Colm J. Meaney (born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor. He is widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest starred on many other television shows, from Law & Order to The Simpsons, and has a significant career in motion pictures.
From Dublin, Ireland
1.4
Popularity110
Credits6.3
Rating25.1M
Budget64.8M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 Re-Creation
2025 The Happy Worker
2025 Remarkably Bright Creatures
2025 Bring Them Down as Ray
2024 The Problem with People as Ciáran
2024 Duchess as Frank Monaghan
2024 The Ballad of Davy Crockett as Caleb
2024 No Way Up as Brandon
2023 In the Land of Saints and Sinners as Robert McQue
2023 There's Always Hope as Jonathan
2023 Marlowe as Bernie Ohls
2023 Unwelcome as Colm “Daddy” Whelan
2022 Three Day Millionaire as Mr. Barr Executive Producer
2022 Confession as Father Peter
2022 Save the Cinema as Martyn
2021 The Monkey as MacDonell
2020 Pixie as Dermot O'Brien
2020 The Banker as Patrick Barker
2019 Seberg as Frank Ellroy
2019 The Last Right as Detective Donall Crowley
2019 Tolkien as Father Francis Morgan
2018 What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self
2018 National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Daddy
2017 Halal Daddy as Martin Logan
2017 The Journey as Martin McGuinness
2016 The Secrets of Emily Blair as Father Avital
2016 Pelé: Birth of a Legend as George Raynor, Coach George Raynor
2016 Norm of the North as Grandfather (voice)
2015 I Am Your Father as Narrator (voice)
2015 A Dangerous Arrangement as Leslie
2014 The Devil's Hand as Elder Beacon
2014 The Yank as Fintan McGuire
2013 Free Birds as Myles Standish (voice)
2013 A Belfast Story as Detective
2013 One Chance as Roland Potts
2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa as Patt Farrell
2013 Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds as Chief Miles O'Brien (archive footage)
2012 Soldiers of Fortune as Mason
2012 The Cold Light of Day as Bandler
2012 Bel Ami as Monsieur Rousset
2011 The Perfect Stranger as Mark O'Reilly
2011 Whole Lotta Sole as Detective Weller
2011 The Conspirator as David Hunter
2011 The Flight of the Swan as Giannopoulos
2011 The Hot Potato as Harry
2010 Alleged as H.L. Mencken
2010 Parked as Fred Daly
2010 Get Him to the Greek as Jonathan Snow
2009 The Race as Frank Kensay
2009 Law Abiding Citizen as Detective Dunnigan
2009 The Damned United as Don Revie
2008 Three and Out as Tommy Cassidy
2008 Unnatural Causes as Trevor Jones
2007 Kings as Joe Mullan
2006 Five Fingers as Gavin
2006 Caved In: Prehistoric Terror as Vincent
2006 A Lobster Tale as Cody
2005 Turning Green as Tom
2004 Battle of the Brave as Benjamin Franklin
2004 Layer Cake as Gene
2004 The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold as Inspector Brackenreid
2004 The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying as Inspector Brackenreid
2004 Bad Apple as Gibbons
2004 Renegade as Jimmy McClure
2003 Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era as Himself
2003 The Boys & Girl from County Clare as Jimmy
2003 Intermission as Jerry Lynch
2002 King of Texas as Mr. Tumlinson
2002 Random Passage as Thomas Hutchings
2002 Backflash as Gin O'Malley
2001 How Harry Became a Tree as Harry
2001 Intimacy
1999 Chapter Zero as Frank Lazaras
1999 Mystery, Alaska as Mayor Scott Pitcher
1999 Four Days as Fury
1999 This Is My Father as Seamus
1998 Money Kings as Al Sheehan
1998 October 22 as Steve
1998 Monument Ave. as Jackie O'Hara
1998 Claire Dolan as Roland Cain
1998 Owd Bob as Keith Moore
1997 Con Air as Agent Duncan Malloy
1996 The Last of the High Kings as Jim Davern
1996 The Van as Larry
1996 The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations as Self
1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior as Miles O'Brien
1995 The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain as Morgan the Goat
1995 The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek as Self
1994 The Road to Wellville as Dr. Lionel Badger
1994 War of the Buttons as Geronimo's Dad
1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... as Chief Miles O'Brien
1994 Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Self
1993 The Snapper as Dessie Curley
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes as Himself
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary as Miles O'Brien
1992 Into the West as Barreller
1992 Under Siege as Daumer
1992 The Last of the Mohicans as Major Ambrose
1992 Far and Away as Kelly
1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption as Miles O'Brien (archive footage)
1991 The Commitments as Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
1990 Come See the Paradise as Gerry McGurn
1990 Die Hard 2 as Windsor Plane - Pilot
1990 Dick Tracy as Cop at Tess'
1989 Perfect Witness as Meagher
1987 The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues as Tinkerer
1987 The Dead as Mr. Bergin
1986 Omega Syndrome as Sean
1982 Easter 2016 as Kevin Murphy
1981 Nailed as Younger Protestant
6.85 Science Fiction 6
6.81 War 3
6.49 Music 4
6.37 Fantasy 4
6.31 History 6
6.10 Family 6
6.05 Crime 13
6.05 Romance 12
6.02 Drama 54
5.99 TV Movie 8
5.93 Adventure 7
5.88 Thriller 21
5.88 Action 14
5.88 Western 5
5.79 Comedy 30
5.60 Animation 3
5.53 Mystery 2
5.05 Horror 5
4.33 Documentary 6