<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Colin Arthur O'Donoghue (born 26 January 1981) is an Irish actor and musician, best known for portraying Captain Killian "Hook" Jones on the TV show Once Upon a Time . He appeared in the 2011 horror thriller film The Rite (2011) as a sceptical novice priest, Michael Kovak . </P> <P> Colin O'Donoghue is the son of Con and Mary O'Donoghue, was born and raised in Drogheda, County Louth, in a Roman Catholic family . He has an older brother named Allen . He is the cousin of musician Harry O'Donoghue . He attended Dundalk Grammar School, and later The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin . At age 16, he went to Paris for a month to learn French . </P>

Who plays captian hook in once upon a time