
Colm Meaney
Biography
Colm J. Meaney (born May 30, 1953) is an Irish actor. He is widely known for playing Chief 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Die Hard 2
as Windsor Plane - Pilot
1990

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as Jimmy
2003

The Ballad of Davy Crockett
as Caleb
2024

Con Air
as Agent Duncan Malloy
1997

Renegade
as Jimmy McClure
2004

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
as Morgan the Goat
1995

The Road to Wellville
as Dr. Lionel Badger
1994

Layer Cake
as Gene
2004

Monument Ave.
as Jackie O'Hara
1998

Law Abiding Citizen
as Detective Dunnigan
2009

Far and Away
as Kelly
1992

The Damned United
as Don Revie
2009

Five Fingers
as Gavin
2006

The Van
as Larry
1996

The Commitments
as Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
1991

This Is My Father
as Seamus
1999

Bring Them Down
as Ray
2025

No Way Up
as Brandon
2024

Get Him to the Greek
as Jonathan Snow
2010

The Snapper
as Dessie Curley
1993
TV Appearances

The Simpsons
as Tom O'Flanagan (voice)
1989

Hell on Wheels
as Thomas 'Doc' Durant
2011

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Miles O'Brien
1993

Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Miles O'Brien
1987

Gargoyles
as Mr. Dugan (voice)
1994

Men in Trees
as Bob O'Donnell
2006

The Unit
2006

MacGyver
as Irwin Malcolm
1985

Tales from the Darkside
as Constable
1984

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Jake Slicker
1993

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Harold Garrett
2001

ZOS: Zone of Separation
as George Titac
2009