A young dramatic actor of film and TV who has appeared in several dark big-screen dramas, the Irish-born O'Conor (not to be confused with the late American actor Hugh O'Connor) began acting at the age of eight in the TV show "The Irish RM" (RTE). He went on to appear in "Rawhead Rex" and "Fear of the Dark" as well as radio dramas and stage shows like "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".O'Conor was still a relative unknown pre-teen when he co-starred with Liam Neeson in the British-made feature "Lamb" (1985). O'Conor played the ten-year-old Owen, a lonely epileptic boy who is temporarily
