About Me

David O'Connor was born on June 16, sharing his birthday with Stan Laurel and Malcolm McDowell. Growing up in various places around the Midlands of the UK, it was in 1987 that he came to live in Daventry, Northamptonshire. David was an inquisitive and imaginative child. On a school report dated June 1988 his teacher Miss Sturgess commented "he enjoys all forms of creative activity including drama, singing and music". It was at Daventry William Parker School that the real interest in acting began. David makes no secret of the fact that school life was difficult and not a joy. He found relief and escape on the school stage, performing in school productions of Bugsy Malone and Macbeth among others. It was here that a boy who spent lunch periods in the school library away from others, filled the school auditorium. A shy person, David did not finish his college education. Instead a career in hospitality and catering beckoned. Then one day in 2007 David realised that if you do not try, you do not succeed. So began the process of auditioning for acting schools, culminating in his attendance of the reknowned New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in America. Dedicated to an ultimate truth in his work, David is a committed and ambitious artist who strives to meet this quote of Sanford Meisner.

"Achievement is knowing you have done the best you can, success is being praised by others. The most important thing to me is achievement."

Acting

Experience

Accents

Employment History & Experience

Film & Television
2010 Short Film
Barry (Lead) The Vagabond
Bourne Lock/J. McGovern

2010 Short Film
Michael (Lead) Mind Bender
NorthBerry /P. Berry

2010 Short Film
Greg (Support) Moving On
NathanHill/N. Hill

2010 Feature Film
Pete (Support) 1 in 3 Million
MacK Film/S.P. MacKenzie

2010 Short Film
Grey (Lead) Resident of Room 0762
Met Film School/A. McDonald

2010 Feature Film
Coffee Man (Support) Gravity
Starz TV (USA)/E. Schaeffer

2006 Feature Film
PC Andrews (Support) Whatever Happened to Pete Blaggit?
Sepia Films/M. Jeavons

Theatre
2010 Pantomine
Captain/Rat (Support) Dick Whittington
AIM Productions/J. Moore

2010 Stand Up
Myself (Ensemble) NYC Sunday Night Improv
Soter SNI (USA)/T. Soter

2010 Play
Richard (Lead) Richard III
NY SFT (USA)/E. Connolly

2010 Play
Steve (Lead) Say Goodnight Gracie
NY SFT (USA)/C. Kastendieck

2009 Play
Richard (Lead) Betrayal
NY SFT (USA)/S. Perlmutter

2002 Play
Arthur Phillip (Lead) Our Country’s Good
The Deco/S. Ball

2000 Play
Dr. Faustus (Lead) History of Faustus
The Royal/C. Brickell

Presenting

Experience

Specialist Areas

Employment History & Experience

2011 Corporate
David (Support) NBA Teacher Training
Round Midnight/Emmi

Modelling

Experience

Employment History & Experience

2010 Music Promo
Kanga Man (Lead)
Lions in Cages - Wolf Gang
Pulse Films/Dave Ma

Entertainment

Extras Work, Partipant, Contestant

Experience

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
School of Film & Television

Qualifications & Training

Meisner Technique I John Tyrrell
Meisner Technique II Steve Perlmutter
Actors Lab I & II Carol Kastendieck
Acting for Camera Becky London
Voice & Speech I Sara Buffamanti & Rebecca Lingafelter
Voice & Speech II Eileen Connolly
including cold reads, audition technique & voiceover work
Improvisation & Comedy Judith Searcy
Movement I – Dance Marcy McGuigan
Movement I – Feldenkrais Connie Rotunda
Movement II – Dance Connie Rotunda
Movement II – Feldenkrais Connie Rotunda
Film Genres & History Rawleigh Moreland

Other Information

Relevant Skills

Meisner technique and Feldenkrais