Ruairi O’Connor

About

Ruairí O’Connor (born 9 July 1991) is an Irish actor. On television, he is known for his role as Henry Tudor, the future Henry VIII, in the Starz series The Spanish Princess (2019–2020). His films include Handsome Devil (2016) and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021).

O’Connor grew up in Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, as the oldest of four siblings. His family moved to the countryside when he was 14 to live on a stud farm. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2015.

O’Connor began his career in 2012 when he was cast as Niall in the Lenny Abrahamson film What Richard Did.
In 2016, he had a guest role in the RTÉ2 series Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope and a recurring role in the BBC Northern Ireland series My Mother and Other Strangers. He landed his first major television role as Michael Vincent in the Sky One series Delicious from 2016 to 2018. That same year, he starred as the school-bully and chief antagonist Weasel in the teen coming of age film Handsome Devil.
O’Connor starred alongside Elle Fanning in the 2018 film Teen Spirit. In May 2018, it was announced that O’Connor would…