17 Facts About Colm Meaney

Colm J Meaney is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Colm Meaney has a career in films, appearing in Layer Cake, The Damned United, all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy, and in Get Him to the Greek.

Colm Meaney portrayed a principal character in the film The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain.

In 2017, Meaney won the Best Actor IFTA for his portrayal of Irish politician Martin McGuinness in the film The Journey.

Colm Meaney began studying acting at age 14, and he entered the Abbey Theatre School of Acting after secondary school.

Colm Meaney became a member of the Irish National Theatre and worked for the next eight years in England, touring with several theatre companies, including the 7:84 theatre group founded by John McGrath.

Colm Meaney guest-starred on shows such as Remington Steele and Moonlighting before embarking on a successful film career; he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his role in The Snapper.

Colm Meaney first appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation in its 1987 pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", as an unnamed helm officer.

Colm Meaney's character became a frequently recurring one, and was given the name of Miles O'Brien as he became more prominent in the crew as Transporter Chief.

In 1993, Colm Meaney left The Next Generation for a main role in its spin-off Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and remained on that show until its final episode, in 1999.

Colm Meaney played Colum O'Hara in the 1994 miniseries Scarlett, the sequel to Gone With the Wind.

Colm Meaney appeared in the film Die Hard 2, playing the pilot for the plane Windsor 114 that was later crashed by Colonel Stuart.

Colm Meaney was the only actor to appear in all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy, wherein he played the father of the Rabbitte family.

Colm Meaney starred in British comedy film Three and Out released in the UK on 25 April 2008.

In 2009, Colm Meaney co-starred with Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx in Law Abiding Citizen, playing Detective Dunnigan.

In March 2009, Colm Meaney voiced an Irish bartender on the St Patrick's Day episode of The Simpsons, "In the Name of the Grandfather".

Colm Meaney married French costume designer Ines Glorian in March 2007.