| Peter O'Meara | |
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| Born | October 27, 1969 |
Peter O'Meara is an award-winning Irish-born actor. Lauded for his work on the London stage he came to the screen in the groundbreaking HBO series Band of Brothers playing 1st Lt Norman Dike. He garnered a popular following on USA TV series Peacemakers as Det Larimer Finch bringing the science of the future to the old west opposite Tom Berenger as Marshall Jared Stone. For this he received a Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler award.
The series debuted in 2004 as basic cable's then highest ever premiere. O'Meara received a Western Heritage Wrangler award for his role as Detective Finch. He went on to guest star on season 4 of Alias as international arms dealer Martin Bishop opposite Jennifer Garner. He has also guest starred on CSI: NY with Gary Sinise, Without A Trace with Anthony La Paglia and The Forgotten with Christian Slater. All three are produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. He recurred on the Sky/Cinemax action series Strikeback as Major Brian Donoghue.
On the big screen O'Meara has appeared in Haven with Orlando Bloom, Resident Evil: Extinction, with Milla Jovovich and the acclaimed British World War I drama My Boy Jack with Daniel Radcliffe and Carey Mulligan.
He makes cameo appearances in indie comedy The Grand with Ray Romano and the movie Leap Year opposite Amy Adams and John Lithgow.
O'Meara is friend to Justin Long in the Newline Cinema hit romantic comedy He's Just Not That into You playing Bill opposite Ginnifer Goodwin. The CD movie soundtrack features an extra date scene between the two.