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  Colm Meaney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colm J. Meaney (/cɔləm/ or /cɔlm̩/, a variant of Callum
Meaney's first tele­vision appearance was in Z-Cars on BBC1 in 1978.
Colm Meaney article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
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 Colm Meaney
Colm Meaney is no stranger to the run down Barrytown district of Dublin depicted in The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van, having grown up near the much mythologized neighborhood.
Meaney moved to the U.S. in 1982, continuing to work mainly on the stage, but gradually made the transition into television and film playing small parts and guest roles on a variety of series.
Meaney was also notable in 1996's The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain: his Morgan the Goat, a randy Welsh pub owner with a flair for smart remarks, was an appropriate foil for the naive Englishman played by Hugh Grant.
www.starfleetlibrary.com /bios/colm_meaney.htm   (542 words)

  
 Colm Meaney - Memory Alpha
Colm Meaney was born in Dublin on 30 May 1953.
Later that year Colm starred as Judge Harold Garrett in an episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent, coincidentially this character suffered from the same torn rotator cuff that Miles O'Brien suffered from.
Meaney and Burton both voiced parts unrelated to their roles in Star Trek, whereas the other three voiced their TNG characters.
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 Colm Meaney Trivia - Colm Meaney Facts - Colm Meaney Notes
Meaney has a daughter named Ada with his current girlfriend.
Meaney claims he played trombone for 10 minutes, and jokes he was in an accordion band for even less than that.
Meaney claims the worst actor he ever had to work with was Steven Seagal in "Under Siege".
www.tv.com /colm-meaney/person/17725/trivia.html   (437 words)

  
 DS9 - Chief Operations Officer Miles Edward O'Brien   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A native of Ireland, Colm (pronounced "column") was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Colm worked on a fishing boat while awaiting word on his acceptance, but as soon as he received word that the school would admit him, he left the world of fishing behind.
Meaney has often had to play villains and while his STAR TREK persona is a very benevolent one, in the fifth season episode "Power Play" the character of Chief O'Brien was possessed by a dangerous alien entity, along with Troi and Data.
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 Straight.com Vancouver | Movies | Meaney Plays Rake in Clare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Meaney began his performing career as an actor in Ireland before touring England with the left-wing troupe 784.
In 1987, Meaney appeared as a background character in the series premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Meaney says that although he enjoyed his Trek stint, he doesn’t miss beaming up on a weekly basis.
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 LCARSCom.Net | The LCARS Computer Network | A Star Trek Fan Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Colm Meaney reprised his role from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as Miles O'Brien, now Chief Operations Officer on STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.
Colm also appeared as Morgan the Goat in the Miramax feature film "The Englishman That Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain" starring Hugh Grant.
Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Colm began studying acting at the age of 14.
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 COLM MEANEY
Colm Meaney started at the renowned Abbey Theatre in Dublin before moving to London where he joined 784, a leftist theatre group.
Meaney shone in a supporting role as the Elvis-worshipping father in Alan Parker's "The Commitments" (1991), which led to the lead in Stephen Frears' "The Snapper" (1993).
Meaney offered a menacing turn as an Irish gangster who forces Katrin Cartlidge into a life of prostitution in "Claire Dolan" (1998) and offered a memorable cameo as a slightly fey bed and breakfast owner in "This Is My Father" (1999).
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Colm Meaney
Colm Meaney (born May 30, 1953 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish-born actor, widely known for his role as Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Meaney's first television appearance was in Z Cars on BBC television in 1978.
He has no relation to the science fiction writer John Meaney, though the latter does have a brother who is also called Colm.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Colm_Meaney   (208 words)

  
 Colm Meaney
That being said, the ubiquitous Meaney is both talented and charming, the Emerald Isle's version of Gene Hackman, only a little more discriminating in the roles he accepts.
In adapting the second novel of his popular Barrytown Trilogy, Irish author Roddy Doyle brilliantly captures the hilarious dynamics of a working-class family, the virulent gossip of their nosy Dublin neighbors, and the mixed emotions of a young woman on the verge of single motherhood.
Sharon (Tina Kellegher) is the 20-year-old daughter of Dessie (Colm Meaney), and her refusal to name the father of her unborn child turns into an escalating crisis that's as traumatic (especially for Dessie) as it is delightfully amusing.
www.dvd-today.com /actor/Colm-Meaney/dvd.html   (549 words)

