Personal Info
Birth date
1947-05-29 (78 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Also known as
مایکل اونیل
Michael O'Neill
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.
Filmography
Grey's Anatomy
8.225
Overview:
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.Criminal Minds
8.308
Overview:
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.NCIS
7.622
Overview:
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.NCIS: Los Angeles
7.53
Overview:
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.The Mentalist
8.4
Overview:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.The West Wing
8.258
Overview:
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.The X-Files
8.4
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.S.W.A.T.
8.067
Overview:
A locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.Prison Break
8.081
Overview:
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.Without a Trace
7.2
Overview:
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.This Is Us
8.231
Overview:
Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.Ghost Whisperer
8.076
Overview:
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.Sons of Anarchy
8.4
Overview:
The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States as well as overseas. The show focused on the original and founding (mother) charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood charter. the charter operates both illegal and legal businesses in the small town of Charming. They combine gun-running and a garage, plus involvement in porn film. Clay, the president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship. especially When Jackson "Jax" Teller discovers that his father had a different view in mind for SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original) he goes on a personal quest to cleanse the name and make the club a better place, but at what cost?Diagnosis: Murder
7.071
Overview:
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.The Resident
8.402
Overview:
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.24
7.788
Overview:
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.Fringe
8.134
Overview:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.Crossing Jordan
7.166
Overview:
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.ER
7.828
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.The Unit
7.3
Overview:
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.Rizzoli & Isles
7.899
Overview:
Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.JAG
7.325
Overview:
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.Scandal
7.14
Overview:
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.Law & Order: LA
6.8
Overview:
From the tony Beverly Hills to the seedy side of Hollywood, LAPD’s elite Robbery Homicide Division is on the case. Fusing classic ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with the backdrop of LA, the series delves into the high profile crimes of the west coast.Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
7.684
Overview:
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.Chicago Hope
7.243
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.Leverage
7.562
Overview:
A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.Millennium
7.659
Overview:
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.Bates Motel
8.061
Overview:
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.Acting
TBAWar of the Worlds as Unknown
2025Bride Hard as Frank
2024Happy's Place (2 Episodes) as Jim Jackoway
2023Air as Joe Dean
2022Fire Country (1 Episode) as Harlan Denbo
2022Echoes (7 Episodes) as Victor McCleary
2022Outer Range (2 Episodes) as Judge Pettigrew
2021Cold Call as Christian
2020The Stand at Paxton County as Dell Connelly
2020Messiah (5 Episodes) as Cameron Collier
2019Clemency as Chaplain David Kendricks
2018Indivisible as Chaplain Rogers
2018The Romanoffs (1 Episode) as Ron Hopkins
2018Danger One as Beckwith
2018Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (5 Episodes) as Senator Mitchell Chapin
2018The Resident (1 Episode) as Joshua Williams
2017S.W.A.T. (3 Episodes) as Carl Luca
2016Shooter (3 Episodes) as Ray Brooks
2016This Is Us (1 Episode) as Arlo
201611.22.63 (1 Episode) as Arliss Price
2014Manhattan (1 Episode) as Psychiatrist
2014Extant (13 Episodes) as Alan Sparks
2014The Grim Sleeper as Detective Simms
2013Dallas Buyers Club as Richard Barkley
2013Rectify (15 Episodes) as Senator Roland Foulkes
2013Bates Motel (8 Episodes) as Nick Ford
2012Scandal (5 Episodes) as Lonnie Mencken
2011J. Edgar as Senator McKellar
2010Law & Order: LA (1 Episode) as Jeb Monroe
2010Rizzoli & Isles (1 Episode) as Jonathan McKnight
2010The Glades (1 Episode) as Trent Staley
2010Green Zone as Colonel Bethel
2009FlashForward (1 Episode) as CIA Director Keller
2009NCIS: Los Angeles (1 Episode) as Ret. U.S. Army General Richard Collins
2008Nothing But the Truth as CIA Director
2008Leverage (1 Episode) as Judge Roy
2008A Quiet Little Marriage as Bruce
2008The Mentalist (1 Episode) as Sheriff Nelson
2008Fringe (1 Episode) as Sheriff Velchik
2008Sons of Anarchy (1 Episode) as Anthony Franklin
2008Crazy as Ralph Christianson
2007Transformers as Tom Banacheck
2006The Nine (3 Episodes) as Pete Burton
2006The Unit (1 Episode) as Ron Cheals
2005Commander in Chief (2 Episodes) as Congressman Wilcox
2005Ghost Whisperer (1 Episode) as Nolan
2005Criminal Minds (1 Episode) as Det. Yarbough
2005Prison Break (1 Episode) as Herb Stanton
2005Grey's Anatomy (4 Episodes) as Gary Clark
2004Around the Bend as Cowboy
2004LAX (1 Episode) as Alonso Mathews
2004American Crime as Sheriff Smyth
2003NCIS (3 Episodes) as Riley McCallister
2003Secondhand Lions as Ralph
2003Seabiscuit as Mr. Pollard
2003Dreamcatcher as General Matheson
2002Without a Trace (1 Episode) as Thomas Shannon
200124 (1, 1 Episode) as Richard Welsh, Richard Walsh
2001Crossing Jordan (1 Episode) as Chris Benz
2000Traffic as Lawyer Rodman
2000The Legend of Bagger Vance as O.B. Keeler
2000Boston Public (4 Episodes) as Dr. Bernard Colbert
1999Roswell (1 Episode) as Philip Evans
1999The West Wing (15 Episodes) as Ron Butterfield
1999ATF as ATF Asst. Director Ben Walker
1999The Mod Squad as Greene
1998Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 as Mr. Lusk
1998Virtual Obsession as Unknown
1998Standoff as Cult Leader (Voice)
1997Ally McBeal (1 Episode) as Dr. Colbert
1997The Shining (1 Episode) as Daniel Edwards (uncredited)
1996Millennium (1 Episode) as County Prosecutor Calvin Smith
1996The Sunchaser as Agent Moreland
1995JAG (1 Episode) as Commander Bradley
1995Bushwhacked as Jon Jordan
1995Awake to Danger as Detective Brickman
1994Beyond Betrayal as Ray Pasquerello
1994ER (1 Episode) as Col. Ken Kilner
1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994One West Waikiki (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994Blind Justice as Spencer Heymen
1993Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story as Dick Britton
1993Diagnosis: Murder (1 Episode) as Sheriff Buck O'Hara
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Patrol Captain Van Gelder
1993For Their Own Good as Clark Thompson
1992Lorenzo's Oil as School Psychologist
1992Jennifer Eight as Serato
1992The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Jergens
1989An Unremarkable Life as Michael
1989Sea of Love as Raymond Brown
1981Ghost Story as Churchill
Production
2017On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace ... Producer
2002The Emperor's Club ... Co-Producer