Colm Meaney
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Colm Meaney (born May 30, 1953 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish-born actor, widely known for his role as Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
He started studying acting when he was 14 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 BBC television in 1978.
He also guest-starred on shows like 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. Recently, he has played a minor recurring role on the Sci-Fi Channel series Stargate Atlantis.
He has no relation to the science fiction writer John Meaney, though the latter does have a brother who is also called Colm.
Selected filmography
- Layer Cake (2004)
- Intermission (2003)
- Mystery, Alaska (1999)
- This is my Father (1998)
- Snitch (1998)
- Con Air (1997)
- Owd Bob (1997)
- The Van (1996)
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
- The Road to Wellville (1994)
- The Snapper (1993) (TV)
- Under Siege (1992)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
- Far and Away (1992)
- The Commitments (1991)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
- Die Hard 2 (1990)
- The Dead (1987)