HOLLYWOOD star Chris O’Dowd has admitted he finds it hard taking on any violent roles.

The Roscommon actor has made his name in films such as Bridesmaids and telly series Moone Boy.

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But you are unlikely to find the 37-year-old doing an action movie any time soon because he doesn’t like guns.

Speaking to comedian Maeve Higgins on her Maeve In America podcast, he revealed: “I’m an atheist so I find it hard to do roles where I feel god is triumphant.

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“And I’m a pacifist so I find it hard to do roles where I have to kill people or use guns free and easy.”

O’Dowd has previously taken on dark roles. He played an abuse victim in the film Calvary and took to the Broadway stage as tragic hero Lennie in Of Mice and Men, for which he earned a Tony award nomination.

But despite his impressive CV, he is very reluctant to take on roles that make him feel uncomfortable.

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He explained: “The only power an actor has is to say no. So I just don’t do the role if I feel like it’s going to be something where I’m killing people willy nilly.”

Married to TV presenter and writer Dawn Porter, O’Dowd is dad to two-year-old Art, and the couple are expecting a second child later this year.

Yet, after more than three years living in LA, he still thinks of it as a place where he works.

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He said: “I’m an economic migrant.” Chris is also paying more attention to politics in his adopted country and said: “I have been thinking about it increasingly. I’m a bog-standard liberal.”

Last week he hit out at Mike Pence after the US vice president launched a charm offensive about his Irish roots ahead of St Patrick’s Day.

The comments didn’t go down well given his well-documented anti-immigrant views, with an unimpressed O’Dowd telling him: “You’re a snake. March 17 is anti-you, ya feckin’ eejit.”