Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Colm Meaney became a household name in the US for his part as Chief Miles O’Brien inStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : The Next Generation , but it ’s just one of the actor ’s many great film and TV part . stomach in Finglas , Dublin , Ireland in 1958 , Colm Meaney study acting from the years of 14 before connect the Irish National Theatre . After cutting his teeth in tour theater and UK television designate likeZ - Cars , Colm Meaney move to New York in the mid-1980s , intending to prosecute a career in Hollywood .
In 1987 , Meaney became a repeat member of theStar Trek : The Next Generationcastas a nameless conn officer on the bridge deck of the USS Enterprise - D. This character became transporter Chief Miles O’Brien , who was spin off intoStar Trek : Deep Space Ninein 1993 . While Colm Meaney ’s consignment toDS9meant that he was unable to make node appearances on other tv set shows , he go on to make movies both in Hollywood and his native Ireland throughout his time on the show . Colm Meaney ’s fellowDS9actors were n’t countenance to pursue other jobs , so it ’s rosy for film and telly fans that he was the exception to that clause .
Star Trek is all about inclusion and diversity , but it does n’t always get it right-hand , as DS9 ’s Chief O’Brien doer Colm Meaney once pointed out .
10Shelley Kelly in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It’s Always Sunny season 15 episodes 6 and 7
Colm Meaney play the beginner of Charlie Kelly ( Charlie Day ) inIt ’s Always gay in Philadelphiaseason 15 , episode 6 and 7 . The identity of Charlie ’s sire had been a long - running mystery in the sitcom , which was at long last answered when the Gang went to Ireland . Colm Meaney was heavy in the office of Charlie ’s cheese - bed , rat - bashing dad , and his dry legal transfer of some of the more outlandish gags essay that he was perfectly cast in the long - running sitcom .
Sadly , Shelley Kelly was killed off , forcing the Gang to carry his corpse up a mountain as per his final wishes . It was a ludicrous plot line that take out the best in Charlie Day , who showed off his situation comedy namesake ’s more vulnerable side . Perhaps work alongside Colm Meaney had unlock something in Kelly , who give his all inIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ’s season 15 closing curtain .
9Pat Farrell in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
Released September 28, 2013 (USA)
age before his guest role inIt ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia , Colm Meaney appear alongside another darling comedy picture . Colm Meaney play fired DJ Pat Farrell inAlan tinamou : Alpha Papa . The disgruntled DJ held the staff of North Norfolk Digital radio post hostage until he was reinstated to his old slot on the schedule . Colm Meaney ’s physicality and gift for comic timing makes Pat Farrell a perfect hydrofoil for Steve Coogan ’s weasly Alan Partridge , who sees the life - threatening situation as a means to revitalize his career . At times , Meaney ’s operation is so commanding that he steal the calcium light from a genuine funniness legend .
8Don Revie in The Damned United (2009)
Released October 9, 2009 (United States)
The Damned Unitedis a fabricated telling of the 44 - day period in which English football coach Brian Clough ( Michael Sheen ) manage Leeds United . Colm Meaney recreate Clough ’s predecessor and former England manager , the controversial Don Revie . In one of the movie ’s most memorable scenes , Michael Sheen and Colm Meaney re - enacted the live debate between Clough and Revie which aired on the eventide that the Leeds coach was dismissed . Based on a novel by David Peace , The Damned Unitedwas criticised for being an inaccurate account of Clough ’s incumbency , but there ’s no doubt the quality of Colm Meaney and Michael Sheen ’s performances .
Miles O’Brien is " the most important man in Star Trek history , " played by one of its ripe actor , as proved by O’Brien ’s good TNG and DS9 episodes .
7Jerry Lynch in Intermission (2003)
Released August 29, 2003 (Ireland)
A blackly comic Irish crime dramatic play , Intermissionwas well receive by critics and audiences , winning several prizes at the Irish Film and TV awards . Intermissionfeatured some of Ireland ’s comfortably - have it off actors , including Colm Meaney as Detective Jerry Lynch . Playing Lynch ’s curse , the hardened criminal Lehiff , was Colin Farrell , while Cillian Murphy , recently make for his performance inChrisopher Nolan’sOppenheimer , also appeared in another ofIntermission ’s interconnected story strands . Colm Meaney ’s Lynch is a no - hokum hardman copper , who is far from the Saviour he gift himself as . just the sorting of complex character that Colm Meaney is so keen at play .
6Gene in Layer Cake (2004)
Released October 1, 2004
splendidly the moving-picture show that convinced Barbara Brocolli that Daniel Craig had the potential to play James Bond , Matthew Vaughn’sLayer Cakealso sport a strong performance from Colm Meaney as Gene . Colm Meaney brought a lived - in smell to the criminal fictitious character , that established he was a Isle of Man to be prise . Meaney ’s operation inLayer Cakeis bright subtle , subverting the British gangster movie clichés of yelling , embrangle criminal . One shot in fussy , where he regularize the decease of The Duke and his girlfriend purely by dissimilar facial expressions , is a perfect illustration of Meaney ’s unruffled ruggedness inLayer Cake .
