Michael O'Neill
Character actor Michael O'Neill gathered a quite formidable track record of television and film credits after his first onscreen job in 1981. Yet neither his face nor his name are widely-known, with his reputation resting upon a stock in trade of upright, white-collar men playing supporting roles to the lead characters, whose dependability or otherwise often leads them into conflict. His first reasonably high-profile role remained one of his career highs, as a family man and suspected murderer opposite Al Pacino in the crime drama "Sea of Love"(1989). He was also a familiar face as Special Agent Butterfield, President Bartlet's bodyguard on "The West Wing" (NBC 1999-2006), and as murdered CTU Richard Walsh in the first season of the terrorist thriller "24" (Fox 2001-2010). Raised in Montgomery, Alabama, O'Neill was educated at the state's Auburn University and went on to pursue his acting career in New York City. Yet his onscreen career remain sparse until he was nearly forty years of age, when the "Sea of Love" role saw casting directors become familiar with his name and abilities. Over the years his talents and skill at playing men in mid-level official positions would see him act in television shows including science fiction cult favorite "The X-Files" (Fox 1993-2002), hospital drama "ER" (1994-2009) and "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC 2005- ), the latter in a standout performance as a bereaved shooter who goes on a hospital rampage. His film roles include the Nick Nolte drama "Lorenzo's Oil" (1992), horse racing period piece "Seabiscuit" (2003), blockbuster "Transformers" (2007) and the biopic "J. Edgar" (2011).
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Michael O'Neill
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bride Hard | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bound | Jason Koss (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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The Stand at Paxton County | Dell Connelly (Character) | - | 2020 |
92% |
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Clemency | Chaplain Kendricks (Character) | $361.7K | 2019 |
78% |
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Indivisible | Chaplain Rogers (Character) | $3.5M | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Danger One | Beckwith (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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The Nightmare Gallery | Original Music | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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The Grim Sleeper | Detective Simms (Character) | - | 2014 |
92% |
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Dallas Buyers Club | Richard Barkley (Character) | $27.3M | 2013 |
53% |
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Green Zone | Col. Bethel (Character) | $35.0M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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A Quiet Little Marriage | Bruce (Character) | - | 2008 |
57% |
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Transformers | Banachek (Character) | $319.0M | 2007 |
29% |
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Around the Bend | Cowboy (Character) | $193.6K | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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American Crime | Sheriff Smyth (Character) | - | 2004 |
61% |
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Secondhand Lions | Ralph (Character) | $41.4M | 2003 |
78% |
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Seabiscuit | Mr. Pollard (Character) | $120.1M | 2003 |
28% |
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Dreamcatcher | Gen. Matheson (Character) | $33.7M | 2003 |
43% |
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The Legend of Bagger Vance | O.B. Keeler (Character) | $30.7M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ATF | Asst. A.T.F. Director Ben Walker (Character) | - | 1999 |
3% |
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The Mod Squad | Det. Carl Greene (Character) | $13.3M | 1999 |
80% |
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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | Mr. Lusk (Character) | $565.6K | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Virtual Obsession | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
17% |
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Sunchaser | Agent Moreland (Character) | $23.1K | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Awake to Danger | Detective Brickman (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Blind Justice | Spencer Heyman (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond Betrayal | Ray Pasquerello (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Their Own Good | Clark Thompson (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story | Dick Britton (Character) | - | 1993 |
14% |
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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Jergens (Character) | $3.6M | 1992 |
36% |
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Jennifer Eight | Serato (Character) | $11.0M | 1992 |
75% |
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Sea of Love | Raymond Brown (Character) | $56.6M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Unremarkable Life | Michael (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Gore-Met Zombie Chef From Hell | Blozor (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Molly | Lyle (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
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70% | 34% | Happy's Place | Jim Jackoway (Guest Star) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Fire Country | Harlan Denbo (Guest Star) | 2023 |
22% | 42% | Echoes | Victor McCleary (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Retired U.S. Army General Richard Collins (Guest Star) | 2021 |
94% | 81% | This Is Us | Arlo (Guest Star) | 2021 |
50% | 59% | Council of Dads | Larry Mills (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 66% | S.W.A.T. | Carl (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
49% | 63% | The Romanoffs | Ron Hopkins (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Shooter | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 75% | The Resident | Joshua Williams (Guest Star) | 2018 |
93% | 72% | Scandal | Lonnie Mencken (Guest Star) | 2018 |
96% | 92% | Rectify |
Roland Foulkes (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2013-2016 |
96% | 67% | Battle Creek | Councilman Pritchett (Guest Star) | 2015 |
77% | 62% | Extant | Alvin Sparks (Character) | 2014 |
93% | 91% | Bates Motel | Nick Ford (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Rizzoli and Isles | Jonathan McKnight (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Necessary Roughness | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 |
67% | 62% | Vegas | Mayor Ted Bennett (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 84% | NCIS | Riley McCallister (Guest Star) | 2010 2012 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
0% | 86% | Miami Medical | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
90% | 80% | Fringe | Elaine (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
87% | 90% | Sons of Anarchy | Anthony Franklin (Guest Star) | 2009 |
80% | 78% | FlashForward | CIA Director Keller (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Army Wives | Reverand Bankerd (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
92% | 88% | Leverage | Judge Roy (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Mentalist | Sheriff Nelson (Guest Star) | 2008 |
61% | 77% | Prison Break | Herb Stanton (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Women's Murder Club | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
42% | No Score Yet | K-Ville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
85% | 77% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
21% | No Score Yet | 3 Lbs. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Nine | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing | Secret Service Agent Ron Butterfield (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 2002-2004 2006 |
65% | No Score Yet | Close to Home | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
82% | No Score Yet | Commander in Chief | Congressman Wilcox (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Col. Ken Kilner (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Dr. Robert McLean (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
27% | No Score Yet | Presidio Med | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boston Public | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001-2002 |
87% | 87% | 24 | Richard Walsh (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Capt. Chuck Dowling (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Patrol Captain Van Gelder (Guest Star) | 1998 |
30% | No Score Yet | Mercy Point | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Millennium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Promised Land | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cape | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |