Colm Meaney
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| Born | Colm J. Meaney 30 May 1953 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse | Bairbre Dowling (1977-1994) Ines Glorian (15 March 2007-present) |
Colm J. Meaney (first name pronounced /ˈkɒləm/;[1] Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons. He has also had a significant career in motion pictures, recently appearing in the British sports film The Damned United.
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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.
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 its 1987 pilot episode, "Encounter At Farpoint", as an unnamed helm officer. 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 only with Patrick Stewart and Armin Shimerman. Meaney is also one of only six actors to appear in the finales of two different Star Trek series.
He had played as Colum O'Hara in 1994 Scarlett sequel to Gone With the Wind.
He has also played a minor recurring role as Cowen,[2] leader of the Genii on the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) series Stargate Atlantis,[3] guest-starred on Law & Order, 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.
Meaney starred in British comedy film Three and Out released in the UK on 25 April 2008. On July of the same year An Post (Irish mail agency) issued a postage stamp showing Colm Meaney as Joe Mullen in the film Kings.[4]
In 2009 Meaney co-starred with Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx in Law Abiding Citizen wherein he played Detective Dunnigan.
In March 2009 Meaney guest-starred as an Irish bartender on the St. Patrick's Day episode of The Simpsons, "In the Name of the Grandfather". In the same month the British film The Damned United was released, chronicling the 44-day period in which Brian Clough was manager of Leeds United. Meaney played the former Leeds manager Don Revie.
In September 2010, Meaney will begin filming a new British independent film, 'The Hot Potato' made by Wardour pictures. [5][6][7] The film will also star Ray Winstone, Delroy Lindo and Jack Huston.
Personal life
Meaney was married to Irish actress Bairbre Dowling, but they are now divorced. He married a second time in March 2007 to Ines Glorian. He currently lives in the Majorcan town of Sóller. He is unrelated to the science fiction writer John Meaney, though the latter's brother is also named Colm Meaney.
Meaney is an outspoken supporter of the Irish Republican political party Sinn Féin[8] and, while not currently a member, admitted that he had joined the party when he was 14.[9]
He is a fan of Dublin's Gaelic football team and Shamrock Rovers.
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Nailed | Younger Protestant | |
| Les Roses de Dublin | Michael Kavanaugh | TV miniseries | |
| 1983 | Playboy of the Western World | Shawn | TV film |
| 1984 | The Hidden Curriculum | David Dunn | TV film |
| 1987 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues | Tinkerer | TV film |
| Omega Syndrome | Sean | ||
| The Dead | Mr. Bergin | ||
| 1989 | Perfect Witness | Meagher | TV film |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Pilot | |
| Dick Tracy | Cop at Tess's | ||
| Come See the Paradise | Gerry McGurn | ||
| 1991 | The Commitments | Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr. | |
| 1992 | Under Siege | Doumer | |
| The Last of the Mohicans | Maj. Ambrose | ||
| Far and Away | Kelly | ||
| Into the West | Barreller | ||
| 1993 | The Snapper | Dessie Curley | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1994 | War of the Buttons | Geronimos' Father | |
| The Road to Wellville | Dr. Lionel Badger | ||
| Scarlett | Father Colum O'Hara | TV miniseries | |
| 1995 | The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain | Morgan the Goat | |
| 1996 | The Van | Larry | |
| The Last of the High Kings | Jim Davern | ||
| 1997 | Con Air | DEA Agent Duncan Malloy | |
| Owd Bob | Keith Moore | ||
| 1998 | This Is My Father | Seamus, Owner of the Bed-and-Breakfast | |
| Monument Ave. | Jackie O'Hara | a.k.a. Snitch | |
| October 22 | Steve | ||
| Claire Dolan | Roland Cain | ||
| Money Kings | Al Sheehan | TV film; a.k.a. Vig | |
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Mayor Scott Pitcher | |
| The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | Seamus Muldoon | ||
| Chapter Zero | Frank Lazarus | ||
| Four Days | Fury | ||
| Most Important | Dan O'Neill | ||
| 2001 | Backflash | Gin O'Malley | |
