Michael O'Neill
44 movies · 59 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 29, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Montgomery, Alabama, USA
- Also known as
- مایکل اونیل
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Michael O'Neill (born May 29, 1951) is an American actor. With a career stretching through three decades, he usually portrays senior law enforcement or military officers. He is perhaps best known for his role as Special agent Ron Butterfield, the head of President Josiah Bartlet's Secret Service detail, on The West Wing. He played CTU Administrative Director Richard Walsh in the first two episodes of 24. He played Sgt. Maj. Ron Cheals in the CBS action-drama series The Unit. He starred in the Season Six 2 part Finale of Grey's Anatomy as the broken widower who holds the hospital hostage with a 9mm while pursuing the doctors responsible for unplugging his wife. His most notable film performances occur in Seabiscuit, Secondhand Lions, Transformers, Dancer, Texas Pop 81, Traffic, Sea of Love, A Quiet Little Marriage, Nothing But the Truth, and Green Zone. O'Neill graduated from Auburn University in 1974. After attending Auburn he spent time under the tutelage of actor Will Geer and his daughter, Ellen, at Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles before moving to New York to pursue his career there.
Known for
Michael O'Neill: movies and TV shows
Acting (101)
- 2025 War of the Worlds
as Secretary of Defense Walter Crystal
- 2025 Bride Hard
as Frank
- 2025
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023 Air
as Joe Dean
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 Cold Call
as Christian
- 2020 The Stand at Paxton County
as Dell Connelly
- 2020
- 2019 Clemency
as Chaplain David Kendricks
- 2018 Indivisible
as Chaplain Rogers
- 2018
- 2018 Danger One
as Beckwith
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 The Grim Sleeper
as Detective Simms
- 2013 Dallas Buyers Club
as Richard Barkley
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 J. Edgar
as Senator McKellar
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Green Zone
as Colonel Bethel
- 2010 Flying Lessons
as Chief Dobbs
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008 Nothing But the Truth
as CIA Director
- 2008
- 2008 A Quiet Little Marriage
as Bruce
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 Crazy
as Ralph Christianson
- 2007 Transformers
as Tom Banacheck
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004 Around the Bend
as Cowboy
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 American Crime
as Sheriff Smyth
- 2003
- 2003 Secondhand Lions
as Ralph
- 2003 Seabiscuit
as Mr. Pollard
- 2003 Dreamcatcher
as Gen. Matheson
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000 Traffic
as Lawyer Rodman
- 2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance
as O.B. Keeler
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 ATF
as ATF Asst. Director Ben Walker
- 1999 The Mod Squad
as Greene
- 1998 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
as Mr. Lusk
- 1998
- 1998 Standoff
as Cult Leader (Voice)
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996 The Sunchaser
as Agent Moreland
- 1995
- 1995 Bushwhacked
as Jon Jordan
- 1995 Awake to Danger
as Detective Brickman
- 1994 Beyond Betrayal
as Ray Pasquerello
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 Blind Justice
as Spencer Heymen
- 1993 Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
as Dick Britton
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 For Their Own Good
as Clark Thompson
- 1992 Lorenzo's Oil
as School Psychologist
- 1992 Jennifer Eight
as Serato
- 1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Jergens
- 1989 An Unremarkable Life
as Michael
- 1989 Sea of Love
as Raymond Brown
- 1981 Ghost Story
as Churchill
Behind the camera (2)
- 2017 On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace
Producer
- 2002 The Emperor's Club
Co-Producer