Colm Meaney
Highest Rated: 100% What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Deep Space Nine (2018)
Lowest Rated: 6% Norm of the North (2016)
Birthday: May 30, 1953
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Curly-haired Irish player Colm Meaney, perhaps best known to American audiences as Chief Engineer Miles O'Brien on the hit syndicated series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," has had a long and varied career in features, as both a scene-stealing supporting player and a charismatic lead. Determined to be an actor since age 13, Meaney spent some time in a fisherman training program after leaving high school, but soon began his career at the renowned Abbey Theatre, first as an student in its training program and later on the Dublin stage before moving to Great Britain where he joined 7:84, a leftist theater group. He traveled to the USA in 1982, settling in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan, and jetted back-and-forth between the New York and London stages. After four years of continent-hopping, Meaney and his then-wife actress Bairbre Dowling moved to Los Angeles, where he soon made his feature debut in the action thriller "Omega 7/Omega Syndrome" (1986). The following year would bring him back to Ireland for a role in "The Dead," John Huston's final film, an adaptation of James Joyce's short story. Meaney was initially cast in a recurring role of Engineer Miles O'Brien in the syndicated "Star Trek" spin-off "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (from 1987 to 1992), and was later upgraded to regular as Chief Engineer O'Brien, the most accessible and human character, on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (syndicated, 1993-99). While Meaney worked extensively in television during this time, even taking a supporting part in the 1994 CBS miniseries "Scarlett" in addition to his series role, his film career didn't slow down.
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Filmography
Movies
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82% | No Score Yet | The Problem with People | Ciáran (Character) | - | 2024 |
14% |
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Duchess | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
67% |
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The Ballad of Davy Crockett | Caleb (Character) | - | 2024 |
36% | No Score Yet | No Way Up | Unknown (Character) | $148.6K | 2024 |
90% | No Score Yet | Bring Them Down | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
84% |
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Robert McQue (Character) | $56.8K | 2023 |
26% |
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Marlowe | Bernie Ohls (Character) | - | 2022 |
65% |
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Unwelcome | Whelan (Character) | $21.3K | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Three Day Millionaire | Mr Barr (Character) | - | 2022 |
30% |
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Confession | Father Peter (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | There's Always Hope | Jonathan (Character) | - | 2021 |
76% |
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Pixie | Dermot O'Brien (Character) | - | 2020 |
79% |
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The Banker | Patrick Barker (Character) | - | 2020 |
67% |
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The Last Right | Detective Donall Crowley (Character) | - | 2019 |
35% |
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Seberg | Frank Ellroy (Character) | $413.8K | 2019 |
51% |
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Tolkien | Father Francis (Character) | $4.5M | 2019 |
100% |
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What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Deep Space Nine | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
43% |
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Halal Daddy | Martin Logan (Character) | - | 2017 |
68% |
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The Journey | Martin McGuinness (Character) | $152.5K | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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The Secrets of Emily Blair | Father Avital (Character) | - | 2016 |
32% |
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Pelé | George Raynor (Character) | $42.9K | 2016 |
6% |
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Norm of the North | Grandfather (Voice) | $17.0M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Dangerous Arrangement | Leslie (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Where the Devil Hides | Elder Beacon (Character) | $4.2K | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Not So Irish Bride | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
14% |
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A Belfast Story | Detective (Character) | - | 2013 |
64% |
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One Chance | Roland Potts (Character) | $89.7K | 2013 |
87% |
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Alan Partridge | Pat Farrell (Character) | $153.3K | 2013 |
20% |
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Free Birds | Myles Standish (Voice) | $55.7M | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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The Yank | Fintan McGuire (Character) | - | 2012 |
14% |
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Soldiers of Fortune | Mason (Character) | $38.8K | 2012 |
28% |
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Bel Ami | Rousset (Character) | $119.9K | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The Perfect Stranger | Mark O'Reilly (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hot Potato | Harry (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Stand Off | Detective Weller (Character) | - | 2011 |
64% |
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Parked | Fred Daly (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Alleged | H.L. Mencken (Character) | - | 2010 |
56% |
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The Conspirator | Gen. David Hunter (Character) | $11.5M | 2010 |
72% |
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Get Him to the Greek | Jonathan Snow (Character) | $60.9M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flight of the Swan | Giannopolus (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Race | Frank Kensay (Character) | - | 2009 |
