---
name: "Brendan O'Carroll"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brendan-ocarroll"
fi1m_id: "brendan-ocarroll"
imdb_id: "nm0639983"
tmdb_id: 112827
wikidata_id: "Q4961036"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 September 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T15:36:52.342920+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brendan O'Carroll

## Identity

Brendan O'Carroll

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brendan-ocarroll
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brendan-ocarroll
- **IMDb ID:** nm0639983
- **TMDB ID:** 112827
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4961036
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_O%27Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4961036, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639983/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112827

Actor. Born 15 September 1955 in Finglas, Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 September 1955, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
- **Also known as:** 브렌던 오캐럴
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_O%27Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4961036, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639983/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112827

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mrs Brown's Boys*](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md) (45)

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## Biography

Brendan O'Carroll is an Irish actor, comedian, writer, producer and director. He was born in September 1955 in Finglas, Dublin.

He is best known for creating, writing and starring as Agnes Brown in the BBC and RTÉ sitcom *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011–). The series originated from stage plays and earlier radio and book work featuring the character. O'Carroll has also appeared in films including *The Van* (1996) and *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie* (2014).

In 2015 he received the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. His wife, Jennifer Gibney, appears in *Mrs Brown's Boys*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011), Fi1m 45, as Agnes Brown — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shedites* (2026), as Jimmy · Executive Producer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys New Year Special – New Year, New Mammy* (2023), as Agnus Brown · Writer
- *Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming* (2022), as Agnes Brown
- *Mrs Brown's Boys Live Episode: Mammy Sutra* (2016), Writer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: How Now Mrs. Brown Cow* (2015), as Mrs Agnes Brown · Director, Writer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: For the Love of Mrs. Brown* (2014), as Agnes Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie* (2014), as Agnes Brown · Writer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: Mrs. Brown Rides Again* (2013), as Agnes Brown · Writer, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Security Men* (2013), as Jimmy
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: Good Mourning Mrs. Brown* (2012), as Agnes Brown
- *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011), series, as Agnes Brown · Writer, Creator — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md)
- *Mrs. Brown's Bloomers* (2010), as Agnes Brown
- *The Fattest Man in Britain* (2009), as Father O'Flaherty
- *Dick Dickman, P.I.* (2008), Actor
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Seven Year Itch* (2008), as Agnes Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: How Now Mrs. Brown* (2007), as Agnes Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys - The Original Series* (2006), series, as Agnes Brown · Creator
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: Triple Trouble!* (2006), as Agnes Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: Good Mourning Mrs. Brown* (2005), as Agnes Brown
- *Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere* (2004), series, as Gypsy Joe
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: Believe It or Not* (2004), as Agnes Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Last Wedding - Part 2* (2003), as Agnes Brown · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Last Wedding - Part 1* (2002), as Agnes Brown · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Angela's Ashes* (1999), as Funeral Carriage Driver
- *Brendan O'Carroll: How's Your Raspberry Ripple?* (1999), Actor
- *Agnes Browne* (1999), Novel, Screenplay
- *Sweety Barrett* (1999), as Rissolli
- *Brendan O'Carroll: How's Your Wibbly Wobbly Wonder* (1997), Actor
- *The Van* (1996), as Weslie
- *Brendan O'Carroll: How's Your Jolly Roger?* (1995), Writer, Director
- *Brendan O'Carroll: How's Your Snowballs* (1994), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: Crackin' Christmas*, as Agnes Brown · Director
- *Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Surprises*, Actor
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys - Christmas Package*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown Boys: Christmas Crackers*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown's Boys: Mammy's Tickled Pink/Mammy's Gamble*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown's Boys: Christmas Corkers*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown’s Boys: Crackin’ Christmas Specials*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown's Boys: Festive Fancies*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Brendan O’Carroll was the Grand Marshal and as expected he brought his renowned humour and wit to the role! The Finglas-born star writes and stars in Mrs Brown’ (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/6791692/gallery-0fb95ef2e3eb.jpg) Brendan O’Carroll was the Grand Marshal and as expected he brought his renowned humour and wit to the role! The Finglas-born star writes and stars in Mrs Brown’ (2015) — William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Brendan_O%E2%80%99Carroll_was_the_Grand_Marshal_At_The_St._Patrick%27s_Day_Parade_In_Dublin_REF-102285_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brendan O'Carroll (left) and Jennifer Gibney (right) being driven in a vintage car in the 2015 Dublin St Patrick's Day Parade](https://film.one/media/person/6791692/gallery-6a2f6bb9bc97.jpg) Brendan O'Carroll (left) and Jennifer Gibney (right) being driven in a vintage car in the 2015 Dublin St Patrick's Day Parade — William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Brendan_O%E2%80%99Carroll_was_the_Grand_Marshal_At_The_St._Patrick%27s_Day_Parade_In_Dublin_REF-102282_%2816640203117%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brendan O'Carroll](https://film.one/media/person/6791692/gallery-16995ac821b1.jpg) Brendan O'Carroll — William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Brendan_O%27Carroll_as_the_Grand_Marshal_At_The_St._Patrick%27s_Day_Parade_In_Dublin_%28REF-102282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- People of the Year Awards 2013: People of the Year Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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