Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney is best known as an Irish actor who was born on 30 May 1953 in Finglas, Dublin. He is best remembered for his role as Miles O'Brien in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation and for continuing this role in the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In addition, he also appeared as a guest actor in popular television productions such as Law & Order, The Simpsons.

He successfully portrayed the Railway King Thomas C. Durant in the series Hell on Wheels, which was broadcast between 2011 and 2016.

Meaney, who started his cinema career with films such as A Slice of Crime, Damn Suit, also took on various roles in all adaptations of Roddy Doyle's trilogy The Barrytown Trilogy. In 2017, he was awarded the IFTA Best Actor award for his portrayal of Martin McGuinness, a politician who played an important role in the peace process in Northern Ireland, in the movie The Journey. In 2020, he was ranked 24th among Ireland's best film actors by The Irish Times.

Meaney's connection with the stage began at a young age. The actor, who started taking acting lessons at the age of 14, attended Dublin's famous Abbey Theater Acting School after graduating from high school. After gaining experience in the national theatre, he moved to England and worked with various theater groups. He also participated in nationwide tours with the group 7:84, founded by John McGrath.

The actor's private life has also been one of the topics frequently covered in the media. Meaney, who married actress Bairbre Dowling in 1977, had a daughter named Brenda. The actor, who married French costume designer Ines Glorian for the second time in 2007 after the couple's divorce in 1994, lives in the town of Sóller on the Spanish island of Mallorca with his second daughter, who was born in 2005.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in a total of 155 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Law & Order (1990) — Wyatt Landon
• The Simpsons (1989) — Tom O'Flanagan (voice)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Harold Garrett
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) — Miles O'Brien
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) — Shelley Kelly
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) — Miles O'Brien
• MacGyver (1985) — Irwin Malcolm
• Stargate Atlantis (2004) — Cowen
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) — Jake Slicker
• The Unit (2006) — Charge D'Affaires
• Blue Moon (1985) — Keterina Suitor (as Colm Meany)
• Tales from the Darkside (1984) — Constable

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.