Eugene O'Hare

Eugene O'Hare

Born: August 5, 1980
in Ireland
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 made his Broadway debut at 24 and has worked with directors Sam Mendes, Ridley Scott and the late Victoria Wood.

In 2022/23 he will play Governor Martin in Outlander Seasons 6 & 7.

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.

2022 he will be seen playing a featured role in season 2 of HBO's Industry and in the Netflix/Sony remake of Lady Chatterley's Lover. He has had roles in Black Mirror, Marcella, The Fall, Dublin Murders and Prometheus.

His plays, published by Methuen, have all debuted in London to critical and public acclaim. The world premier of his play Sydney & the Old Girl featured the Harry Potter Bafta-winning actress Miriam Margolyes.

The BBC commissioned his first outing as a screenwriter in 2018. The Music Room featured the entire Ulster Orchestra.

O'Hare has several original feature film scripts optioned and in development for 2022 and 2023. He has a number of television scripts optioned with companies such as Element Pictures and The Lighthouse. A wide range of high profile talent is attached to his work.

He is represented by the Literary agency Curtis Brown in London and as an actor he is represented by Charlie Cox at EBA.

Movies for Eugene O'Hare...

Lady Chatterley's Lover
Title: Lady Chatterley's Lover
Character: Michaelis
Released: November 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Unhappily married aristocrat Lady Chatterley begins a torrid affair — and falls deeply in love — with the gamekeeper on her husband's country estate.
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Title: Dublin Murders
Character: Detective Quigley
Released: October 14, 2019
Type: TV
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
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True West
Title: True West
Character: Austin
Released: January 20, 2016
Type: Movie
A screenwriter gets conned out of selling a script to a Hollywood producer by his brother, who pitches his own idea for a movie. The damaged relationship between two estranged brothers striving for success is deconstructed in this comedic and tension-filled production at the Tricycle Theatre, London, captured for screen by Digital Theatre.
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Title: Outlander
Character: Governor Martin
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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Title: Outlander
Character: Governor Josiah Martin
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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Title: London Irish
Character: Jimmy
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Old enough to know better… Young enough to do it anyway. Conor, his older sister Bronagh, best friend Packy and Niamh have just moved from Ireland to London, ready to shake this drunken haze and start life afresh with a clear head. The days of forgotten nights out, regrettable bedfellows and alcohol fueled bad decisions are over. Cheers to the adult life! Which starts now… soon… just as soon as they shake this hangover.
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Title: The Fall
Character: Aaron Monroe
Released: May 12, 2013
Type: TV
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
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Prometheus
Title: Prometheus
Character: Mechanic #4
Released: May 30, 2012
Type: Movie
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Title: Black Mirror
Character: Hammond
Released: December 4, 2011
Type: TV
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
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Title: Waking the Dead
Character: Kevin Keogh
Released: June 18, 2001
Type: TV
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.