Michael O'Neill
Acting
- Born
- May 29, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Montgomery, Alabama, USA
- Known For
- Мужской
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
The Mentalist
as Sheriff Nelson
2008
Grey's Anatomy
as Gary Clark
2005
NCIS
as Riley McCallister
2003
Criminal Minds
as Det. Yarbough
2005
S.W.A.T.
as Carl Luca
2017
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Ret. U.S. Army General Richard Collins
2009
Prison Break
as Herb Stanton
2005
24
as Richard Walsh, as Richard Welsh
2001
JAG
as Commander Bradley
1995
The X-Files
as Patrol Captain Van Gelder
1993
CSI: Miami
as Jerry Blackburn
2002
Diagnosis: Murder
as Sheriff Buck O'Hara
1993
Fringe
as Sheriff Velchik
2008
Sons of Anarchy
as Anthony Franklin
2008
The West Wing
as Ron Butterfield
1999
ER
as Col. Ken Kilner
1994
The Practice
as Judge Robert Temple
1997
This Is Us
as Arlo
2016
Scandal
as Lonnie Mencken
2012
Rizzoli & Isles
as Jonathan McKnight
2010
Without a Trace
as Thomas Shannon
2002
Tracker
as Buck Avery
2024
Ghost Whisperer
as Nolan
2005
Crossing Jordan
as Chris Benz
2001
Numb3rs
as Boyd Keene
2005
The Resident
as Joshua Williams
2018
Boston Legal
as Dr. Robert McLean
2004
Army Wives
as Reverend Bankerd
2007
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Senator Mitchell Chapin
2018
Fire Country
as Harlan Denbo
2022
The Unit
as Ron Cheals
2006
Boston Public
as Dr. Bernard Colbert
2000
Bates Motel
as Nick Ford
2013
Millennium
as County Prosecutor Calvin Smith
1996
Roswell
as Philip Evans
1999
Leverage
as Judge Roy
2008
Ally McBeal
as Dr. Colbert
1997
The Glades
as Trent Staley
2010
Shooter
as Ray Brooks
2016
FlashForward
as CIA Director Keller
2009
Commander in Chief
as Congressman Wilcox
2005
Law & Order: LA
as Jeb Monroe
2010
Extant
as Alan Sparks
2014
Rectify
as Senator Roland Foulkes
2013
Outer Range
as Judge Pettigrew
2022
Manhattan
as Psychiatrist
2014
11.22.63
as Arliss Price
2016
Happy's Place
as Jim Jackoway
2024
Vegas
as Mayor Ted Bennett
2012