Colm Meaney

Name: Colm Meaney
Date of Birth: May 30, 1953
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

Mini-bio: Colm J. Meaney (Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh) (first name pronounced /ˈkɒləm/[1] born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation ...( read more)

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Colm Meaney mini-bio: Colm J. Meaney (Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh) (first name pronounced /?k?l?m/[1] born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Meaney was born in Dublin. He started studying acting when he was fourteen years of age, and entered the Abbey Theatre school of Acting after secondary school. He became a member of the Irish National Theatre and spent the next eight years in England, touring with several theatre companies. Meaney's first television appearance was in Z-Cars on BBC1 in 1978. He also 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. Meaney first appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987 in its pilot episode, Encounter At Farpoint. His character was eventually given the name of Miles O'Brien. In 1993, Meaney left The Next Generation for its spin-off Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and remained on Deep Space Nine until its final episode in 1999. With 211 total appearances on Star Trek (157 on Deep Space Nine and 54 on The Next Generation), he has made more appearances on the franchise than any other actor except Michael Dorn (282). Meaney appeared in two Star Trek pilot episodes (The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine), a distinction shared with Patrick Stewart and Armin Shimerman. Meaney is also one of six actors to appear in the finales of two different Star Trek series. He has also played a minor recurring role as Cowen, leader of the Genii on the Sci-Fi Channel series Stargate Atlantis, and he guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He 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; however due to rights issues the family name changed from film to film. His stage appearances include the Old Vic production of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten. Meaney is expected to sign on for the role of Gene Hunt in the American remake of Life on Mars

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MorpheusOne

Does anyone know why Chief O'Brian was never promoted in rank the entire time that he was on DS9? Just before DS9 came on the air & his character was still on TNG & his rank was lt. 1st grade, meaning that he had two full buttons on his collar. When his character was first put onto the show, Dr. Julian Bashir, who was a lt. 2nd grade (One full button & a hollow circle) out ranked him. He should have been a lt. commander by then, given that he had clearly put his time in, and after all, he was DS9's chief engineer!

Soo, wtf happened? He was obviously demoted, but why!? Near the end of the series Ezri Dax, who was an ensign, outranked him & that came up in a very particular episode where the two of them were on her homeworld & he wanted to do something & she gave him a direct order to do otherwise.

At the end of the series, in the very last episode actually, Nog, who had been just a cadet was promoted to full ensign which meant that even he outranked Chief O'Brian and Chief O'Brian had been tutoring him on the fine art of station engineering for approx the previous two seasons! Nog was his apprehentice, the Chief was his primary teacher and the main reason that Nog was able to get thru his studies, the main person that gave him his studies! They didn't even attempt to do justice to Chief O'Brian or to the actor that portrayed him, Colm Meaney. They didn't even try! They disrespected the crap out of them and in doing so also did an injustice to the fans of TNG & DS9.

But, what I want to know is, why!??

posted 664 days ago
StargateCommand

After Star Trek was cancelled, STARGATE hired Colm Meaney to guest star. Colm played a leader of the Genii people in STARGATE ATLANTIS! More fun info on Colm Meaney and STARGATE SG-1 at www.THESUPERGATE.com

posted 783 days ago
eamon624

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posted 815 days ago
orla505

he's an institution for irish films!nerly all the good irish films iv seen have him in it.

posted 820 days ago
eamon624

hes the man

posted 821 days ago
strawberrydaquiris

I love ALL of Colm's work on Star Trek!!! Fabulous!!!

posted 874 days ago
leanneduggan87

wow he is absolutly an amazing actor!!!!:)

posted 1056 days ago

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Law Abiding Citizen (R, 2009)
The Damned United (R, 2009)
Clean Break (Unrated, 2008)
Three and Out (PG, 2008)
The Metrosexual (Unrated, 2007)
Robert Ludlum's Covert One - The Hades Factor (Unrated, 2006)
Five Fingers (R, 2006)
A Lobster Tale (PG-13, 2006)
The Boys and Girl From County Clare (R, 2005)
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (R, 2005)

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