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Gavin Ó Fearraigh is an Irish-speaking Actor, MC and Model from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. He is most notable for his role as Conall Daly in the TG4 soap Ros na Rún. He came first in the Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) reality show Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels in 2007, all in aid of his chosen charity Debra Ireland.

Gavin was born to Sile and Eugene Ferry on May 5, 1980. Gavin has a twin brother Keith and is one of six boys. There are two sets of twins in his family.

He had been involved in pantomimes in Galway City with the Performing Arts School Galway and played the Principal role in their productions of Cinderella, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and The Frog Prince. He traveled to the West End in London for several summers to work with the Principals from top West End productions including Wicket, Hairspray, Les Miserable, and Billy Elliot. Gavin was involved in a drama road show, which had been scouting new talent throughout Northern Ireland for the Irish teen drama Seacht. Gavin has worked alongside Oscar nominee Stephen Rea in the TG4 documentary Flight of the Earls. He has also presented and appeared on several shows on TG4 including Cartai Poist, Paisean Faisean, shabby go chic, Angeal sa chistin and has had numerous appearances on The Late Late Show, Tubridy Tonight, The Afternoon Show (RTÉ) Gavin modeled for Catwalk modeling agency in Galway and has modeled for clients such as Louis Copeland. He was the founder of a new Irish college in the gaeltacht called "An Chéad Ghlúin Eile" which translates to "The next Generation".

On 6 September 2008 representing Ireland, Gavin in couple with Dearbhla Lennon, took part in the Eurovision Dance Contest held in Glasgow Scotland hosted by Graham Norton. 15 countries competing with 64 million viewers (BBC Scotland). In 2009 he was chosen as the face for the Charity Bóthar. He was one of the lead actors in the award winning (IFTA) drama Corp & Anam (TG4). He now spends his time between Hollywood Los Angeles and Las Vegas where he is based. While in LA he has been on Cinemax series The Girls Guide to Depravity (2011). The award winning film Alchemy (2013). TV series The Black Box (2013) Coast Mafia movie (2013). He performed (June 3rd) with Cobra Starship as a dancer at Miss USA 2012 held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and as a dancer with Taylor Swift at The 2013 Billboard Music Awards. He was one of the lead models for Worldwide Print Campaign for Transition Lenses eye wear and also the face of H.wood Beauty based in LA. He was Master of Ceremony for VIP Dance on the East Coast for 4 years moving to Encore Performing Arts in Texas for dance competitions held annually in the states. In 2014 Gavin teamed up with presenter Mairead Ni Chuaig (TG4) for Series 3 of Wwoofail California where they both traveled the West Coast of California to work as Wwoofers on Organic Farms. The series was nominated in October 2015 for an (IFTA) Irish Film and Television Awards for best Reality and Constructed Factual TV. He continued filming (2016) series 4 of Wwoofáil OZ where himself and his co-presenter traveled to 6 organic farms on the Gold Coast of Australia.

Gavin spent 3 months filming during the Pandemic (2020) in Portland Oregon in casting on Top Chef season 18 (Bravo) moving on to work on Top Chef Amateurs (2020), Top Chef Family Style (2021) Big Brother (CBS) (2021) Battlebots (Discovery Channel) (2021) Top Chef season 19 in Houston (2021) The Big Nailed it Baking challenge (2022) Big Brother (2023) Top Chef Season 21 Wisconsin (2023). He was cast by breaking Glass Productions as lead actor "Finn" in the horror/thriller Holistay shot in Vegas in 2022. Gavin returned (2022/2023) for a few months to Ros na Rún after 14 years as his notable character Conall Daly, creating more on screen drama in the small Connemara village. Gavin was cast as lead actor "Ian" in the new Thriller movie "Mouser" which is in pre production.