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3 | ->''"Talking about the show reminds you of things that you went through. So it's fun. When the show was on, I couldn't have handled it. I didn't want that direct connection."'' |
4 | -->-- On his time working on ''Franchise/StarTrek'' |
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6 | Colm J. Meaney (born May 30, 1953 in Glasnevin, Ireland) is an Irish actor. |
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8 | He is well known for his work as ''Franchise/StarTrek'' character Miles O'Brien, first as a recurring character on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' [[AscendedExtra that grew more prominent as time went on]], and later as an [[PromotionToOpeningTitles official main character]] on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. |
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10 | !!Roles of Note: |
11 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' (1987-1994) as [[TheEngineer Chief O'Brien]] |
12 | * ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' (1993-1999) |
13 | * ''Film/{{The Dead|1987}}'' (1987) as Mr. Bergin |
14 | * ''Film/DieHard2'' (1990) as a pilot |
15 | * ''Film/DickTracy'' (1990) in a bit part as a cop |
16 | * ''Film/TheCommitments'' (1991) as Mr. Rabbitte |
17 | * ''Film/UnderSiege'' (1992) as Daumer |
18 | * ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' (1992) as Major Ambrose |
19 | * ''Film/FarAndAway'' (1992) as Kelly |
20 | * ''Film/TheSnapper'' (1993) as Dessie Curley |
21 | * ''Film/TheRoadToWellville'' (1994) as Lionel Badger |
22 | * ''Film/TheEnglishmanWhoWentUpAHillButCameDownAMountain'' (1995) as Morgan the Goat |
23 | * ''Film/ConAir'' (1997) as Duncan Malloy |
24 | * ''Film/MagicalLegendOfTheLeprechauns'' (1999) as Seamus Muldoon |
25 | * ''Film/HowHarryBecameATree'' (2001) as Harry Maloney |
26 | * ''Comicbook/{{Blueberry}}'' (2004) as Jimmy [=McClure=] |
27 | * ''Film/LayerCake'' (2004) as Gene |
28 | * ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' (2004-2006) as Cowen |
29 | * ''Series/{{Alice 2009}}'' as Winston, the King of Hearts |
30 | * ''Literature/TheDamnedUnited'' (2009) as Don Revie |
31 | * ''Film/LawAbidingCitizen'' (2009) as Detective Dunnigan |
32 | * ''Film/GetHimToTheGreek'' (2010) as Jonathan Snow |
33 | * ''Film/TheConspirator'' (2010) as General David Hunter |
34 | * ''Series/HellOnWheels'' (2011) as Thomas "Doc" Durant |
35 | * ''Film/AlanPartridgeAlphaPapa'' (2013) as Pat Farrell |
36 | * ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' (2021) as Shelley Kelly |
37 | * ''Series/TheSerpentQueen'' (2022) as King Francis |
38 | * ''Film/{{Marlowe|2022}}'' (2022) as Bernie Ohls |
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40 | !!Tropes affiliated with the man include: |
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42 | * AscendedExtra: O'Brien was originally a background actor with some lines on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'' but he kept coming back and became a more and more prominent recurring character until becoming a full-blown series regular aboard ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]''. |
43 | * CaptainErsatz: A very strange example in that he played the father of the family in all three adaptations of Roddy Doyle's ''Barrytown Trilogy''. Due to licensing issues, the characters from ''Film/TheCommitments'' were not allowed to be used for ''Film/TheSnapper'', so the family was changed. The same thing happened again for ''The Van'', making his character in that film a CaptainErsatz of a CaptainErsatz. |
44 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: His Dublin accent often comes through when playing American or British characters. |
45 | * {{Typecasting}}: In part due to his Irish heritage, he's appeared in a lot of British flicks like ''Film/LayerCake'' and ''Literature/TheDamnedUnited''. His Irish heritage also guarantees him bit parts in films about historic New York like ''Film/FarAndAway'', among others. |
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