Cal Arnold O'Driscoll (born ) is an Irish actor and filmmaker. He was named Ireland’s youngest film-maker of the year in 2020 at the Fresh Film Festival. In 2025, he won the Breakthrough Talent Award at the Royal Television Society Republic of Ireland Awards. His television roles have included Prince Edward in Netflix historical drama Vikings: Valhalla (2024) and Con in the comedy-horror series Video Nasty (2025).
O'Driscoll was named a 2026 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
Career He is from Dublin, Ireland, and started-out in production as a young man, initially making YouTube videos at the age of eight years-old. In 2020, won the title of Ireland's Young Filmmaker of the Year 2020 at the Fresh Film Festival. This Came about following the production of his film Pirates, which is centred around a pirate radio station and set in the 1980s. As an actor he appeared in The Windermere Children, a BBC film, in 2020.
He played Prince Edward (a young Edward the Confessor) in Netflix historical drama series Vikings: Valhalla. In 2024, he had roles in Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale and Channel 5 thriller series The Teacher. He also played John in the Ariane Labed independent film September Says, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2025, he could be seen in a lead role in 1980s-set comedy-horror series Video Nasty from Christopher Smith in which he led the cast alongside Justin Daniels Anene and Leia Murphy. He was awarded the Breakthrough Talent Award at the Royal Television Society Republic of Ireland Awards, held in Dublin on 27 March 2025. In January 2026, he nominated at the Irish Film & Television Awards for best supporting actor. That year, he was confirmed as joining the cast of historical drama series Peaky Blinders.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2020 The Windermere Children Malcolm TV film 2022 The Sleep Experiment Steven 2023 Obituary Denis Riley 2 episodes 2024 September Says John Film 2024 Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale Ollie 5 episodes 2024 Vikings: Valhalla Prince Edward 4 episodes 2024 The Teacher Zac Webster 3 episodes 2025 Video Nasty Con Lead role; 6 episodes2025Save Me From HeavanChrisShort Film
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