Eugene O'Brien is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, and actor.
He is best known for his very successful play Eden, which after playing at the Peacock Theatre/Abbey Theatre in Dublin was put on in the West End of London and Broadway in New York City.
[2] O'Brien's second play, Savoy, premiered on the Peacock stage in 2004.
[2] The author of several radio plays for RTÉ, The Nest and Sloth, in 2005 he wrote the screenplay to Pure Mule, a six-part television drama for RTÉ, which garnered five Irish Film and Television awards.
[2] As an actor, he has worked for The Corn Exchange, Bickerstaffe, Calypso, Storytellers, Barnstorm, Loose Cannon, and Glasshouse Theatre companies, and has appeared in several television series including Ballykissangel.