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Michael O'Neill

Michael O'Neill

Acting
Born: May 29, 1947
From: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael O'Neill (born May 29, 1951) is an American actor. With a career stretching through three decades, he usually portrays senior law enforcement or military officers. He is perhaps best known for his role as Special agent Ron Butterfield, the head of President Josiah Bartlet's Secret Service detail, on The West Wing. He played CTU Administrative Director Richard Walsh in the first two episodes of 24. He played Sgt. Maj. Ron Cheals in the CBS action-drama series The Unit. He starred in the Season Six 2 part Finale of Grey's Anatomy as the broken widower who holds the hospital hostage with a 9mm while pursuing the doctors responsible for unplugging his wife. His most notable film performances occur in Seabiscuit, Secondhand Lions, Transformers, Dancer, Texas Pop 81, Traffic, Sea of Love, A Quiet Little Marriage, Nothing But the Truth, and Green Zone. O'Neill graduated from Auburn University in 1974. After attending Auburn he spent time under the tutelage of actor Will Geer and his daughter, Ellen, at Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles before moving to New York to pursue his career there.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
War of the Worlds Secretary of Defense Walter Crystal 2025 4.139
Bride Hard Frank 2025 5.6
Air Joe Dean 2023 7.284
Indivisible Chaplain Rogers 2018 6.884
Danger One Beckwith 2018 6.1
The Grim Sleeper Detective Simms 2014 4.9
Dallas Buyers Club Richard Barkley 2013 7.916
Green Zone Colonel Bethel 2010 6.49
A Quiet Little Marriage Bruce 2008 5.1
Nothing But the Truth CIA Director 2008 6.955
Crazy Ralph Christianson 2008 5.525
Transformers Tom Banacheck 2007 6.822
Around the Bend Cowboy 2004 5.981
Dreamcatcher Gen. Matheson 2003 5.637
Secondhand Lions Ralph 2003 7.196
The Legend of Bagger Vance O.B. Keeler 2000 6.599
Traffic Lawyer Rodman 2000 7.085
ATF ATF Asst. Director Ben Walker 1999 5.75
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Mr. Lusk 1998 6.964
Virtual Obsession 1998 4.125
The Sunchaser Agent Moreland 1996 6.311
Bushwhacked Jon Jordan 1995 5.395
Blind Justice Spencer Heymen 1994 5.15
For Their Own Good Clark Thompson 1993 6.286
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story Dick Britton 1993 7.643
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Jergens 1992 5.118
Jennifer Eight Serato 1992 6.071
An Unremarkable Life Michael 1989 10.0
Sea of Love Raymond Brown 1989 6.616
Ghost Story Churchill 1981 6.024
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1947
FromMontgomery, Alabama, USA