- Born
- Birth nameEdward John O'Brien
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- Ed O'Brien was born on April 15, 1968 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Children of Men (2006), Vanilla Sky (2001) and I Origins (2014). He is married to Susan Kobrin. They have two children.
- SpouseSusan Kobrin(? - present) (2 children)
- Radiohead's 1997 album "OK Computer" came 17th in Classic Rock Magazine's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time.
- Guitarist, backup vocalist, percussionist, and effect pedal wizard from Radiohead.
- A founding member and a director of the Featured Artists' Coalition, a lobby group launched in 2009 with the aim of giving music artists a greater voice in big decisions in the music industry, from digital deals to copyright law.
- Member of the musical group Radiohead, with Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, and Thom Yorke.
- At 6' 5" (1.96 m), he is the tallest member of Radiohead, standing almost a foot taller than frontman Thom Yorke.
- I don't think we're individually amazing musicians, but what we do collectively is pretty good.
- In 1994 we taped everything on video, in 1995 we bought Powerbooks. Our next step on the techno-superhighway is 'the polaroid'. If we go on like this, we'll be painting up our tourbus with charcoal next year.
- When we first recorded Fake Plastic Trees it was terrible! It sounded like Guns 'n' Roses. It was awful! It was like loud guitars... you could envisage one of these dreadful hilltop, Grand Canyon-esque videos. It was long hair flowing.
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