast Book Festival, shortlisted by Billy Collins for the Fish Publishing Prize, and in 2024 he was named runner-up in the 52nd Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award for an unpublished first collection.
    • Quotes
      "Don't know where I stand with the weatherman these days. One day it's all warm and breezy, and the next Old Jack frost comes to take the skin off your back"- The Weatherman (Methuen Drama)
    • Nickname
      • Gene

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