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Roddy Doyle

Screenwriter / Writer / Novelist / Playwright / Lecturer / Teacher | * 05/08/1958 (65) | Dublin (Ireland)
Roddy Doyle (born Roderick Doyle, 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Animation

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Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to ...

The Commitments

R

1991 | 3.6/5 | 1h 58min
Comedy, Drama, Music
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This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusive. Paula drinks, objects to Charlie's thievery and ...

Family

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1994 | 4.3/5 | 3h 10min
 
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A mother strives to shield her young family from their new reality when their landlord sells the property and renders them homeless. ...

Rosie

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2019 | 3.2/5 | 1h 26min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Roddy Doyle

Irish PEN Award James Joyce Award Booker Prize Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature Booker Prize
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Movies with Roddy Doyle as Crew(12)

Writing/Novel2023 A Greyhound of a Girl
Production/Executive Producer2019 Rosie
Writing/Screenplay2019 Rosie
Writing/Writer2007 New Boy
Writing/Writer2000 When Brendan Met Trudy
Writing/Novel1996 The Van
Writing/Screenplay1996 The Van
Writing/Writer1994 Family
Writing/Novel1993 The Snapper
Writing/Screenplay1993 The Snapper
Writing/Novel1991 The Commitments
Writing/Screenplay1991 The Commitments

Full Name: Roddy Doyle
Citizenship: Ireland
Born: Thursday, 05/08 1958 (May) in Dublin (Ireland) (current age: 65 years + 354 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University College Dublin
Member of: Royal Society of Literature, Passion Machine
Spouses (current/former): Belinda Mary Alden Moller
Children: Rory Doyle, Jack Doyle, Kate Doyle
Roddy Doyle frequently works together with these people:
Colm Meaney (3x, Actor)
Rynagh O'Grady (3x, Actress)
Ger Ryan (3x, Actress)
Sheila Flitton (3x, Actress)
Mark Geraghty (3x, Crew)
Jack Lynch (3x, Actor)
Lynda Myles (3x, Crew)
Richard Hartley (2x, Crew)
Pauline McLynn (2x, Actress)
Enzo D'Alò (2x, Crew)
Garret Farrell (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:805542, Added: 11/08/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024