Mike O'Malley

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Mike O'Malley

Born Michael Donald O'Malley
Occupation Actor
Years active 1991-present
Spouse(s) Lisa O'Malley

Michael Donald O'Malley (born October 31, 1966) is an American actor, most famous for playing Jimmy Hughes in the CBS series Yes, Dear. He previously had a short-lived, self-named sitcom on NBC called the Mike O'Malley Show in which he co-starred with his sister Kerry O'Malley. He also played Roger Hoyt, the central character of the short-lived WB sitcom Life with Roger.

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[edit] Career

O'Malley's first break came as the host of Nickelodeon children's game shows Figure it Out, Get the Picture and Nickelodeon GUTS.

O'Malley made his movie debut in Deep Impact, playing Elijah Wood’s astronomy teacher. He followed that up with a supporting role in the John Cusack/Billy Bob Thornton film about air traffic controllers called Pushing Tin. His best known film role is probably that of Oliver, the cocaine-addict, in the Sandra Bullock rehab film 28 Days. In 2005, O'Malley starred in the Heather Locklear/Hilary Duff film The Perfect Man. The movie opened to negative reviews. In 2007, he filmed supporting roles in the George Clooney film Leatherheads, and the Eddie Murphy film Starship Dave.

O'Malley is also an accomplished playwright. Two of his plays, Three Years from Thirty and Diverting Devotion, have been published and produced Off-Broadway. Searching for Certainty, a third play, was produced in Los Angeles in 2003.

In 2006 O'Malley made a guest appearance on My Name Is Earl as a police officer with bowling aspirations. Along with Yes, Dear costar Anthony Clark, O'Malley appeared in the Alan Jackson music video "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues". O'Malley has a recurring role in ESPN commercials in which he plays "The Rick", a rabid Boston sports fan. In real life, O'Malley is a proud member of the Red Sox Nation and in May 2006 threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park.

In 2007, O'Malley kept a blog on Yahoo! Sports, which followed the Boston Red Sox throughout their journey in the MLB playoffs, which was eventually capped off by their World Series title.

[edit] Personal life

O'Malley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in New Hampshire, the son of Marianne, a career counselor, and Tony O'Malley, an executive for the defense industry.[1]

O'Malley is married to Lisa O'Malley and together they have three children, Fiona, Seamus, and Declan. O'Malley is a 1984 graduate of Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire, and a 1988 graduate from the University of New Hampshire where he studied theatre. He was also a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. O'Malley returned to his alma mater in 2006 to deliver the commencement address to the University's 136th graduating class, and also received an honorary doctorate.

Kerry O'Malley, his younger New Hampshire-born sister, is also an actress and a Broadway veteran; she received critical attention for her role in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods and recently appeared in several episodes of Showtime's Brotherhood.

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  1. ^ Mike O'Malley Biography (1969-)

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