COLM MEANEY
Name: Colm J. Meaney
Born: 30 May 1953 Dublin, Ireland
Colm J. Meaney (born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star
Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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 spent the next eight years
in England, touring with several theatre companies.
Meaney's first television appearance was in Z-Cars on BBC1 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 1987 in its pilot
episode, Encounter At Farpoint. His character was eventually given the name of
Miles O'Brien. In 1993, Meaney left The Next Generation for its spin-off Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine, and remained on Deep Space Nine until its final episode
in 1999. With 216 total appearances on Star Trek (162 on Deep Space Nine and 54
on The Next Generation), he has made more appearances on the franchise than any
other actor except Michael Dorn (280). Meaney appeared in two Star Trek pilot
episodes (The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine), a distinction shared with
Patrick Stewart and Armin Shimerman. Meaney is also one of six actors to appear
in the finales of two different Star Trek series.
He has also played a minor recurring role as Cowen, leader of the Genii on the
Sci-Fi Channel series Stargate Atlantis, and he guest-starred on Law & Order:
Criminal Intent.
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;
however due to rights issues the family name changed from film to film.
His stage appearances include the Old Vic production of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon
for the Misbegotten.
Meaney has appeared as Bob O'Donnell on the ABC show Men In Trees.
Meaney will star in Life on Mars, a US remake of the BBC series Life on Mars,
playing Gene Hunt.
Name: Colm J. Meaney
Born: 30 May 1953 Dublin, Ireland
Colm J. Meaney (born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star
Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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 spent the next eight years
in England, touring with several theatre companies.
Meaney's first television appearance was in Z-Cars on BBC1 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 1987 in its pilot
episode, Encounter At Farpoint. His character was eventually given the name of
Miles O'Brien. In 1993, Meaney left The Next Generation for its spin-off Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine, and remained on Deep Space Nine until its final episode
in 1999. With 216 total appearances on Star Trek (162 on Deep Space Nine and 54
on The Next Generation), he has made more appearances on the franchise than any
other actor except Michael Dorn (280). Meaney appeared in two Star Trek pilot
episodes (The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine), a distinction shared with
Patrick Stewart and Armin Shimerman. Meaney is also one of six actors to appear
in the finales of two different Star Trek series.
He has also played a minor recurring role as Cowen, leader of the Genii on the
Sci-Fi Channel series Stargate Atlantis, and he guest-starred on Law & Order:
Criminal Intent.
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;
however due to rights issues the family name changed from film to film.
His stage appearances include the Old Vic production of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon
for the Misbegotten.
Meaney has appeared as Bob O'Donnell on the ABC show Men In Trees.
Meaney will star in Life on Mars, a US remake of the BBC series Life on Mars,
playing Gene Hunt.