  
 Colm Meaney
Colm Meaney is a burly, curly-haired Irish actor.
Meaney began working as an actor in Dublin.
In the 1970s, he performed with the leftist 7:84 Theater Company, a troupe presenting plays for "working-class audiences," dealing with "political, social and cultural issues of inequality, prejudice and oppression." It was nice work, but lousy pay.
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 StarTrek.nl - Welcome to the future - Colm Meaney
After high school, Meaney entered the Abby Theater School of Acting, part of the Irish National Theater, and later joined the company as a professional actor.
Meaney recently appeared in the summer blockbuster "Con Air" with Nicholas Cage and John Cusack.
During the breaks from the fifth season of Deep Space Nine, Meaney starred in a number of independent feature films including "OWD BOB" with James Cromwell, Ted Demme's "Noose" with Denis Leary, "This is My Father" with Aidan Quinn and James Caan and an untitled Lodge Kerrigan film which co-stars Katrin Cartridge and Vincent D'Onofrio.
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 Colm Meaney News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
News about Colm Meaney continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Blue Lagoon alum Christopher Atkins is co-starring with STAR TREK's own Colm Meaney in an upcoming original SciFi Channel movie entitled Caved In: Prehistoric Terror.
Colm Meaney, one of Ireland's most familiar actors -- O'Brien on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," the dad in "The Commitments," "The Snapper"...
www.topix.net /who/colm-meaney   (236 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Article
Colm Meaney ("Miles O'Brien") is receiving high marks for a pair of starring film roles.
Meaney plays Jimmy, a successful businessman preparing to return to his native Ireland for the competition.
Meaney also received kind words for "Intermission," which also played at the Toronto Fest.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/news/article/2968.html   (626 words)

  
 The Great Link : Interview, Colm Meaney (DS9's Chief O'Brien) - UK Star Trek / Cult TV Web Site and Home of the Founders
Meaney, a native of Ireland, says that being a part of "Trek" is almost like having a membership in a secret organization.
Meaney happened upon the Doyle trilogy by chance in 1990 while working on English director Alan Parker's drama "Come See the Paradise." "When we were doing that, Alan said he'd gotten this book that was set in Dublin," Meaney recalls.
Meaney came to the United States in 1982 and spent a few years on-stage in New York before heading out to the more lucrative film and television realm of Hollywood.
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 GateWorld - News: Colm Meaney to guest star on Atlantis
Meaney is most recognizable to sci-fi fans as Chief Miles O'Brien, who was a recurring character on Star Trek: The Next Generation before heading to Deep Space Nine as a series regular.
While the identity of Meaney's character is not yet known, we do know that the mid-season episodes "Underground," "The Storm," and "The Eye" will involve a single story arc.
Meaney joins the ranks of Star Trek regulars Armin Shimmerman, Rene Auberjonois, Marina Sirtis, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, and Robert Picardo, each of whom have previously guest starred on Stargate.
www.gateworld.net /news/2004/06/colmmeaneytogueststaroniat.shtml   (325 words)

  
 Colm Meaney Current Month TV Schedule
O'Brien (Colm Meaney) is deeply troubled when he must betray a new friend (Nick Tate) while on an undercover mission for Starfleet.
While on a picnic, O'Brien's (Colm Meaney) daughter (Hana Hatae) stumbles into a vortex of swirling energy and is taken back 300 years.
The Defiant crew (Avery Brooks, Colm Meaney, Alexander Siddig) hastens to save a Starfleet captain (Debra Wilson) who is stranded on a remote planet with little oxygen.
www.tv-now.com /stars/colm.html   (948 words)

  
 The Next Generation-Season Three-Ritterson's Episode Guides
During an Away Team survey of a deserted planet, an archaeologist is killed in an explosion, and the crew tries to comfort her 12-year-old son.
While the Away Team investigates an ancient warship, the Enterprise is bombarded by deadly waves of radiation and crippled by a sudden power loss.
Data's shuttlecraft explodes, but the crew is forced to proceed on it's mission to aid a colony with a contaminated water supply.
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 Intermission (2003): Cillian Murphy, Kelly MacDonald, Colm Meaney, Colin Farrell - PopMatters Film Review
Colm Meaney plays against type as an abusive, bumbling police detective with delusions of grandeur.
His Jerry Lynch is a loose cannon with a fondness for boxing and Celtic music, who bases his self-image in his bullying of suspects and informants, including his chief nemesis, the brutish Lehiff (Colin Farrell).
It is unfortunate that the ambiguity of the film's best performances (Meaney, Deirdre O'Kane) is at odds with the film's aspirations towards pointed fl humor.
www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/i/intermission-dvd.shtml   (1159 words)

