Colm Meaney

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Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney, 2007
Born Colm J. Meaney
May 30, 1953 (1953-05-30) (age 55)
Dublin, Ireland
Spouse(s) Bairbre Dowling (1977-1994)
Ines Glorian (15 March 2007-present)

Colm J. Meaney (Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; first name pronounced /ˈkɒləm/[1] born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Meaney was born in Dublin. He started studying acting when he was fourteen years of age, and entered the Abbey Theatre School of Acting after secondary school. He became a member of the Irish National Theatre and spent the next eight years in England, touring with several theatre companies.

[edit] Career

Meaney's first television appearance was in Z-Cars on BBC1 in 1978. He guest-starred on shows such as Remington Steele and Moonlighting before embarking on a successful film career; he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his role in The Snapper.

Meaney first appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987 in its pilot episode, Encounter At Farpoint. His character was eventually given the name of Miles O'Brien. In 1993, Meaney left The Next Generation for its spin-off Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and remained on Deep Space Nine until its final episode in 1999. With 225 total appearances on Star Trek (173 on Deep Space Nine and 52 on The Next Generation), he has made more appearances on the franchise than any other actor except Michael Dorn (280). Meaney appeared in two Star Trek pilot episodes (The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine), a distinction shared with Patrick Stewart and Armin Shimerman. Meaney is also one of six actors to appear in the finales of two different Star Trek series.

He has also played a minor recurring role as Cowen, leader of the Genii on the Sci-Fi Channel series Stargate Atlantis, guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and appeared as Bob O'Donnell on the ABC show Men In Trees.

He was the only actor to appear in all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy wherein he played the father of the Rabbitte family; however due to rights issues the family name changed from film to film.

His stage appearances include the Old Vic production of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten.

In the future, he will star in Life on Mars, a US remake of the BBC series Life on Mars, playing Gene Hunt and the upcoming British comedy film Three and Out released in the UK on 25 April 2008.

[edit] Personal life

Meaney was married to Irish actress Bairbre Dowling, but they are now divorced. He remarried in March 2007 to Ines Glorian. He is a fan of Dublin's gaelic football team and Shamrock Rovers.

He is unrelated to the science fiction writer John Meaney, though the latter does have a brother who is also named Colm.

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[edit] References

Star Trek Portal
  1. ^ StarTrek.com Article: Las Vegas 2004: Sunday's Highlights. Retrieved on January 1, 2006.

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