Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

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

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Known For

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 • as Tom O'Flanagan (voice)

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Wyatt Landon

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005 • as Shelley Kelly

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993 • as Miles O'Brien

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 • as Miles O'Brien

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 • as Self

Filmography

2025

Bring Them Down
Bring Them Down
as Ray
Movie - Released: 2/6/2025
Re-Creation
Re-Creation
Movie - Released: 6/8/2025
Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor
TV - Released: 1/10/2025

2024

The Ballad of Davy Crockett
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
as Caleb
Movie - Released: 3/8/2024
No Way Up
No Way Up
as Brandon
Movie - Released: 1/18/2024
The Problem with People
The Problem with People
as Ciáran
Movie - Released: 10/4/2024
Duchess
Duchess
as Frank Monaghan
Movie - Released: 8/1/2024

2023

Marlowe
Marlowe
as Bernie Ohls
Movie - Released: 2/15/2023
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
as Robert McQue
Movie - Released: 10/6/2023
There's Always Hope
There's Always Hope
as Jonathan
Movie - Released: 3/3/2023
Unwelcome
Unwelcome
as Colm “Daddy” Whelan
Movie - Released: 1/27/2023
The Santa Stories
The Santa Stories
as The No Man/ Bill
TV - Released: 12/8/2023

2022

Save the Cinema
Save the Cinema
as Martyn
Movie - Released: 1/14/2022
Three Day Millionaire
Three Day Millionaire
as Mr. Barr
Movie - Released: 11/25/2022
Confession
Confession
as Father Peter
Movie - Released: 1/21/2022
The Serpent Queen
The Serpent Queen
as Francis I of France
TV - Released: 9/11/2022

2021

The Monkey
The Monkey
as MacDonell
Movie - Released: 5/30/2021
Back to Barrytown
Back to Barrytown
as Self / Narrator
TV - Released: 5/16/2021
Fúria
Fúria
TV - Released: 12/19/2021

2020

The Banker
The Banker
as Patrick Barker
Movie - Released: 3/6/2020
Pixie
Pixie
as Dermot O'Brien
Movie - Released: 10/16/2020
Gangs of London
Gangs of London
as Finn Wallace
TV - Released: 4/23/2020
The Singapore Grip
The Singapore Grip
as Major Brendan Archer
TV - Released: 9/13/2020

2019

Tolkien
Tolkien
as Father Francis Morgan
Movie - Released: 5/3/2019
Seberg
Seberg
as Frank Ellroy
Movie - Released: 12/13/2019
The Last Right
The Last Right
as Detective Donall Crowley
Movie - Released: 12/6/2019

2018

National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Big Daddy
Movie - Released: 2/22/2018
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/12/2018

2017

The Journey
The Journey
as Martin McGuinness
Movie - Released: 3/30/2017
Halal Daddy
Halal Daddy
as Martin Logan
Movie - Released: 6/30/2017
Will
Will
as James Burbage
TV - Released: 7/10/2017

2016

Pelé: Birth of a Legend
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
as George Raynor
Movie - Released: 5/6/2016
Norm of the North
Norm of the North
as Grandfather (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/14/2016
The Secrets of Emily Blair
The Secrets of Emily Blair
as Father Avital
Movie - Released: 10/1/2016
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
as Coach George Raynor
Movie - Released: 5/6/2016
The Cowboy
The Cowboy
as Self
TV - Released: 1/23/2016

2015

A Dangerous Arrangement
A Dangerous Arrangement
as Leslie
Movie - Released: 6/20/2015
I Am Your Father
I Am Your Father
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/5/2015
Childhood's End
Childhood's End
as Wainwright
TV - Released: 12/14/2015

2014

The Yank
The Yank
as Fintan McGuire
Movie - Released: 3/17/2014
The Devil's Hand
The Devil's Hand
as Elder Beacon
Movie - Released: 10/10/2014
The Driver
The Driver
as The Horse
TV - Released: 9/23/2014

2013

Free Birds
Free Birds
as Myles Standish (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/30/2013
One Chance
One Chance
as Roland Potts
Movie - Released: 9/9/2013
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
as Patt Farrell
Movie - Released: 7/24/2013
A Belfast Story
A Belfast Story
as Detective
Movie - Released: 9/20/2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as Chief Miles O'Brien (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 4/25/2013

