Colm Meaney
Colm Meaney | |
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.jpg) Meaney at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Born | Colm J. Meaney 30 May 1953 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Ines Glorian (m. 2007) |
| Children | 2 |
Colm J. Meaney (/ˈkɒləm/;[1] Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons, and starred as Thomas Durant on Hell on Wheels.
He has also had a significant career in motion pictures, and appeared in the film The Damned United, all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy, and in Get Him to the Greek, as well as Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
Early life
Meaney was born in Glasnevin, Dublin.[2] He began studying acting when he was 14 years old and entered the Abbey Theatre School of Acting after secondary school. He became a member of the Irish National Theatre and worked for the next eight years in England, touring with several theatre companies.
Career
Meaney's first television appearance was in Z-Cars on BBC 1, 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 became a frequently recurring one, and was given the name of Miles O'Brien as he became more prominent in the crew as Transporter Chief. In 1993, Meaney left The Next Generation for a main role in its spin-off Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and remained on that show until its final episode, in 1999. With 225 total appearances on Star Trek, he has made more appearances on the franchise than any other actor except Michael Dorn.
Meaney played Colum O'Hara in the 1994 miniseries Scarlett, the sequel to Gone With the Wind. He has played a minor recurring role as Cowen,[3] leader of the Genii on the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) series Stargate Atlantis,[4] 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. Due to rights issues, the family name was 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. In July of the same year An Post (Irish Post Office) issued a postage stamp showing Meaney as Joe Mullen in the film Kings.[5]
In 2009, Meaney co-starred with Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx in Law Abiding Citizen, wherein Meaney 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 film The Damned United was released, a mostly fictional retelling of the 44-day period in which Brian Clough was manager of Leeds United. Meaney played the former Leeds manager Don Revie. He also co-starred in Soldiers of Fortune with Christian Slater and Ving Rhames. In 2013, Meaney co-starred with Steve Coogan in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. In 2014, he appeared as The Horse in the BBC's three-part crime story, The Driver. For five seasons he portrayed railroad magnate Thomas Durant on AMC's drama series Hell on Wheels.[6]
Personal life
Meaney married Irish actress Bairbre Dowling in 1977.[2] with whom he had a daughter, Brenda, in 1984. The couple divorced in 1994.[7] He married French costume designer Ines Glorian in March 2007. They have a daughter together, Ada, born in 2005.[2][7][8]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Nailed | Younger Protestant | |
| 1987 | Omega Syndrome | Sean | |
| 1987 | The Dead | Mr. Bergin | |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Pilot | |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Cop at Tess's | |
| 1990 | Come See the Paradise | Gerry McGurn | |
| 1991 | The Commitments | Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr. | |
| 1992 | Under Siege | Daumer | |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Maj. Ambrose | |
| 1992 | Far and Away | Kelly | |
| 1992 | 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 | Jerome/Geronimo's father | |
| 1994 | The Road to Wellville | Dr. Lionel Badger | |
| 1995 | The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain | Morgan the Goat | |
| 1996 | The Van | Larry | |
| 1996 | The Last of the High Kings | Jim Davern | |
| 1997 | Con Air | DEA Agent Duncan Malloy | |
| 1997 | Owd Bob | Keith Moore | |
| 1998 | This Is My Father | Seamus, Owner of the Bed-and-Breakfast | |
| 1998 | Monument Ave. | Jackie O'Hara | a.k.a. Snitch |
| 1998 | 22 October | Steve | |
| 1998 | Claire Dolan | Roland Cain | |
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Mayor Scott Pitcher | |
| 1999 | Chapter Zero | Frank Lazarus | |
| 1999 | Four Days | Fury | |
| 1999 | Most Important | Dan O'Neill | |
| 2001 | Backflash | Gin O'Malley | Video |
| 2001 | How Harry Became a Tree | Harry | Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor |
| 2003 | The Boys From County Clare | Jimmy | |
| 2003 | Intermission | Jerry Lynch | |
| 2004 | Blueberry | Jimmy McClure | |
| 2004 | Layer Cake | Gene | |
| 2004 | Nouvelle-France | Benjamin Franklin | |
| 2005 | Turning Green | Tom | |
| 2006 | Five Fingers | Gavin | |
| 2006 | A Lobster Tale | Cody | |
| 2007 | Kings | Joe Mullan | Nominated – Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor |
| 2007 | The Metrosexual | The Mayor | Great Lakes Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2008 | Clean Break | Trevor Jones | |
| 2008 | Three and Out | Tommy | |
| 2009 | The Damned United | Don Revie | |
| 2009 | The Race | Frank Kensay | |
| 2009 | Law Abiding Citizen | Detective Dunnigan | |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Jonathan Snow | |
| 2010 | Alleged | H. L. Mencken | |
