8.4
8.4
Remarkably Bright Creatures
2026
as Ethan Mack
Colm Meaney
Acting
Nationality:Ireland
Education:Abbey Theatre School
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Colm J. Meaney (; Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for 2001's How Harry Became a Tree, and 2017's The Journey. Other film credits include Roddy Doyle's Barrytown franchise, Con Air, Layer Cake, The Damned United, Get Him to the Greek, and The Snapper, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, and won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actor at the 1993 Chicago International Film Festival. On television, Meaney is best known for his portrayal of Miles O'Brien in both Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999), appearing in a total of 225 episodes. Other television credits include five seasons as Thomas C. Durant on the AMC western Hell on Wheels (2011-2016), James Burbage on the TNT historical fiction series Will (2017), and Finn Wallace on the Sky Atlantic crime series Gangs of London (2020). Meaney's numerous guest appearances include roles on Moonlighting, MacGyver, Murdoch Mysteries, Law & Order, The Simpsons, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Also a veteran of the theatre, Meaney has starred on Broadway and the West End in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh and A Moon for the Misbegotten, Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Hugh Whitemore's Breaking the Code. Additionally, he has appeared in numerous productions with the National Theatre of Ireland, including Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, The Silver Tassie, and The Shadow of a Gunman. In 2020, Meaney was ranked 24th on The Irish Times list of "The 50 Greatest Irish Film Actors of All Time". In 2025, he received the Irish Film & Television Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Filmography (106 movies)
7.6
7.6
The Banker
2020
as Patrick Barker
7.6
7.6
The Flight of the Swan
2011
as Giannopoulos
7.4
7.4
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
as Detective Dunnigan
7.4
7.4
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
as Major Ambrose
7.3
7.3
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
2016
as George Raynor
7.3
7.3
The Commitments
1991
as Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
7.2
7.2
The Damned United
2009
as Don Revie
7.1
7.1
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
as Chief Miles O'Brien (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018
as Self
7.0
7.0
War of the Buttons
1994
as Geronimo's Dad
6.9
6.9
Tolkien
2019
as Father Francis Morgan
6.9
6.9
Layer Cake
2004
as Gene
6.9
6.9
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
as Self
6.8
6.8
A Lobster Tale
2006
as Cody
6.8
6.8
The Dead
1987
as Mr. Bergin
6.8
6.8
Far and Away
1992
as Kelly
6.8
6.8
Con Air
1997
as Agent Duncan Malloy
6.8
6.8
Bring Them Down
2025
as Ray
6.6
6.6
One Chance
2013
as Roland Potts
6.6
6.6
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
2013
as Patt Farrell
6.6
6.6
I Am Your Father
2015
as Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
Parked
2010
as Fred Daly
6.6
6.6
The Conspirator
2011
as David Hunter
6.5
6.5
Perfect Witness
1989
as Meagher
6.5
6.5
October 22
1998
as Steve
6.5
6.5
The Race
2009
as Frank Kensay
6.5
6.5
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
as Robert McQue
6.4
6.4
The Snapper
1993
as Dessie Curley
6.4
6.4
Into the West
1992
as Barreller
6.3
6.3
The Van
1996
as Larry
6.3
6.3
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
1995
as Morgan the Goat
6.3
6.3
No Way Up
2024
as Brandon
6.3
6.3
The Monkey
2021
as MacDonell
6.3
6.3
The Journey
2017
as Martin McGuinness
6.3
6.3
Under Siege
1992
as Daumer
6.3
6.3
Mystery, Alaska
1999
as Mayor Scott Pitcher
6.2
6.2
Save the Cinema
2022
as Martyn
6.2
6.2
Come See the Paradise
1990
as Gerry McGurn
6.2
6.2
The Problem with People
2024
as Ciáran
6.1
6.1
Intermission
2003
as Jerry Lynch
6.1
6.1
Battle of the Brave
2004
as Benjamin Franklin
6.1
6.1
The Last Right
2019
as Detective Donall Crowley
6.0
6.0
The Hot Potato
2011
as Harry
6.0
6.0
Five Fingers
2006
as Gavin
6.0
6.0
Get Him to the Greek
2010
as Jonathan Snow
5.9
5.9
Free Birds
2013
as Myles Standish (voice)
5.9
5.9
Duchess
2024
as Frank Monaghan
5.9
5.9
Seberg
2019
as Frank Ellroy
5.8
5.8
Unwelcome
2023
as Colm “Daddy” Whelan
5.8
5.8
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
as Jimmy
5.8
5.8
Pixie
2020
as Dermot O'Brien
5.8
5.8
The Perfect Stranger
2011
as Mark O'Reilly
5.7
5.7
Marlowe
2023
as Bernie Ohls
5.7
5.7
A Dangerous Arrangement
2015
as Leslie
5.7
5.7
Turning Green
2005
as Tom
5.6
5.6
The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Jim Davern
5.6
5.6
Monument Ave.
