Eamon O’Rourke career spans over 15 years, beginning in the mid-2000s with a guest role on ER as Dr. Carter during Season 8, and continuing through his Emmy-nominated work on the short-lived TV series Falling Skies. His list of credits includes: The Descent, The Expanse, Queens of Country Music, and more recently the Netflix film “Mute.” He has also shared a few scenes with such actors as Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness and Tom Cruise in the film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Eamon O’Rourke is an Irish actor born into an acting family that stretches back to Belfast during the height of The Troubles. He received a Diploma in Theatre, Film and TV from the University of the Arts London and has starred in a plethora of international movies ranging from political thrillers to horror films.
An early career highlight was securing the role of Private Gary Hudson in Steven Spielberg’s hit TV series Falling Skies. Eamon went on to star as lead character Tim Creasey, who was press-ganged into working for the government, in Mute (2017), an independent sci-fi thriller which premiered at Austin’s renowned Fantastic Fest. The film also stars Paul Rudd and Alexander Skarsgård. Mute was picked up by Netflix, who released the film in theaters in select cities across the US and Canada, before premiering on Netflix.
Eamon O’Rourke is an active member of the Irish community in Brixton and frequently attends various charity events for local charities at the Irish Centre in London. Eamon has also performed stand-up comedy at Brixton’s O’Grady’s Bar, which boasts a first class entertainment programme with musicians such as The Libertines, Manic Street Preachers and Primal Scream.Rudd and Justin Theroux in addition to being directed by Duncan Jones (Moon).
Eamon O’Rourke has been a recurring character in 4 seasons of the hit SyFy series The Expanse. He portrays Ashford, the head engineer on The Rocinante. Later he is promoted to Chief Engineer and is playing the role in season 4.
Eamon O’Rourke was born into an acting family, with his grandfather being a professional actor and his father being a film producer. His mother and sister are also actresses.
Eamon enjoyed a good run of roles on TV including NBC’s “ER”, CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and ABC’s “A Gifted Man”.