Daragh Gerard Marion O'Malley was born on 25 May 1954 and is an Irish actor, director, and producer.
12 Facts About Daragh O'Malley
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O'Malley is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Patrick Harper in the series Sharpe starring with Sean Bean although O'Malley has appeared in a number of other films, major television shows, and stage productions throughout his career in the UK and in the US.
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O'Malley trained at LAMDA - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art - and began his acting career with roles in Crossroads on ITV and then roles in the films The Long Good Friday and Withnail and I O'Malley went on to star in over 100 UK and US television series, including Tales of the Unexpected, Waking The Dead, Silent Witness, Wire In The Blood and Vera, as well as appearing in TV roles in Longitude, Cleopatra, and The Magnificent Seven.
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Daragh O'Malley played Irish explorer Tom Crean in the eight-part television series The Last Place on Earth and the crooked lawyer Nick Varago in the LucasArts multi million selling interactive game Grim Fandango.
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In 2011, Daragh O'Malley shifted his focus back to the stage, appearing in productions in both the US and the UK.
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In recent years Daragh O'Malley has appeared in over a dozen stage productions, including a revival of Dancing at Lughnasa, where he played Father Jack, which was nominated for an MTA Best Production Award.
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Daragh O'Malley followed this by playing John Rainey in a London revival of Irvine's Mixed Marriage, which received positive reviews and which The Guardians Michael Billington called " the most compelling play in London".
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In 2014, Daragh O'Malley appeared as Big Daddy in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, for which he was nominated for an MTA Best Actor award.
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In Los Angeles, Daragh O'Malley won a Drama-Logue Best Actor Award for his 1998 performance as Sweeney in Patrick Marber's Dealers Choice at The Mark Taper Forum.
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Daragh O'Malley won a BANFF TV Award for a one-off episode of the BBC Series Doctors, a two-handed episode in which he appeared with actor Christopher Timothy.
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In both 2019 and in 2022 Daragh O'Malley was nominated for Best Actor OFFIE Awards for his performances in London theatre.
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Daragh O'Malley founded The Sharpe's Children Foundation, a charity designed to fight poverty with education and take orphaned and destitute children off the streets of the Third World and into residential primary education.