| 2010 | Parked | Fred Daly | |
| 2010 | The Conspirator | Gen. David Hunter | |
| 2011 | El Perfecto Desconocido | Mark O'Reilly | |
| 2012 | Whole Lotta Sole | Detective Weller | known as Stand Off in North America |
| 2012 | Bel Ami | Monsieur Rousset | |
| 2012 | Soldiers of Fortune | Carter Mason | |
| 2012 | The Hot Potato | Harry | |
| 2013 | Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | Pat Farrell | |
| 2013 | One Chance | Roland Potts | |
| 2013 | A Belfast Story | Detective | |
| 2013 | Free Birds | Myles Standish (voice) | |
| 2014 | The Devil's Hand | Elder Beacon | |
| 2016 | Norm of the North | Grandfather (voice) | |
| 2016 | Pelé: Birth of a Legend | George Raynor | |
| 2016 | The Journey | Martin McGuinness | |
| 2016 | The Secrets of Emily Blair | Father Avital | |
| 2018 | Tolkien | Father Francis | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Z-Cars | McGlin | Episode: "Pressure" |
| 1981 | Les roses de Dublin | Michael Kavanaugh | Miniseries |
| 1982 | Play for Tomorrow | Kevin Murphy | Episode: "Easter 2016" |
| 1982 | Strangers | Smollett | Episode: "Charlie's Brother's Birthday (Part 1) |
| 1983 | Playboy of the Western World | Shawn | Television film |
| 1984 | The Hidden Curriculum | David Dunn | Television film |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Katharina Suitor | Episode: "Atomic Shakespeare" |
| 1987 | Remington Steele | Man in Tavern | Episode: "Steele Hanging in There: Part 2" |
| 1987 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues | Tinkerer | Television film |
| 1987 | Tales from the Darkside | Constable | Episode: "Beetles" |
| 1987–88 | One Life to Live | Patrick London | |
| 1987–1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Chief Miles O'Brien | 52 episodes |
| 1989 | Perfect Witness | Meagher | Television film |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Nucchi | Episode: "The Art of the Possible" |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Ernie | Episode: "The Undercover Nun Mystery" |
| 1991 | The New Adam-12 | Father | Episode: "Panic in Alverez Park" |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Dr. Irwin Malcolm | Episode: "Good Knight MacGyver: Part 1" |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Jake Slicker | Episode: "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" |
| 1993 | Brooklyn Bridge | Mr. Kramer | Episode: "Good as Gold" |
| 1993–99 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Chief Miles O'Brien | 173 episodes |
| 1994 | Scarlett | Father Colum O'Hara | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Gargoyles | Mr. Dugan (voice) | Episode: "The Hound of Ulster" |
| 1998 | Money Kings | Al Sheehan | Television film; a.k.a. Vig |
| 1999 | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | Seamus Muldoon | Television film |
| 2002 | Random Passage | Thomas Hutchings | Miniseries Nominated – Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| 2002 | King of Texas | Mr. Tumlinson | Television film |
| 2004 | The Murdoch Mysteries | Inspector Brackenreid | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Bad Apple | Gibbons | Television film |
| 2004, 2006 | Stargate Atlantis | Chief Cowen | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Judge Harold Garrett | Episode: In the Wee Small Hours |
| 2006 | The Unit | Charge D'Affaires | Episode: "Security" |
| 2006 | Caved In: Prehistoric Terror | Vincent | Television film |
| 2006 | Covert One: The Hades Factor | Peter Howell | Television film |
| 2007 | Men in Trees | Bob O'Donnell | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Wyatt Landon | Episode: "Lost Boys" |
| 2009 | The Simpsons | Tom O'Flanagan (voice) | Episode: "In the Name of the Grandfather" |
| 2009 | Alice | King of Hearts | Miniseries |
| 2009 | ZOS: Zone of Separation | George Titac | Miniseries |
| 2009 | Mercy | Dr. Parks | Episode: "I Believe You Conrad" |
| 2011–16 | Hell on Wheels | Thomas "Doc" Durant | 51 episodes Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television (2013) Nominated – Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actor TV (2013) |
| 2014 | The Driver | The Horse | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Childhood's End[9] | Wainwright | Episode: "The Overlords" |
| 2017 | Will | James Burbage | 10 episodes |
References
- ^ "StarTrek.com Article: Las Vegas 2004: Sunday's Highlights". Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2006.
- ^ a b c "I had no time for them crying into their pints". Irish Times. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Colm Meaney". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ "Stargate Atlantis on Sci Fi". TVguide. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ Warren, Brian (Spring 2009). "That Was the Year That Was–2008 (part 1)". The Revealer. 58 (4). Seminole, FL: Éire Philatelic Association: 63. ISSN 0484-6125.
- ^ "Interview: Colm Meaney talks about Hell on Wheels". Flickering Myth. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Stroke-ism and greed: why Colm Meaney is convinced we've sold our souls". The Mail on Sunday – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 26 August 2012.
- ^ Meaney: still cursing after all these years Sunday Independent, 16 October 2011.
- ^ The Deadline Team. "'Hell On Wheels' Star Colm Meaney Cast In 'Childhood's End On Syfy - Deadline". Deadline.
External links
- Colm Meaney at IMDb