26% |
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Law Abiding Citizen | Det. Dunnigan (Character) | $73.3M | 2009 |
92% |
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The Damned United | Don Revie (Character) | $449.6K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unnatural Causes | Trevor Jones (Character) | - | 2008 |
17% |
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Three and Out | Tommy Cassidy (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Kings | Joe Mullan (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Metrosexual | The Mayor (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Five Fingers | Gavin (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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A Lobster Tale | Cody Brewer (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Caved In: Prehistoric Terror | Vincent (Character) | - | 2006 |
42% |
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Turning Green | Tom (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder 19C: Detective Murdoch Mysteries -- Except the Dying | Inspector Brackenreid (Character) | - | 2004 |
20% |
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New France | Benjamin Franklin (Character) | - | 2004 |
22% |
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Blueberry | Jimmy McClure (Character) | - | 2004 |
81% |
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Layer Cake | Gene (Character) | $2.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Bad Apple | Gibbons (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder 19C: Detective Murdoch Mysteries -- Poor Tom Is Cold | Inspector Brackenreid (Character) | - | 2004 |
74% |
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Intermission | Jerry Lynch (Character) | $889.9K | 2003 |
48% |
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The Boys From County Clare | Jimmy (Character) | $139.3K | 2003 |
50% |
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King of Texas | Mr. Tumlinson (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Backflash | Gin O'Malley (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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How Harry Became a Tree | Harry (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chapter Zero | Frank Lazaras (Character) | - | 1999 |
37% |
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Mystery, Alaska | Mayor Scott Pitcher (Character) | $8.9M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Four Days | Fury (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
75% |
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This Is My Father | Seamus, Owner of the Bed-and-Breakfast (Character) | $1.1M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | October 22 | Steve (Character) | - | 1998 |
90% |
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Snitch | Jackie O'Hara (Character) | $332.4K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Vig | Al Sheehan (Character) | - | 1998 |
25% |
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Claire Dolan | Roland Cain (Character) | $9.5K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Owd Bob | Keith Moore (Character) | - | 1997 |
58% |
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Con Air | DEA Agent Duncan Malloy (Character) | $101.1M | 1997 |
38% |
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The Van | Larry (Character) | $621.1K | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last of the High Kings | Jim Davern (Character) | $5.6K | 1996 |
67% |
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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain | Morgan (Character) | $7.9M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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War of the Buttons | Geronimo's Dad (Character) | $4.7K | 1994 |
39% |
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The Road to Wellville | Dr. Lionel Badger (Character) | $6.5M | 1994 |
97% |
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The Snapper | Dessie Curley (Character) | $674.8K | 1993 |
50% |
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Far and Away | Kelly (Character) | $58.2M | 1992 |
77% |
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Into the West | Barreller (Character) | $3.7M | 1992 |
90% |
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The Commitments | Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr. (Character) | $13.9M | 1991 |
64% |
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Come See the Paradise | Gerry McGurn (Character) | $850.6K | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Omega Syndrome | Sean (Character) | $13.3K | 1987 |
94% |
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The Dead | Mr. Bergin (Character) | $766.4K | 1987 |
TV
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100% | 87% | The Serpent Queen | King Francis (Character) | 2022 2024 |
86% | 79% | Gangs of London | Finn Wallace (Character) | 2020 2022 |
17% | No Score Yet | The Singapore Grip | Major Brendan Archer (Character) | 2020 |
56% | 100% | Will | James Burbage (Character) | 2017 |
73% | 90% | Hell on Wheels | Thomas "Doc" Durant (Character) | 2011-2016 |
70% | 70% | Childhood's End |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2015 |
No Score Yet | 60% | The Driver | The Horse (Character) | 2014-2015 |
25% | No Score Yet | Mercy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Tom O'Flanagan (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
56% | No Score Yet | Men in Trees | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
85% | 75% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Stargate Atlantis | Cowen (Guest Star) | 2004 |
91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Chief Miles O'Brien (Character) | 1993-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scarlett | Father Colum O'Hara (Guest Star) | 1994 |
92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
Chief Miles O'Brien (Character), Miles O'Brien (Guest Star), Unknown (Guest Voice) |
1987-1992 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Quinn | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 68% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |