Portrait of Colm Meaney

Acting

Colm Meaney

Career

Active from 1981 to 2026, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles
57
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 107 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Colm Meaney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    1.5, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    1.1, average 1.7
  • Scare
    2.1, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Political Intrigue 7
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Gritty Realism 5
  • Psychological Tension 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Contemporary Setting 3
  • Redemption Story 3
  • Thought-Provoking 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Biographical Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

141
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
The Panic
The Panic

as J. Pierpont Morgan

The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

as Jack

2020s

26 titles · average score 56
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ethan Mack

Bring Them Down
Bring Them Down (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ray

Re-Creation
Re-Creation (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ian Bailey

No Way Up
No Way Up (2024)
GoodWatch score 41

as Brandon

Duchess
Duchess (2024)
GoodWatch score 33

as Frank Monaghan

The Problem with People
The Problem with People (2024)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ciáran

The Ballad of Davy Crockett
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (2024)
GoodWatch score 30

as Caleb

In the Land of Saints and Sinners
In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
GoodWatch score 68

as Robert McQue

Unwelcome
Unwelcome (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

as Colm “Daddy” Whelan

Three Day Millionaire
Three Day Millionaire (2022)
GoodWatch score 39

as Mr. Barr

The Monkey
The Monkey (2021)

as MacDonell

The Banker
The Banker (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

as Patrick Barker

2010s

33 titles · average score 52
Tolkien
Tolkien (2019)
GoodWatch score 57

as Father Francis Morgan

Halal Daddy
Halal Daddy (2017)
GoodWatch score 47

as Martin Logan

The Secrets of Emily Blair
The Secrets of Emily Blair (2016)
GoodWatch score 33

as Father Avital

Norm of the North
Norm of the North (2016)
GoodWatch score 21

as Grandfather (voice)

Childhood's End
Childhood's End (2015)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Wainwright

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
GoodWatch score 72

as Patt Farrell

Free Birds
Free Birds (2013)
GoodWatch score 40

as Myles Standish (voice)

One Chance
One Chance (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

as Roland Potts

Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
GoodWatch score 25

as Mason

Bel Ami
Bel Ami (2012)
GoodWatch score 41

as Monsieur Rousset

Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Thomas 'Doc' Durant

Whole Lotta Sole
Whole Lotta Sole (2011)
GoodWatch score 47

as Detective Weller

2000s

34 titles · average score 57
Law Abiding Citizen
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
GoodWatch score 50

as Detective Dunnigan

The Damned United
The Damned United (2009)
GoodWatch score 82

as Don Revie

ZOS: Zone of Separation
ZOS: Zone of Separation (2009)

TV show · as George Titac

The Race
The Race (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

as Frank Kensay

Three and Out
Three and Out (2008)
GoodWatch score 34

as Tommy Cassidy

Caved In: Prehistoric Terror
Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (2006)
GoodWatch score 33

as Vincent

Layer Cake
Layer Cake (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

as Gene

Bad Apple
Bad Apple (2004)
GoodWatch score 35

as Gibbons

Intermission
Intermission (2003)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jerry Lynch

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jimmy

How Harry Became a Tree
How Harry Became a Tree (2002)
GoodWatch score 61

as Harry

Random Passage
Random Passage (2002)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

1990s

33 titles · average score 67
Mystery, Alaska
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mayor Scott Pitcher

Owd Bob
Owd Bob (1998)
GoodWatch score 64

as Keith Moore

Claire Dolan
Claire Dolan (1998)
GoodWatch score 42

as Roland Cain

Con Air
Con Air (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

as Agent Duncan Malloy

The Van
The Van (1996)
GoodWatch score 54

as Larry

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

as Morgan the Goat

War of the Buttons
War of the Buttons (1994)
GoodWatch score 78

as Geronimo's Dad

The Road to Wellville
The Road to Wellville (1994)
GoodWatch score 47

as Dr. Lionel Badger

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Miles O'Brien

The Snapper
The Snapper (1993)
GoodWatch score 72

as Dessie Curley

Under Siege
Under Siege (1992)
GoodWatch score 67

as Daumer

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Wyatt Landon

1980s

12 titles · average score 70
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Tom O'Flanagan (voice)

Perfect Witness
Perfect Witness (1989)
GoodWatch score 59

as Meagher

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Miles O'Brien

The Dead
The Dead (1987)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mr. Bergin

The Gambler: The Legend Continues
The Gambler: The Legend Continues (1987)
GoodWatch score 59

as Tinkerer

Omega Syndrome
Omega Syndrome (1986)
GoodWatch score 41

as Sean

MacGyver
MacGyver (1985)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Irwin Malcolm

Moonlighting
Moonlighting (1985)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Keterina Suitor (as Colm Meany)

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Dessie Curley

Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Constable

Easter 2016
Easter 2016 (1982)

as Kevin Murphy

Nailed
Nailed (1981)

as Younger Protestant

1970s

1 title
Strangers
Strangers (1978)

TV show · as Peter Smolett