Mini Biography
Colm J. Meaney 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, and currently stars as railroad magnate Thomas Durant on AMC's hit drama series Hell on Wheels.
He has also had a significant career in motion pictures, appearing in the British sports film The Damned United and all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy.
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 worked for the next eight years in England, touring with several theatre companies.[wikipedia]
Filmography
2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (filming)
2013 One Chance (post-production)
2013 The Devil's Rapture (post-production)
Elder Beacon
2013 A Belfast Story (post-production)
Detective
2013 The Yank (post-production)
Fintan McGuire
2011-2012 Hell on Wheels (TV series)
Thomas 'Doc' Durant
2012 Soldiers of Fortune
Mason
2012 The Cold Light of Day
Bandler
2012 Bel Ami
Monsieur Rousset
2011 The Perfect Stranger
Mark O'Reilly
2011 The Hot Potato
Harry
2011 The Flight of the Swan
Giannopolus
2011 Stand Off
Detective Weller
2010 Alleged
H.L. Mencken
2010/III Parked
Fred Daly
2010 The Conspirator
David Hunter
2010 Get Him to the Greek
Jonathan Snow
2009 Alice (TV mini-series)
King of Hearts
2009 Mercy (TV series)
Dr. Parks
2009 Law Abiding Citizen
Detective Dunnigan
2009 The Race
Frank Kensay
2009 The Damned United
Don Revie
2009 The Simpsons (TV series)
Tom O'Flanagan
2009 ZOS: Zone of Separation (TV mini-series)
George Titac
2008 Law & Order (TV series)
Wyatt Landon
2008 Life on Mars (TV movie)
Detective Gene Hunt
2008 Unnatural Causes
Trevor Jones
2008 A Deal Is a Deal
Tommy Cassidy
2007 Men in Trees (TV series)
Bob O'Donnell
2007 The Metrosexual
The Mayor
2007/I Kings
Joe Mullan
2006 A Lobster Tale
Cody
2006 Five Fingers
Gavin
2006 The Unit (TV series)
Charge D'Affaires
2006 Covert One: The Hades Factor (TV series)
Peter Howell
2004-2006 Stargate: Atlantis (TV series)
Cowen
2006 Caved In (TV movie)
Vincent
2006 Sixty Minute Man (TV movie)
Charlie
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Judge Harold Garrett
2005 Turning Green
Tom
2005 Briar & Graves (TV movie)
Father Alister McSweeney
2004 Battle of the Brave
Benjamin Franklin
2004 Layer Cake
Gene
2004 The Murdoch Mysteries (TV series)
Inspector Brackenreid
2004 Zenon: Z3 (TV movie)
Commander Plank
2004 Bad Apple (TV movie)
Gibbons
2004 Renegade
Jimmy McClure
2003 The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Jimmy
2003 Intermission
Jerry Lynch
2002 King of Texas (TV movie)
Mr. Tumlinson
2002 Random Passage (TV mini-series)
Thomas Hutchings
2002 Backflash (video)
Gin O'Malley
2002 R.U.S./H. (TV movie)
Capt. Mike Gunnison
2001 How Harry Became a Tree
Harry
1999 Chapter Zero
Frank Lazaras
1999 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (TV movie)
Seamus Muldoon
1999 Mystery, Alaska
Mayor Scott Pitcher
1999 Four Days
Fury
1993-1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
Chief O'Brien / Smiley / Albert Macklin / …
1999 Most Important
Dan O'Neill
1998 Vig (TV movie)
Al Sheehan
1998 October 22
Steve
1998/I This Is My Father
Seamus
1998 Claire Dolan
Roland Cain
1998 Owd Bob
Keith Moore
1998 Monument Ave.
Jackie O'Hara
1997 Con Air
Duncan Malloy
1996 The Last of the High Kings
Jim Davern
1996 The Van
Larry
1996 Gargoyles (TV series)
Mr. Dugan
1995 The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Morgan the Goat
1995 Ripple (short)
Nathan
1994 Scarlett (TV mini-series)
Father Colum O'Hara
1994 The Road to Wellville
Dr. Lionel Badger
1994 War of the Buttons
Geronimo's Dad
1987-1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
Chief Miles O'Brien / Battle Bridge Conn / O'Brien / …
1993 The Snapper (TV movie)
Dessie Curley - Rabbitte
1993 Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)
Mr. Kramer
1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV series)
Jake Slicker
1992 Into the West
Barreller
1992 Under Siege
Doumer
1992 The Last of the Mohicans
Maj. Ambrose
1992 Far and Away
Kelly
1991 MacGyver (TV series)
Dr. Irwin Malcolm
1991 The Commitments
Mr. Rabbitte
1991 Adam 12 (TV series)
Father
1990 Father Dowling Mysteries (TV series)
Ernie
1990 Come See the Paradise
Gerry McGurn
1990 Die Hard 2
Pilot (Windsor Plane)
1990 Dick Tracy
Cop at Tess'
1990 Equal Justice (TV series)
Nucchi
1989 Perfect Witness (TV movie)
Meagher
1987-1989 One Life to Live (TV series)
Patrick London / Alf
1987 Tales from the Darkside (TV series)
Constable
1987 The Dead
Mr. Bergin
1987 Remington Steele (TV series)
Man in Tavern
1987 Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (TV movie)
Tinkerer
1986 Moonlighting (TV series)
Katerina Suitor
1986 Omega Syndrome
Sean
1984 The Hidden Curriculum (TV movie)
David Dunn
1983 Playboy of the Western World (TV movie)
Shawn
1982 Strangers (TV series)
Peter Smolett
1982 Play for Tomorrow (TV series)
Kevin Murphy
1981 Les roses de Dublin (TV mini-series)
Michael Kavanaugh
1981 Nailed
Younger Protestant
1978 Z Cars (TV series)
McGlin
