Portrait of Michael O'Neill

Acting

Michael O'Neill

Career

Active from 1993 to 2022, busiest in 1993 and 2014 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas Buyers Club
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 95 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michael O'Neill Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Historical
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Satire & Parody
    1.4, average 2.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Tense 2
  • Law Enforcement 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

12 titles ยท average score 55
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds (2025)
GoodWatch score 14

as Secretary of Defense Walter Crystal

Bride Hard
Bride Hard (2025)
GoodWatch score 29

as Frank

Happy Face
Happy Face (2025)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as D.A. Craig Calloway

Tracker
Tracker (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Buck Avery

Happy's Place
Happy's Place (2024)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Jim Jackoway

Air
Air (2023)
GoodWatch score 79

as Joe Dean

Echoes
Echoes (2022)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Victor McCleary

Fire Country
Fire Country (2022)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Harlan Denbo

Outer Range
Outer Range (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Judge Pettigrew

Cold Call
Cold Call (2021)

as Christian

The Stand at Paxton County
The Stand at Paxton County (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dell Connelly

Messiah
Messiah (2020)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Cameron Collier

2010s

25 titles ยท average score 68
Clemency
Clemency (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

as Chaplain David Kendricks

Danger One
Danger One (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

as Beckwith

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Senator Mitchell Chapin

The Resident
The Resident (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Joshua Williams

S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T. (2017)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Carl Luca

This Is Us
This Is Us (2016)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Arlo

Extant
Extant (2014)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Alan Sparks

The Grim Sleeper
The Grim Sleeper (2014)
GoodWatch score 49

as Detective Simms

Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

as Richard Barkley

Bates Motel
Bates Motel (2013)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Nick Ford

Scandal
Scandal (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Lonnie Mencken

Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Jonathan McKnight

2000s

36 titles ยท average score 65
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Ret. U.S. Army General Richard Collins

The Mentalist
The Mentalist (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Sheriff Nelson

Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Anthony Franklin

Fringe
Fringe (2008)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Sheriff Velchik

Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Det. Yarbough

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Gary Clark

Prison Break
Prison Break (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Herb Stanton

Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Nolan

Boston Legal
Boston Legal (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Dr. Robert McLean

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Riley McCallister

CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami (2002)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Jerry Blackburn

24
24 (2001)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Richard Walsh / Richard Welsh

1990s

26 titles ยท average score 59
ATF
ATF (1999)
GoodWatch score 54

as ATF Asst. Director Ben Walker

The West Wing
The West Wing (1999)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Ron Butterfield

Roswell
Roswell (1999)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Philip Evans

Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mr. Lusk

Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Dr. Colbert

The Practice
The Practice (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Judge Robert Temple

JAG
JAG (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Commander Bradley

ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Col. Ken Kilner

Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Bill Wyzinski

The X-Files
The X-Files (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Patrol Captain Van Gelder

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Sheriff Buck O'Hara

For Their Own Good
For Their Own Good (1993)
GoodWatch score 63

as Clark Thompson

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 55
Sea of Love
Sea of Love (1989)
GoodWatch score 69

as Raymond Brown

An Unremarkable Life
An Unremarkable Life (1989)

as Michael

Ghost Story
Ghost Story (1981)
GoodWatch score 42

as Churchill