2012

Bel Ami
Bel Ami
as Monsieur Rousset
Movie - Released: 3/9/2012
Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiers of Fortune
as Mason
Movie - Released: 6/7/2012
The Cold Light of Day
The Cold Light of Day
as Bandler
Movie - Released: 4/4/2012

2011

The Conspirator
The Conspirator
as David Hunter
Movie - Released: 4/15/2011
The Perfect Stranger
The Perfect Stranger
as Mark O'Reilly
Movie - Released: 10/23/2011
The Hot Potato
The Hot Potato
as Harry
Movie - Released: 1/1/2011
Whole Lotta Sole
Whole Lotta Sole
as Detective Weller
Movie - Released: 4/21/2011
The Flight of the Swan
The Flight of the Swan
as Giannopoulos
Movie - Released: 1/20/2011
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
as Thomas 'Doc' Durant
TV - Released: 11/6/2011

2010

Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek
as Jonathan Snow
Movie - Released: 6/3/2010
Alleged
Alleged
as H.L. Mencken
Movie - Released: 9/9/2010
Parked
Parked
as Fred Daly
Movie - Released: 9/1/2010

2009

Law Abiding Citizen
Law Abiding Citizen
as Detective Dunnigan
Movie - Released: 10/15/2009
The Damned United
The Damned United
as Don Revie
Movie - Released: 3/27/2009
The Race
The Race
as Frank Kensay
Movie - Released: 10/27/2009
ZOS: Zone of Separation
ZOS: Zone of Separation
as George Titac
TV - Released: 1/19/2009
Mercy
Mercy
TV - Released: 9/23/2009
Alice
Alice
as King of Hearts
TV - Released: 12/6/2009

2008

Unnatural Causes
Unnatural Causes
as Trevor Jones
Movie - Released: 4/23/2008
Three and Out
Three and Out
as Tommy Cassidy
Movie - Released: 10/12/2008
Life on Mars
Life on Mars
TV - Released: 10/9/2008

2007

Kings
Kings
as Joe Mullan
Movie - Released: 9/21/2007

2006

Five Fingers
Five Fingers
as Gavin
Movie - Released: 5/1/2006
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror
as Vincent
Movie - Released: 1/7/2006
A Lobster Tale
A Lobster Tale
as Cody
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
Men in Trees
Men in Trees
TV - Released: 9/12/2006
The Unit
The Unit
TV - Released: 3/7/2006
Covert One: The Hades Factor
Covert One: The Hades Factor
as Peter Howell
TV - Released: 4/9/2006

2005

Turning Green
Turning Green
as Tom
Movie - Released: 6/11/2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Shelley Kelly
TV - Released: 8/4/2005

2004

Renegade
Renegade
as Jimmy McClure
Movie - Released: 2/9/2004
Layer Cake
Layer Cake
as Gene
Movie - Released: 9/30/2004
Bad Apple
Bad Apple
as Gibbons
Movie - Released: 2/16/2004
Battle of the Brave
Battle of the Brave
as Benjamin Franklin
Movie - Released: 11/19/2004
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
as Inspector Brackenreid
Movie - Released: 5/13/2004
The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold
The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold
as Inspector Brackenreid
Movie - Released: 9/12/2004
The Murdoch Mysteries
The Murdoch Mysteries
as Inspector Brackenreid
TV - Released: 5/13/2004
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis
as Cowen
TV - Released: 7/15/2004

2003

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as Jimmy
Movie - Released: 9/12/2003
Intermission
Intermission
as Jerry Lynch
Movie - Released: 8/29/2003
Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era
Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era
as Himself
Movie - Released: 12/2/2003

2002

King of Texas
King of Texas
as Mr. Tumlinson
Movie - Released: 6/2/2002
Backflash
Backflash
as Gin O'Malley
Movie - Released: 1/22/2002
Random Passage
Random Passage
as Thomas Hutchings
Movie - Released: 1/27/2002
Random Passage
Random Passage
TV - Released: 1/27/2002

2001

How Harry Became a Tree
How Harry Became a Tree
as Harry
Movie - Released: 9/1/2001
Intimacy
Intimacy
Movie - Released: 1/20/2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Harold Garrett
TV - Released: 9/30/2001

