Owen McDonnell (born 1974) is an Irish actor best known for playing
Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll in RTÉ Television's Single-Handed and
Niko Polastri in BBC America's Killing Eve.McDonnell was born in
Galway in Ireland. He attended the Central School of Speech and Drama
in London, England, moving to the city in 1996. Before breaking into
film and television, McDonnell did a lot of theatre in Ireland and the
United Kingdom.McDonnell had a role in the 2003 feature film
Conspiracy of Silence. It was RTÉ Television's police drama
Single-Handed that was McDonnell's television career break. He starred
in all four series of the programme and was nominated for an IFTA
Award for the role in 2011. McDonnell was given the lead role of Garda
Sergeant Jack Driscoll after receiving a call from casting director
Maureen Hughes. Appearing onstage in The Lieutenant of Inishmore in
Galway Town Hall at the time, McDonnell, alongside two other cast
members, left for Dublin to read the script for the original
Single-Handed director Colm McCarthy. He was given the lead role a day
later.
Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll in RTÉ Television's Single-Handed and
Niko Polastri in BBC America's Killing Eve.McDonnell was born in
Galway in Ireland. He attended the Central School of Speech and Drama
in London, England, moving to the city in 1996. Before breaking into
film and television, McDonnell did a lot of theatre in Ireland and the
United Kingdom.McDonnell had a role in the 2003 feature film
Conspiracy of Silence. It was RTÉ Television's police drama
Single-Handed that was McDonnell's television career break. He starred
in all four series of the programme and was nominated for an IFTA
Award for the role in 2011. McDonnell was given the lead role of Garda
Sergeant Jack Driscoll after receiving a call from casting director
Maureen Hughes. Appearing onstage in The Lieutenant of Inishmore in
Galway Town Hall at the time, McDonnell, alongside two other cast
members, left for Dublin to read the script for the original
Single-Handed director Colm McCarthy. He was given the lead role a day
later.
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