  
 TrekWeb.com - Colm Meaney on STAR TREK Typecasting and Conventions, Grateful to Rick Berman
I had the chance to spend sometime with Colm while i was working on the fifth season of DS9 and he is a great guy who will always make time to talk to you and he was a constant professional while he was working!!He deserves all the work he can get!
Colm Meaney is a great in Layer Cake.
Colm Meaney is a major character and a real hard-ass.
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 Amazon.ca: Snapper (Widescreen): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tina Kellegher is brilliant as the knocked up daughter, and Colm Meaney's performance is top notch as always.
The dilemma of the sister being pregnant out of wedlock is not really funny, nor is it a large enough crisis on which to build a movie.
The single exception to the mediocrity is, as ever, Colm Meaney, once again brilliant, funny and poignant as the father of the family.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005R87D   (864 words)

  
 STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Colm Meaney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Although his work may be overwhelming at times, Miles is happy to be there," said Meaney.
It was then that Meaney made his first television appearances in the BBC production of "
Meaney's critically acclaimed performance in the 1994 Miramax Film "
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 Bad Apple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chris Noth Colm Meaney Mercedes Ruehl Robert Patrick Dagmara Dominczyk Elliott Gould
Chris Noth Colm Meaney Mercedes Ruehl Robert Patrick Dagmara Dominczyk Elliott Gould Adam Bernstein Daniel H. Blatt Jan Korbelin
Things become increasingly intense after a series of crosses and double-crosses leave both agents at the mercy of their targets.
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 TrekToday - First Images Of Colm Meaney In 'Atlantis'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Meaney, who appeared on both The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, will make his debut in "Underground", which is likely to air in early September, GateWorld reported.
The Genii agree to form an alliance with the Stargate: Atlantis team against the show's recurring enemy, the Wraith, but the team's new friends are not everything they seem to be.
Following "Underground", Meaney's character will appear in a mid-season two-part episode, "The Storm" and "The Eye".
www.trektoday.com /news/030704_01.shtml   (733 words)

  
 Colm Meaney
The Boys and Girl From County Clare - Starring Andrea Corr, Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill, Patrick Bergin, Catherine Byrne
The Snapper's Star: Colm Meaney, star of The Commitments and The
AT THE MOVIES: Crowe's adventure is as good as it gets; Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (12a):stars Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany; director Peter Weir.
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 AboutFilm.com - Intermission (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Flush with newly earned Hollywood fame, Colin Farrell returns to his native Ireland to play Lehiff, a petty thug with a tendency to punch women in the face.
Farrell's participation is probably the only reason Intermission has found U.S. distribution—the Irish accents are thick and the production is bare bones—but this film is still about the universal yearnings for love, acceptance, and respect.
Colm Meaney (Commander O'Brien of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine), plays Jerry, the self-styled maverick cop who has it in for Lehiff.
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 DigiGuide : Colm Meaney
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 TrekToday - Colm Meaney Turns Detective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ruehl will play Meaney's wife, while Gould will appear as a mob kingpin.
Noth is an executive producer of the project, which will film in Montreal and New York and could lead to a series.
Meaney is also in the news for Intermission, which opened in Ireland on August 29th.
www.trektoday.com /news/070903_02.shtml   (811 words)

  
 Colm Meaney Movies & News
Below is a complete list of all of the Colm Meaney movies alphabetically that we have in our database.
Audience favorite Colm Meaney stars as an embittered farmer whos raising a bumper crop of bile in this earthy, award-winning film co-starring Cillian Murphy.
Legendary police detective Dick Tracy is the only man tough enough to take on gangster boss Big Boy Caprice and his band of menacing mobsters.
www.moviesonline.ca /celeb-Colm-Meaney.htm   (374 words)

  
 Star Trek - Actor Biographies - Colm Meaney
Star Trek - Actor Biographies - Colm Meaney
It was then that Meaney made his first television appearances in the BBC production of Z Cars and the independent British production of Strangers before moving to New York.
Prior to his role as Miles O'Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Meaney guest-starred in such shows as Remington Steele, Moonlighting and Tales From The Dark Side.
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