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Profile of Colm Meaney on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Colm Meaney  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 30th May 1953
   
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien

Colm Meaney (born May 30, 1953 in Dublin, Ireland) is an actor widely known for his role as Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and most recently as Francis Griffin, Peter Griffin's father, in Family Guy.

He started studying acting when he was 14 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.

Colm Meaney as Cowen in Stargate Atlantis

He also guest-starred on shows like 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. Recently, he has played a minor recurring role as Cowen, leader of the Genii on the Sci-Fi Channel series Stargate Atlantis.

He has no relation to the science fiction writer John Meaney, though the latter does have a brother who is also called Colm.

Selected filmography

  • Layer Cake (2004)
  • Intermission (2003)
  • Mystery, Alaska (1999)
  • This is my Father (1998)
  • Snitch (1998)
  • Con Air (1997)
  • Owd Bob (1997)
  • The Van (1996)
  • The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
  • The Road to Wellville (1994)
  • The Snapper (1993) (TV)
  • Under Siege (1992)
  • The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
  • Far and Away (1992)
  • The Commitments (1991)
  • Dick Tracy (1990)
  • Die Hard 2 (1990)
  • The Dead (1987)

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