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Michael O'Neill

Michael O'Neill

Acting May 29, 1951 (75 years old) Montgomery, Alabama, USA

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.

Movies 42

War of the Worlds 4.0

War of the Worlds

as Secretary of Defense Walter Crystal

2025
Dallas Buyers Club 7.9

Dallas Buyers Club

as Richard Barkley

2013
Air 7.3

Air

as Joe Dean

2023
Traffic 7.1

Traffic

as Lawyer Rodman

2000
Transformers 6.9

Transformers

as Tom Banacheck

2007
Dreamcatcher 5.7

Dreamcatcher

as Gen. Matheson

2003
Green Zone 6.5

Green Zone

as Colonel Bethel

2010
Seabiscuit 7.1

Seabiscuit

as Mr. Pollard

2003
Bride Hard 5.4

Bride Hard

as Frank

2025
The Legend of Bagger Vance 6.6

The Legend of Bagger Vance

as O.B. Keeler

2000
Secondhand Lions 7.2

Secondhand Lions

as Ralph

2003
Sea of Love 6.6

Sea of Love

as Raymond Brown

1989
Jennifer Eight 6.1

Jennifer Eight

as Serato

1992
J. Edgar 6.2

J. Edgar

as Senator McKellar

2011
Nothing but the Truth 6.9

Nothing but the Truth

as CIA Director

2008
Ghost Story 6.0

Ghost Story

as Churchill

1981
Lorenzo's Oil 7.1

Lorenzo's Oil

as School Psychologist

1992
ATF 5.8

ATF

as ATF Asst. Director Ben Walker

1999
The Mod Squad 4.4

The Mod Squad

as Greene

1999
Bushwhacked 5.4

Bushwhacked

as Jon Jordan

1995
The Sunchaser 6.3

The Sunchaser

as Agent Moreland

1996
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag 5.1

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

as Jergens

1992
Clemency 6.3

Clemency

as Chaplain David Kendricks

2019
Indivisible 7.0

Indivisible

as Chaplain Rogers

2018
Blind Justice 5.3

Blind Justice

as Spencer Heymen

1994
Danger One 6.1

Danger One

as Beckwith

2018
For Their Own Good 6.3

For Their Own Good

as Clark Thompson

1993
The Stand at Paxton County 5.9

The Stand at Paxton County

as Dell Connelly

2020
Around the Bend 5.9

Around the Bend

as Cowboy

2004
The Grim Sleeper 4.9

The Grim Sleeper

as Detective Simms

2014
A Quiet Little Marriage 5.1

A Quiet Little Marriage

as Bruce

2008
Crazy 5.5

Crazy

as Ralph Christianson

2008
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story 7.6

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story

as Dick Britton

1993
Virtual Obsession 3.9

Virtual Obsession

1998
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 7.0

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81

as Mr. Lusk

1998
Standoff 5.9

Standoff

as Cult Leader (Voice)

1998
An Unremarkable Life 10.0

An Unremarkable Life

as Michael

1989
Flying Lessons 5.6

Flying Lessons

as Chief Dobbs

2010
Cold Call

Cold Call

as Christian

2021
Beyond Betrayal 6.5

Beyond Betrayal

as Ray Pasquerello

1994
American Crime 3.8

American Crime

as Sheriff Smyth

2004
Awake to Danger 6.8

Awake to Danger

as Detective Brickman

1995

TV Shows 60

Criminal Minds 8.3

Criminal Minds

as Det. Yarbough

2005
The Mentalist 8.4

The Mentalist

as Sheriff Nelson

2008
Grey's Anatomy 8.2

Grey's Anatomy

as Gary Clark

2005
NCIS 7.6

NCIS

as Riley McCallister

2003
Prison Break 8.1

Prison Break

as Herb Stanton

2005
CSI: Miami 7.7

CSI: Miami

as Jerry Blackburn

2002
The X-Files 8.4

The X-Files

as Patrol Captain Van Gelder

1993
S.W.A.T. 8.0

S.W.A.T.

