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29 May 1947 (77)
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
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Michael O'Neill
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2024 | Bride Hard | |
— | War of the Worlds | |
2023 | Air | Joe Dean |
2022 | Outer Range | Judge Pettigrew |
2022 | Echoes | Victor McCleary |
2022 | Fire Country | Harlan Denbo |
2021 | Cold Call | Christian |
2020 | Messiah | Cameron Collier |
2020 | The Stand at Paxton County | Dell Connelly |
2019 | Clemency | Chaplain David Kendricks |
2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Senator Mitchell Chapin |
2018 | The Resident | Joshua Williams |
2018 | Indivisible | Chaplain Rogers |
2018 | The Romanoffs | Ron Hopkins |
2018 | Danger One | Beckwith |
2017 | S.W.A.T. | Carl |
2017 | S.W.A.T. | Carl Luca |
2016 | 11.22.63 | Arliss Price |
2016 | This Is Us | Arlo |
2016 | Shooter | Ray Brooks |
2014 | Extant | Alan Sparks |
2014 | Manhattan | Psychiatrist |
2014 | The Grim Sleeper | Detective Simms |
2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | Richard Barkley |
2013 | Bates Motel | Nick Ford |
2013 | Rectify | Senator Roland Foulkes |
2012 | Scandal | Lonnie Mencken |
2011 | J. Edgar | Senator McKellar |
2010 | Green Zone | Colonel Bethel |
2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Jonathan McKnight |
2010 | The Glades | Trent Staley |
2010 | Law & Order: LA | Jeb Monroe |
2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Ret. U.S. Army General Richard Collins |
2009 | FlashForward | CIA Director Keller |
2008 | The Mentalist | Sheriff Nelson |
2008 | Sons of Anarchy | Anthony Franklin |
2008 | Fringe | Sheriff Velchik |
2008 | Nothing But the Truth | CIA Director |
2008 | Leverage | Judge Roy |
2008 | Crazy | Ralph Christianson |
2008 | A Quiet Little Marriage | Bruce |
2007 | Transformers | Tom Banacheck |
2006 | The Unit | Ron Cheals |
2006 | The Nine | Pete Burton |
2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Gary Clark |
2005 | Prison Break | Herb Stanton |
2005 | Criminal Minds | Det. Yarbough |
2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Nolan |
2005 | Commander in Chief | Congressman Wilcox |
2004 | Around the Bend | Cowboy |
2004 | American Crime | Sheriff Smyth |
2003 | NCIS | Riley McCallister |
2003 | Dreamcatcher | General Matheson |
2003 | Seabiscuit | Mr. Pollard |
2003 | Secondhand Lions | Ralph |
2002 | Without a Trace | Thomas Shannon |
2001 | 24 | Richard Welsh |
2001 | 24 | Richard Walsh |
2001 | Crossing Jordan | Chris Benz |
2000 | Traffic | Lawyer Rodman |
2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | O.B. Keeler |
1999 | The West Wing | Ron Butterfield |
1999 | Roswell | Philip Evans |
1999 | The Mod Squad | Greene |
1999 | ATF | Asst. A.T.F. Director Ben Walker |
1998 | Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | Mr. Lusk |
1998 | Virtual Obsession | |
1997 | The Shining | Daniel Edwards (uncredited) |
1996 | The Sunchaser | Agent Moreland |
1995 | JAG | Commander Bradley |
1995 | Bushwhacked | Jon Jordan |
1995 | Awake to Danger | Detective Brickman |
1994 | ER | Col. Ken Kilner |
1994 | Chicago Hope | |
1994 | Blind Justice | Spencer Heymen |
1994 | One West Waikiki | |
1994 | Beyond Betrayal | Ray Pasquerello |
1993 | The X-Files | Patrol Captain Van Gelder |
1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Sheriff Buck O'Hara |
1993 | For Their Own Good | Clark Thompson |
1993 | Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story | Dick Britton |
1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | School Psychologist |
1992 | Jennifer Eight | Serato |
1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Jergens |
1989 | Sea of Love | Raymond Brown |
1989 | An Unremarkable Life | Michael |
1981 | Ghost Story | Churchill |
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2017 | On Yoga the Architecture of Peace | Producer |
2002 | The Emperor's Club | Co-Producer |