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Colm Meaney

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 30, 1953 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Colm J. Meaney (born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor. He is widely known for playing Chief 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 other television shows, from Law & Order to The Simpsons, and has a significant career in motion pictures.

Known For

Acting
2026Remarkably Bright Creatures
2025Bring Them DownRay
2025The Legend of the Happy Worker
2025Re-CreationIan Bailey
2025Safe HarborKieran Walsh
2024The Ballad of Davy CrockettCaleb
2024No Way UpBrandon
2024The Problem with PeopleCiáran
2024DuchessFrank Monaghan
2023MarloweBernie Ohls
2023In the Land of Saints and SinnersRobert McQue
2023There's Always HopeJonathan
2023UnwelcomeColm “Daddy” Whelan
2023The Santa StoriesThe No Man/ Bill
2023Scary Tales of New YorkStoryteller
2022Save the CinemaMartyn
2022Three Day MillionaireMr. Barr
2022ConfessionFather Peter
2022The Serpent QueenFrancis I of France
2021The MonkeyMacDonell
2021Back to BarrytownSelf / Narrator
2021Fúria
2020The BankerPatrick Barker
2020PixieDermot O'Brien
2020Gangs of LondonFinn Wallace
2020The Singapore GripMajor Brendan Archer
2019TolkienFather Francis Morgan
2019SebergFrank Ellroy
2019The Last RightDetective Donall Crowley
2018National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBig Daddy
2018What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space NineSelf
2017The JourneyMartin McGuinness
2017Halal DaddyMartin Logan
2017WillJames Burbage
2016Pelé: Birth of a LegendGeorge Raynor
2016Norm of the NorthGrandfather (voice)
2016The Secrets of Emily BlairFather Avital
2016Pelé: Birth of a LegendCoach George Raynor
2016The CowboySelf
2015A Dangerous ArrangementLeslie
2015I Am Your FatherNarrator (voice)
2015Childhood's EndWainwright
2014The YankFintan McGuire
2014The Devil's HandElder Beacon
2014Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...Miles O'Brien
2014The DriverThe Horse
2013Free BirdsMyles Standish (voice)
2013One ChanceRoland Potts
2013Alan Partridge: Alpha PapaPatt Farrell
2013A Belfast StoryDetective
2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both WorldsChief Miles O'Brien (archive footage)
2012Bel AmiMonsieur Rousset
2012Soldiers of FortuneMason
2012The Cold Light of DayBandler
2011The ConspiratorDavid Hunter
2011The Perfect StrangerMark O'Reilly
2011The Hot PotatoHarry
2011Whole Lotta SoleDetective Weller
2011The Flight of the SwanGiannopoulos
2011Muide ÉireSelf
2011Hell on WheelsThomas 'Doc' Durant
2010Get Him to the GreekJonathan Snow
2010AllegedH.L. Mencken
2010ParkedFred Daly
2009Law Abiding CitizenDetective Dunnigan
2009The Damned UnitedDon Revie
2009The RaceFrank Kensay
2009ZOS: Zone of SeparationGeorge Titac
2009Mercy
2009AliceKing of Hearts
2008Unnatural CausesTrevor Jones
2008Three and OutTommy Cassidy
2007KingsJoe Mullan
2006Five FingersGavin
2006Caved In: Prehistoric TerrorVincent
2006A Lobster TaleCody
2006Men in TreesBob O'Donnell
2006The Unit
2006Covert One: The Hades FactorPeter Howell
2005Turning GreenTom
2005It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaShelley Kelly
2004RenegadeJimmy McClure
2004Layer CakeGene
2004Bad AppleGibbons
2004Battle of the BraveBenjamin Franklin
2004The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the DyingInspector Brackenreid
2004The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is ColdInspector Brackenreid
2004The Murdoch MysteriesInspector Brackenreid
2004Stargate AtlantisCowen
2003The Boys & Girl from County ClareJimmy
2003IntermissionJerry Lynch
2003Deep Space Nine: Ending an EraSelf
2002King of TexasMr. Tumlinson
2002BackflashGin O'Malley
2002How Harry Became a TreeHarry
2002Random PassageThomas Hutchings
2002Random Passage
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentHarold Garrett
1999This Is My FatherSeamus
1999Mystery, AlaskaMayor Scott Pitcher
1999Chapter ZeroFrank Lazaras
1999Four DaysFury
1999The Magical Legend of the LeprechaunsSeamus Muldoon
1998Monument Ave.Jackie O'Hara
1998Claire DolanRoland Cain
1998Owd BobKeith Moore
1998Money KingsAl Sheehan
1998October 22Steve
1997Con AirAgent Duncan Malloy
1996The VanLarry
1996The Last of the High KingsJim Davern
1996The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ationsSelf
1996Star Trek: 30 Years and BeyondSelf
1995The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a MountainMorgan the Goat
1995Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the WarriorMiles O'Brien
1995The New Explorers: The Science of Star TrekSelf
1994The Road to WellvilleDr. Lionel Badger
1994Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next GenerationSelf
1994War of the ButtonsGeronimo's Dad
1994GargoylesMr. Dugan (voice)
1994ScarlettFather Colum O'Hara
1993The SnapperDessie Curley
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the ScenesHimself
1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineMiles O'Brien
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanJake Slicker
1992Far and AwayKelly
1992Under SiegeDaumer
1992Into the WestBarreller
1992The Last of the MohicansMajor Ambrose
1991The CommitmentsJimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
1991Brooklyn Bridge
1990Die Hard 2Windsor Plane - Pilot
1990Dick TracyCop at Tess'
1990Come See the ParadiseGerry McGurn
1990Law & OrderWyatt Landon
1989Perfect WitnessMeagher
1989The SimpsonsTom O'Flanagan (voice)
1987The Gambler: The Legend ContinuesTinkerer
1987The DeadMr. Bergin
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationMiles O'Brien
1986Omega SyndromeSean
1985MacGyverIrwin Malcolm
1985MoonlightingKeterina Suitor (as Colm Meany)
1984Tales from the DarksideConstable
1982Easter 2016Kevin Murphy
1981NailedYounger Protestant
1978StrangersPeter Smolett
1962The Late Late ShowSelf
-Shelter Me
-The PanicJ. Pierpont Morgan
-The Last Days of Rabbit HayesJack
Production
2022Three Day MillionaireExecutive Producer