Film At 12 years old O'Gorman was discovered by a casting agent during a school speech competition. After acting in a number of television roles and the Australian film
The Rogue Stallion, he got a starring role in 1995 teen romance
Bonjour Timothy, a performance which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the
Giffoni Film Festival in Italy. Subsequent roles included co-starring as Mark in the ensemble drama
When Love Comes and playing opposite
Melanie Lynskey in the road movie
Snakeskin, the latter of which received five awards at the 2001
New Zealand Film and Television Awards. He later made a cameo appearance in an advertisement for
Air New Zealand. In
Jay Roach's 2015 film
Trumbo O'Gorman plays the part of
Kirk Douglas, including a re-creation of filming the movie
Spartacus. He plays a demoralized writer in the 2017 film
Pork Pie, winning praise at Cannes.
Television O'Gorman began acting in television in the early 1990s. His career took off in the middle of the decade, when he won the role of Harry Martin in popular New Zealand soap opera
Shortland Street and appeared in locally-shot shows
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and
Xena: Warrior Princess multiple times. O'Gorman also held a regular role as Iolaus in the short-lived
Young Hercules opposite
Ryan Gosling, The theme of the exhibition focused on the
Vietnam War. To obtain accuracy in his work, O'Gorman sought the advice of a New Zealand Vietnam veteran. ==Personal life==