| How Harry Became a Tree | Harry | Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor | |
| 2002 | Random Passage | Thomas Hutchings | TV miniseries Nominated — Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| King of Texas | Mr. Tumlinson | TV film | |
| 2003 | The Boys From County Clare | Jimmy | |
| Intermission | Jerry Lynch | ||
| 2004 | Blueberry | Jimmy McClure | |
| Bad Apple | Gibbons | TV film | |
| Layer Cake | Gene | ||
| Nouvelle-France | Benjamin Franklin | ||
| 2005 | Turning Green | Tom | |
| 2006 | Five Fingers | Gavin | |
| Caved In: Prehistoric Terror | Vincent | TV film | |
| Covert One: The Hades Factor | Peter Howell | TV film | |
| A Lobster Tale | Cody | ||
| 2007 | Kings | Joe Mullan | Nominated - Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor |
| The Metrosexual | The Mayor | Great Lakes Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 2008 | Clean Break | Trevor Jones | |
| Three and Out | Tommy | ||
| 2009 | ZOS: Zone of Separation | George Titac | TV miniseries |
| The Damned United | Don Revie | ||
| The Race | TBA | ||
| Law Abiding Citizen | Detective Dunnigan | ||
| Alice | King of Hearts | TV miniseries | |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Jonathan Snow | |
| Alleged | H.L. Mencken | Post-production | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Z Cars | McGlin | One episode |
| 1982 | Play for Tomorrow | Kevin Murphy | One episode |
| Strangers | Smollett | One episode | |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Katharina Suitor | One episode |
| 1987 | Remington Steele | Man in Tavern | One episode |
| Tales from the Darkside | Constable | One episode | |
| 1987-1988 | One Life to Live | Patrick London | |
| 1987-1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Chief Miles O'Brien | Recurring Character |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Nucchi | One episode |
| Father Dowling Mysteries | Ernie | One episode | |
| 1991 | The New Adam-12 | Father | One episode |
| MacGyver | Dr. Irwin Malcolm | One episode | |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Jake Slicker | Pilot episode |
| Brooklyn Bridge | Mr. Kramer | One episode | |
| 1993-1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Chief O'Brien | Series regular |
| 1996 | Gargoyles | Mr. Dugan | Voice only; one episode |
| 2004 | The Murdoch Mysteries | Inspector Brackenreid | Two episodes |
| 2004, 2006 | Stargate Atlantis | Chief Cowen (leader of the Genii until killed in episode Coup D'État) | Three episodes |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Judge Harold Garrett | Episode: In the Wee Small Hours |
| 2006 | The Unit | Charge D'Affaires | One episode |
| 2007 | Men in Trees | Bob O'Donnell | Two episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Wyatt Landon | One episode |
| 2009 | The Simpsons | Tom O'Flanagan | Voice only; episode: In the Name of the Grandfather |
References
- ↑ "StarTrek.com Article: Las Vegas 2004: Sunday's Highlights". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20040814103749/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/6313.html. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
- ↑ "Colm Meaney". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000538/. Retrieved Dec.9, 2009.
- ↑ "Stargate Atlantis on Sci Fi". TVguide. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/stargate-atlantis/191790. Retrieved Dec. 9, 2009.
- ↑ Warren, Brian (Spring 2009). "That Was the Year That Was–2008 (part 1)". The Revealer (Seminole, FL: Éire Philatelic Association) 58 (4): 63. ISSN 0484-6125.
- ↑ "Facebook page". http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Hot-Potato/102101866512815?ref=ts. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ↑ "The Hot Potato (HotPotatoMovie) on Twitter". Twitter.com. http://twitter.com/HotPotatoMovie. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ↑ "The Hot Potato - Homepage - Wardour Pictures Presents". Hotpotatomovie.com. http://www.hotpotatomovie.com/. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ↑ Fitzmaurice, Eddie (March 13, 2005). "To boldly go for SF". Findarticles.com/bNet. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050313/ai_n12944217/. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
- ↑ "Public interview with Colm Meaney". Scottsmovies.com. http://www.scottsmovies.com/misc01g.html. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
External links
- Colm Meaney at the Internet Movie Database
- Colm Meaney at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)