1998
as Jackie O'Hara
5.6
5.6
Owd Bob
1998
as Keith Moore
5.6
5.6
The Road to Wellville
1994
as Dr. Lionel Badger
5.5
5.5
Money Kings
1998
as Al Sheehan
5.5
5.5
Three and Out
2008
as Tommy Cassidy
5.5
5.5
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
1995
as Miles O'Brien
5.4
5.4
Whole Lotta Sole
2011
as Detective Weller
5.4
5.4
This Is My Father
1999
as Seamus
5.4
5.4
The Cold Light of Day
2012
as Bandler
5.3
5.3
Halal Daddy
2017
as Martin Logan
5.3
5.3
Claire Dolan
1998
as Roland Cain
5.3
5.3
Bel Ami
2012
as Monsieur Rousset
5.2
5.2
How Harry Became a Tree
2001
as Harry
5.2
5.2
The Devil's Hand
2014
as Elder Beacon
5.1
5.1
King of Texas
2002
as Mr. Tumlinson
5.0
5.0
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
2024
as Caleb
4.9
4.9
Backflash
2002
as Gin O'Malley
4.9
4.9
Soldiers of Fortune
2012
as Mason
4.8
4.8
Renegade
2004
as Jimmy McClure
4.6
4.6
Unnatural Causes
2008
as Trevor Jones
4.6
4.6
Three Day Millionaire
2022
Executive Producer
4.6
4.6
Norm of the North
2016
as Grandfather (voice)
4.5
4.5
Kings
2007
as Joe Mullan
4.5
4.5
National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2018
as Big Daddy
4.5
4.5
Chapter Zero
1999
as Frank Lazaras
4.4
4.4
Four Days
1999
as Fury
4.4
4.4
A Belfast Story
2013
as Detective
4.3
4.3
The Secrets of Emily Blair
2016
as Father Avital
4.3
4.3
Confession
2022
as Father Peter
4.2
4.2
Omega Syndrome
1986
as Sean
4.2
4.2
Alleged
2010
as H.L. Mencken
4.2
4.2
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995
as Self
3.5
3.5
Bad Apple
2004
as Gibbons
3.5
3.5
The Yank
2014
as Fintan McGuire
3.3
3.3
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror
2006
as Vincent
2.0
2.0
There's Always Hope
2023
as Jonathan
1.0
1.0
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993
as Himself
Nailed
1981
as Younger Protestant
The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold
2004
as Inspector Brackenreid
The Legend of the Happy Worker
2025
Random Passage
2002
as Thomas Hutchings
Re-Creation
2025
as Ian Bailey
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996
as Self
Shelter Me
TBA
Muide Éire
2011
as Himself
The Panic
TBA
as J. Pierpont Morgan
Easter 2016
1982
as Kevin Murphy
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004
as Inspector Brackenreid
Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era
2003
as Self
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