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Home/People/Mark O'Brien
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Born
May 7, 1984
Age 41
Place of Birth
St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

41
Movies
13
TV Shows
8
Directed
Also Known As
Mark O’Brien
IMDb Profile

Mark O'Brien

Acting

Biography
Mark O'Brien (born May 7th, 1984) is a Canadian actor and director. He is best known for playing the role of Des Courtney in Republic of Doyle (2010) and Tom Rendon in Halt and Catch Fire (2014).
Nuremberg poster

Nuremberg

as Colonel John Amen
2025
Falsehood poster

Falsehood

as Elizeus Carrier
2025
Shadow of God poster

Shadow of God

as Mason Harper
2025
Seven Veils poster

Seven Veils

as Paul
2025
Topper poster

Topper

as Topper
2025
Blue Bayou poster

Blue Bayou

as Ace
2021
The Righteous poster

The Righteous

as Aaron Smith
2021
Hammer poster

Hammer

as Chris Davis
2019
Marriage Story poster

Marriage Story

as Carter Mitchum
2019
Ready or Not poster

Ready or Not

as Alex Le Domas
2019
Goalie poster

Goalie

as Terry Sawchuk
2019
State Like Sleep poster

State Like Sleep

as Darren
2019
The Front Runner poster

The Front Runner

as Billy Shore
2018
Bad Times at the El Royale poster

Bad Times at the El Royale

as Larsen Rogers
2018
Kin poster

Kin

as Jake
2018
The Darkest Minds poster

The Darkest Minds

as Rob Meadows
2018
How It Ends poster

How It Ends

as Jeremiah
2018
Anon poster

Anon

as Cyrus Frear
2018
Parallel poster

Parallel

as Josh
2018
Arrival poster

Arrival

as Captain Marks
2016