Colin O'Donoghue

"“When I first got the audition for the show, I thought: ‘well there is no way I can play this because I’m not old enough to play the traditional Captain Hook’. We discussed it and, together with the creators, we managed to come up with something that is quite different.""

- Colin O'Donoghue src

Colin O'Donoghue is the Irish actor who portrays Hook and Hook (Wish Realm) on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Biography
Colin O'Donoghue was born on January 26, 1981 in Drogheda of the Republic of Ireland to a Roman Catholic family. His parents are Mary and Con O'Donoghue, and maternal grandparents are Anne and Arthur Dunne. Colin is married to Helen O'Donoghue. On August 1, 2013, they welcomed their first child, Evan.

At 2011, at eighteen, Colin attended Dublin's Gaiety School of Acting and completed the Two Year Professional Actor trainee programme.

Colin's early career was mainly split between theater and television work in Ireland and the UK. At the November 2003 1st Irish Film and Television Awards ceremony, Colin won the Irish Film and Television Award for "Best New Talent" for his role as Norman Quested in the television drama Home For Christmas.

Primarily, Colin has starred in Irish and United Kingdom movies and television shows. He also made a notable appearance in the third season of 2009 historical fiction series The Tudors as Duke Philip of Bavaria. He caught the eye of a Los Angeles agent from his appearance on The Tudors that landed him his very first Hollywood movie role was in the horror thriller flick The Rite.

From 2003 to May 2013, he was part of a five piece Ireland based band The Enemies. As a result of his Once Upon a Time filming obligations, Colin left the band to continue acting on the show.

Trivia

 * Previously worked with Sarah Bolger on The Tudors as Duke Philip of Bavaria, a romantic interest to her character, Princess Mary Tudor.
 * Attended real exorcisms in Rome to research his film role's character as a seminary student in The Rite.
 * Favorite fairytales are "Hansel and Gretel" and "Rumplestiltskin".
 * Favorite Disney movie is Peter Pan.
 * Has a scar on his cheek from a shaving accident when he was three years old.
 * During his appearance in the Once Upon a Time episode "Enter the Dragon", Colin portrayed Hook as the disguised form of Mr. Gold.
 * Is close friends with Once Upon a Time co-stars Sean Maguire and Jennifer Morrison.
 * For Halloween, Colin wore an Oz palace guard uniform.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.