5Martin McGuiness in The Journey (2016)
Released May 5, 2017 (UK & Ireland)
Colm Meaney acquire Best Actor in a Lead Role at the 2017 Irish Film and Television Awards for his role as Northern Irish politician Martin McGuiness inThe Journey . The film watch Sinn Féin loss leader McGuiness and Democratic Unionist Party drawing card Dr. Ian Paisley ( Timothy Spall ) as they take a trip back to Belfast in the tether - up to the historic St. Andrew ’s Agreement in 2006 . The photographic film was criticized for being an inaccurate depiction of event , but there ’s no doubt Colm Meaney ’s incredible portrayal of a conflicted McGuiness , submit Northern Ireland ’s past with its future .
4Agent Duncan Malloy in Con Air (1997)
Released June 2, 1997 (United States)
Con Airis a movie that is full of outrageous performance , let in notedStar Trekfan Nicolas Cageas Cameron Poe . Colm Meaney played Agent Duncan Malloy inCon Airand was more than capable of play off the energies of Nic Cage and John Malkovich . A brash DEA officer , Meaney ’s Duncan Malloy was the exact reverse of John Cusack ’s more metric and appealing US Marshall , Vince Larkin . Notably , it ’s Agent Malloy ’s Corvette C2 - arrant with AZZ KIKR vanity plate - which falls from a expectant height , to which Colm Meaney uproariously reacts in the way of a foul - mouthed Stan Laurel .
3Thomas ‘Doc’ Durant in Hell on Wheels (2011 - 2016)
Series regular for all four seasons of Hell on Wheels
AMC ’s westerly revenge dramaHell on Wheelsteamed Colm Meaney with futureStar Trek : Strange New Worldscastmember Anson Mount . limit after the terminal of the American Civil War , Hell on Wheelscentered around Cullen Bohannon ( Anson Mount ) and his quest for revenge against the Union soldier that mangle his married woman . Colm Meaney played a fictionalized version of the Union Pacific Railroad ’s frailty president , Thomas ' Doc ' Durant inHell on wheel . Meaney once toldColliderthat he was drawn to the part because :
" You do n’t see write like this , nowadays . The vocabulary he practice is just howling . There was no falter . "
Meaney ’s love of the book can be seen in how he relishes the dialog he has to deliver as Durant .
2Dessie Curley in The Snapper (1993)
Released April 4, 1993 (UK)
Roddy Doyle ’s Barrytown Trilogy is an integral part of contemporary Irish culture , and Colm Meaney starred in all three of the movies that comprise it . Meaney ’s most illustrious functioning in the Barrytown Trilogy is as Dessie Curley inThe Snapper . It ’s a bravura carrying out from Colm Meaney that balances comedy and pathos to give audiences one of movie theater ’s peachy Father of the Church figures . The Snapperis a raucous celebration of family that also asks tough questions about how companionship views and judges fair sex . Colm Meaney ’s journey from diehard paterfamilias to progressive father is a joy to watch .
The Barrytown trilogy comprisesThe Commitments , The Snapper , andThe Van , all of which are usable to rive from Prime Video .
1Chief Miles O’Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: DS9 (1987 - 1999)
Recurring role in TNG and series regular in DS9
Colm Meaney ’s Chief O’Brien was a fixture ofStar Trekfor 12 years , from his first appearance inStar Trek : The Next Generationin 1987 to his final performance inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s finis in 1999 . It ’s will to Colm Meaney ’s considerable act talent that he was give such deep fabric to do during those 12 year . FromChief O’Brien ’s hatred of Cardassiansto the temporary loss of his daughter Molly ( Hana Hatae ) , theTNGandDS9writers ' rooms always ensured Colm Meaney had stories that he could drop his tooth into .
Quite simply , Colm Meaney is one of the greatest actor to ever come out in theStar Trekfranchise , let aloneStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . Given Meaney ’s fertile calling in film , TV , and theater , theDS9producers made the good call in allowing him to pursue opportunities elsewhere . By maintaining a profile outsideStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , Colm Meaney was able-bodied to continue entertaining audiences with operation that showcased his considerable talents for playing Heron and villain , always brightly balance drollery and ruth .
All of Colm Meaney ’s episodes ofStar Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek : Deep Space Nineare usable to well out on Paramount+ .
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.
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Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also known as DS9 , is the fourth serial publication in the long - running Sci - Fi dealership , Star Trek . DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and stars Avery Brooks , René Auberjonois , Terry Farrell , and Cirroc Lofton . This particular serial publication follows a grouping of person in a space station near a satellite called Bajor .
