Colm Meaney
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
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The Simpsons
1989
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Die Hard 2
1990
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Law Abiding Citizen
2009
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Con Air
1997
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The Last of the Mohicans
1992
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Layer Cake
2004
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Get Him to the Greek
2010
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
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Under Siege
1992
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Tolkien
2019
Acting
2025
Bring Them Down
as Ray
2025
The Legend of the Happy Worker
2025
Re-Creation
as Ian Bailey
2025
Safe Harbor
as Kieran Walsh
(8 episodes)
2024
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
as Caleb
2024
No Way Up
as Brandon
2024
The Problem with People
as Ciáran
2024
Duchess
as Frank Monaghan
2023
Marlowe
as Bernie Ohls
2023
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
as Robert McQue
2023
There's Always Hope
as Jonathan
2023
Unwelcome
as Colm “Daddy” Whelan
2023
The Santa Stories
as The No Man/ Bill
(1 episode)
2023
Scary Tales of New York
as Storyteller
(6 episodes)
2022
Save the Cinema
as Martyn
2022
Three Day Millionaire
as Mr. Barr
2022
Confession
as Father Peter
2022
The Serpent Queen
as Francis I of France
(1 episode)
2021
The Monkey
as MacDonell
2021
Back to Barrytown
as Self / Narrator
(3 episodes)
2021
Fúria
2020
The Banker
as Patrick Barker
2020
Pixie
as Dermot O'Brien
2020
Gangs of London
as Finn Wallace
(10 episodes)
2020
The Singapore Grip
as Major Brendan Archer
(6 episodes)
2019
Tolkien
as Father Francis Morgan
2019
Seberg
as Frank Ellroy
2019
The Last Right
as Detective Donall Crowley
2018
National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Big Daddy
2018
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Self
2017
The Journey
as Martin McGuinness
2017
Halal Daddy
as Martin Logan
2017
Will
as James Burbage
(10 episodes)
2016
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
as George Raynor
2016
Norm of the North
as Grandfather (voice)
2016
The Secrets of Emily Blair
as Father Avital
2016
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
as Coach George Raynor
2016
The Cowboy
as Self
(2 episodes)
2015
A Dangerous Arrangement
as Leslie
2015
I Am Your Father
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Childhood's End
as Wainwright
(3 episodes)
2014
The Yank
as Fintan McGuire
2014
The Devil's Hand
as Elder Beacon
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
as Miles O'Brien
2014
The Driver
as The Horse
(3 episodes)
2013
Free Birds
as Myles Standish (voice)
2013
One Chance
as Roland Potts
2013
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
as Patt Farrell
2013
A Belfast Story
as Detective
2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as Chief Miles O'Brien (archive footage)
2012
Bel Ami
as Monsieur Rousset
2012
Soldiers of Fortune
as Mason
2012
The Cold Light of Day
as Bandler
2011
The Conspirator
as David Hunter
2011
The Perfect Stranger
as Mark O'Reilly
2011
The Hot Potato
as Harry
2011
Whole Lotta Sole
as Detective Weller
2011
The Flight of the Swan
as Giannopoulos
2011
Muide Éire
as Self
2011
Hell on Wheels
as Thomas 'Doc' Durant
(57 episodes)
2010
Get Him to the Greek
as Jonathan Snow
2010
Alleged
as H.L. Mencken
2010
Parked
as Fred Daly
2009
Law Abiding Citizen
as Detective Dunnigan
2009
The Damned United
as Don Revie
2009
The Race
as Frank Kensay
2009
ZOS: Zone of Separation
as George Titac
(8 episodes)
2009
Mercy
2009
Alice
as King of Hearts
(2 episodes)
2008
Unnatural Causes
as Trevor Jones
2008
Three and Out
as Tommy Cassidy
2007
Kings
as Joe Mullan
2006
Five Fingers
as Gavin
2006
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror
as Vincent
2006
A Lobster Tale
as Cody
2006
Men in Trees
as Bob O'Donnell
(2 episodes)
2006
The Unit
2006
Covert One: The Hades Factor
as Peter Howell
(2 episodes)
2005
Turning Green
as Tom
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Shelley Kelly
(2 episodes)
2004
Renegade
as Jimmy McClure
2004
Layer Cake
as Gene
2004
Bad Apple
as Gibbons
2004
Battle of the Brave
as Benjamin Franklin
2004
The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold
as Inspector Brackenreid
2004
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
as Inspector Brackenreid
2004
The Murdoch Mysteries
as Inspector Brackenreid
(3 episodes)
2004
Stargate Atlantis
as Cowen
(3 episodes)
2003
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as Jimmy
2003
Intermission
as Jerry Lynch
2003
Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era
as Self
2002
King of Texas
as Mr. Tumlinson
2002
Backflash
as Gin O'Malley
2002
How Harry Became a Tree
as Harry
2002
Random Passage
as Thomas Hutchings
2002
Random Passage
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Harold Garrett
(2 episodes)
1999
This Is My Father
as Seamus
1999
Mystery, Alaska
as Mayor Scott Pitcher
1999
Chapter Zero
as Frank Lazaras
1999
Four Days
as Fury
1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Seamus Muldoon
(2 episodes)
1998
Monument Ave.
as Jackie O'Hara
1998
Claire Dolan
as Roland Cain
1998
Owd Bob
as Keith Moore
1998
Money Kings
as Al Sheehan
1998
October 22
as Steve
1997
Con Air
as Agent Duncan Malloy
1996
The Van
as Larry
1996
The Last of the High Kings
as Jim Davern
1996
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
as Self
1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
as Self
1995
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
as Morgan the Goat
1995
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
as Miles O'Brien
1995
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
as Self
1994
The Road to Wellville
as Dr. Lionel Badger
1994
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
1994
War of the Buttons
as Geronimo's Dad
1994
Gargoyles
as Mr. Dugan (voice)
(1 episode)
1994
Scarlett
as Father Colum O'Hara
(2 episodes)
1993
The Snapper
as Dessie Curley
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
as Himself
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Miles O'Brien
(173 episodes)
1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Jake Slicker
(1 episode)
1992
Far and Away
as Kelly
1992
Under Siege
as Daumer
1992
Into the West
as Barreller
1992
The Last of the Mohicans
as Major Ambrose
1991
The Commitments
as Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
1991
Brooklyn Bridge
1990
Die Hard 2
as Windsor Plane - Pilot
1990
Dick Tracy
as Cop at Tess'
1990
Come See the Paradise
as Gerry McGurn
1990
Law & Order
as Wyatt Landon
(1 episode)
1989
Perfect Witness
as Meagher
1989
The Simpsons
as Tom O'Flanagan (voice)
(1 episode)
1987
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
as Tinkerer
1987
The Dead
as Mr. Bergin
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Miles O'Brien
(53 episodes)
1986
Omega Syndrome
as Sean
1985
MacGyver
as Irwin Malcolm
(1 episode)
1985
Moonlighting
as Keterina Suitor (as Colm Meany)
(1 episode)
1984
Tales from the Darkside
as Constable
(1 episode)
1982
Easter 2016
as Kevin Murphy
1981
Nailed
as Younger Protestant
1978
Strangers
as Peter Smolett
(1 episode)
1962
The Late Late Show
as Self
(1 episode)
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Shelter Me
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The Panic
as J. Pierpont Morgan
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The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
as Jack
Production
2022
Three Day Millionaire
Executive Producer