as Carl Luca

2017
24 7.8

24

as Richard Walsh

2001
24 7.8

24

as Richard Welsh

2001
NCIS: Los Angeles 7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Ret. U.S. Army General Richard Collins

2009
The West Wing 8.3

The West Wing

as Ron Butterfield

1999
JAG 7.3

JAG

as Commander Bradley

1995
Sons of Anarchy 8.4

Sons of Anarchy

as Anthony Franklin

2008
ER 7.8

ER

as Col. Ken Kilner

1994
Fringe 8.1

Fringe

as Sheriff Velchik

2008
Tracker 7.6

Tracker

as Buck Avery

2024
This Is Us 8.2

This Is Us

as Arlo

2016
The Resident 8.4

The Resident

as Joshua Williams

2018
Diagnosis: Murder 7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

as Sheriff Buck O'Hara

1993
Boston Legal 7.9

Boston Legal

as Dr. Robert McLean

2004
Scandal 7.2

Scandal

as Lonnie Mencken

2012
Without a Trace 7.2

Without a Trace

as Thomas Shannon

2002
Ghost Whisperer 8.1

Ghost Whisperer

as Nolan

2005
Rizzoli & Isles 7.9

Rizzoli & Isles

as Jonathan McKnight

2010
Numb3rs 7.0

Numb3rs

as Boyd Keene

2005
Chicago Hope 7.2

Chicago Hope

as Bill Wyzinski

1994
The Practice 7.6

The Practice

as Judge Robert Temple

1997
Fire Country 8.0

Fire Country

as Harlan Denbo

2022
Crossing Jordan 7.2

Crossing Jordan

as Chris Benz

2001
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 7.7

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

as Senator Mitchell Chapin

2018
The Unit 7.4

The Unit

as Ron Cheals

2006
Ally McBeal 6.5

Ally McBeal

as Dr. Colbert

1997
Bates Motel 8.0

Bates Motel

as Nick Ford

2013
Army Wives 7.5

Army Wives

as Reverend Bankerd

2007
Leverage 7.6

Leverage

as Judge Roy

2008
Boston Public 7.6

Boston Public

as Dr. Bernard Colbert

2000
Millennium 7.7

Millennium

as County Prosecutor Calvin Smith

1996
Roswell 7.7

Roswell

as Philip Evans

1999
The Glades 7.0

The Glades

as Trent Staley

2010
Rectify 7.6

Rectify

as Senator Roland Foulkes

2013
Shooter 7.2

Shooter

as Ray Brooks

2016
Echoes 6.6

Echoes

as Victor McCleary

2022
Close to Home 5.9

Close to Home

as Don Wheeler

2005
Law & Order: LA 6.8

Law & Order: LA

as Jeb Monroe

2010
Outer Range 6.9

Outer Range

as Judge Pettigrew

2022
FlashForward 7.0

FlashForward

as CIA Director Keller

2009
Extant 6.3

Extant

as Alan Sparks

2014
Happy Face 6.8

Happy Face

as D.A. Craig Calloway

2025
Happy's Place 6.4

Happy's Place

as Jim Jackoway

2024
Manhattan 7.0

Manhattan

as Psychiatrist

2014
11.22.63 7.8

11.22.63

as Arliss Price

2016
Commander in Chief 7.5

Commander in Chief

as Congressman Wilcox

2005
Messiah 7.3

Messiah

as Cameron Collier

2020
Vegas 6.9

Vegas

as Mayor Ted Bennett

2012
One West Waikiki 7.7

One West Waikiki

1994
The Shining 6.3

The Shining

as Daniel Edwards (uncredited)

1997
LAX 7.0

LAX

as Alonso Mathews

2004
The Nine 5.8

The Nine

as Pete Burton

2006
The Romanoffs 6.4

The Romanoffs

as Ron Hopkins

2018

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