Colm Meaney

At 70 years old, Colm Meaney has this physical status:

Colm J. Meaney (Irish: Colm Maonaigh), an Irish actor and voice actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1999) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999).

He has appeared on several television shows, including Law & Order and The Simpsons, and appeared on Hell on Wheels as Thomas Durant. He has worked in motion pictures, appeared in the film The Damned United, all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy, as well as Alan Partridge's Alpha Papa.

Meaney received the Best Actor IFTA award in 2017 for his portrayal of Irish politician Martin McGuinness in the film The Journey.

Early life

Meaney was born in Finglas, Dublin. He began studying acting at the age of 14, and after secondary school, he attended Abbey Theatre School of Acting. He became a member of the Irish National Theatre and spent the next eight years in England, including the 7:84 theatre company founded by John McGrath.

Personal life

Bairbre Dowling, an Irish actress, was born in 1977. Brenda, their daughter, was born in 1984. In 1994, the couple wedo together. In March 2007, he married French costume designer Ines Glorian. Their daughter was born in 2005. They live in Sóller, a Majorcan town.

Meaney is a Sinn Féin supporter.

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Career

Meaney's first television appearance on television 1 in 1978 was in Z-Cars. He appeared on shows such as Remington Steele and Moonlighting before embarking on a fruitful film career; he received a Golden Globe Award for his role in The Snapper.

Meaney was first seen on Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Encounter at Farpoint" in 1987 as an unidentified helm officer. Miles O'Brien became a common character in the crew as the Transporter Chief, and he was given the nickname Miles O'Brien as he became more popular in the crew. Meaney left The Next Generation in 1993 for a principal role in its spin-off Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and stayed on the show until its final episode in 1999. With 225 appearances on Star Trek, he has more appearances on the franchise than any other actor, including Michael Dorn.

In the 1994 miniseries Scarlett, the sequel to Gone With the Wind, Meaney appeared alongside Colum O'Hara. He has appeared on Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and appeared as Cowen, the leader of the Genii on the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) series Stargate Atlantis, and appeared on The ABC show Men in Trees as Bob O'Donnell. Meaney appears in the film Die Hard 2 as the pilot for the plane Windsor 114 that was later crashed by Colonel Stuart.

He was the only actor to appear in all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Rabbitte Trilogy, in which he played the father of the Rabbitte family. The family name was changed from film to film due to human rights concerns. Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten's Old Vic production was among his stage appearances. Meaney appeared in British comedy film Three and Out, which was released in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2008. Meaney was depicted in the film Kings on July of the same year by An Post (the Irish Post Office).

Meaney co-starred with Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx in Law Abiding Citizen in 2009, playing Detective Dunnigan. Meaney sang an Irish bartender on the Simpsons' "In the Name of the Grandfather" episode on St. Patrick's Day in 2009. The film The Damned United was released in the same month as Brian Clough's 44-day absence as Leeds United's manager. Don Revie, the former Leeds manager, was a member of Meaney. With Christian Slater and Ving Rhames, he co-starred in Soldiers of Fortune. Meaney co-starred in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, with Steve Coogan in 2013. In 2014, he appeared in The Horse, the BBC's three-part crime drama. Thomas Durant, a railroad magnate, appeared on AMC's drama series Hell on Wheels for five seasons.

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