1999

This Is My Father
This Is My Father
as Seamus
Movie - Released: 5/7/1999
Mystery, Alaska
Mystery, Alaska
as Mayor Scott Pitcher
Movie - Released: 10/1/1999
Chapter Zero
Chapter Zero
as Frank Lazaras
Movie - Released: 11/13/1999
Four Days
Four Days
as Fury
Movie - Released: 9/12/1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Seamus Muldoon
TV - Released: 11/7/1999

1998

Monument Ave.
Monument Ave.
as Jackie O'Hara
Movie - Released: 9/25/1998
Claire Dolan
Claire Dolan
as Roland Cain
Movie - Released: 11/18/1998
Owd Bob
Owd Bob
as Keith Moore
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Money Kings
Money Kings
as Al Sheehan
Movie - Released: 12/4/1998
October 22
October 22
as Steve
Movie - Released: 11/4/1998

1997

Con Air
Con Air
as Agent Duncan Malloy
Movie - Released: 6/5/1997

1996

The Van
The Van
as Larry
Movie - Released: 11/29/1996
The Last of the High Kings
The Last of the High Kings
as Jim Davern
Movie - Released: 12/6/1996
Movie
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/4/1996

1995

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
as Morgan the Goat
Movie - Released: 5/12/1995
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
as Miles O'Brien
Movie - Released: 10/2/1995
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/18/1995

1994

The Road to Wellville
The Road to Wellville
as Dr. Lionel Badger
Movie - Released: 10/28/1994
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/15/1994
War of the Buttons
War of the Buttons
as Geronimo's Dad
Movie - Released: 9/29/1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
as Chief Miles O'Brien
Movie - Released: 5/23/1994
Gargoyles
Gargoyles
TV - Released: 10/24/1994
Scarlett
Scarlett
as Father Colum O'Hara
TV - Released: 11/13/1994

1993

The Snapper
The Snapper
as Dessie Curley
Movie - Released: 8/6/1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
as Miles O'Brien
Movie - Released: 1/4/1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
as Himself
Movie - Released: 1/4/1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Miles O'Brien
TV - Released: 1/3/1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Jake Slicker
TV - Released: 1/1/1993

1992

Far and Away
Far and Away
as Kelly
Movie - Released: 5/22/1992
Under Siege
Under Siege
as Daumer
Movie - Released: 10/8/1992
Into the West
Into the West
as Barreller
Movie - Released: 10/23/1992
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
as Major Ambrose
Movie - Released: 8/26/1992

1991

The Commitments
The Commitments
as Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Movie - Released: 8/14/1991
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
as Miles O'Brien (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/23/1991
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
TV - Released: 9/20/1991

1990

Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2
as Windsor Plane - Pilot
Movie - Released: 7/3/1990
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy
as Cop at Tess'
Movie - Released: 4/5/1990
Come See the Paradise
Come See the Paradise
as Gerry McGurn
Movie - Released: 8/17/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Wyatt Landon
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Perfect Witness
Perfect Witness
as Meagher
Movie - Released: 10/28/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Tom O'Flanagan (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1987

The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
as Tinkerer
Movie - Released: 11/22/1987
The Dead
The Dead
as Mr. Bergin
Movie - Released: 9/3/1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Miles O'Brien
TV - Released: 9/28/1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
TV - Released: 9/28/1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Chief O'Brien
TV - Released: 9/28/1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Chief Miles O'Brien
TV - Released: 9/28/1987

1986

Omega Syndrome
Omega Syndrome
as Sean
Movie - Released: 10/26/1986

1985

MacGyver
MacGyver
as Dr. Irwin Malcolm
TV - Released: 9/29/1985
Moonlighting
Moonlighting
as Keterina Suitor (as Colm Meany)
TV - Released: 3/3/1985

1984

Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside
as Constable
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1982

Easter 2016
Easter 2016
as Kevin Murphy
Movie - Released: 5/18/1982

1981

Nailed
Nailed
as Younger Protestant
Movie - Released: 6/2/1981

1962

The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/6/1962

Unknown

Movie
The Happy Worker
Movie
Movie
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Movie