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Acting

Ryan O'Neal

Career: Active from 1964 to 2012, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 35
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: Paper Moon
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ryan O'Neal Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7
Scare
1.5, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5
Violence
3.3, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Character Study 3
Social Commentary 3
Nostalgic 3
Class Conflict 3
Neo-Noir Thriller 2
Gritty Realism 2
Crime 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Fast-Paced 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Quirky Premise 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

4 titles · average score 61

Knight of Cups

53

as Ryan

Unity

69

as Narrator (voice)

Slumber Party Slaughter

as William O'Toole

Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals

TV show

2000s

11 titles · average score 56

NCIS: Los Angeles

62

TV show

What About Brian

42

TV show

Bones

75

TV show · as Max Keenan

Desperate Housewives

76

TV show · as Rodney Scavo

Gentleman B.

as Phil, Bank Manager

Miss Match

63

TV show · as Jerry Fox

Malibu's Most Wanted

45

as Bill Gluckman

People I Know

50

as Cary Launer

Epoch

41

as Allen Lysander

The List

47

as Richard Miller

Bull

TV show

1990s

11 titles · average score 48

Coming Soon

36

as Dick

Zero Effect

67

as Gregory Stark

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

19

as James Edmunds

Timecop

28

TV show

Sink Or Swim

50

as Dr. Applefield

Faithful

30

as Jack Connor

E! True Hollywood Story

48

TV show

Man of the House

52

as Man with Kite (uncredited)

The Man Upstairs

60

as Mooney Polaski

The Larry Sanders Show

86

TV show · as Ryan O'Neal

Good Sports

56

TV show · as Bobby Tannen

1980s

11 titles · average score 52

Chances Are

64

as Philip Train

Small Sacrifices

68

TV show · as Lew Lewiston

Small Sacrifices

77

as Lew Lewiston

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

as Pimp

Tough Guys Don't Dance

43

as Tim Madden

Fever Pitch

23

as Taggart

Irreconcilable Differences

47

as Albert Brodsky

Partners

53

as Sgt. Benson

So Fine

46

as Bobby Fine

Green Ice

53

as Joseph Wiley

Circle of Two

47

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

1970s

14 titles · average score 62

The Main Event

41

as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon

The Driver

63

as The Driver

Oliver's Story

30

as Oliver Barrett IV

Nickelodeon

37

as Leo Harrigan

Barry Lyndon

84

as Barry Lyndon

Paper Moon

84

as Moses Pray

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

58

as Webster McGee

What's Up, Doc?

81

as Howard Bannister

Wild Rovers

58

as Frank Post

Love Hate Love

as Russ Emery

Love Story

72

as Oliver Barrett IV

The Games

67

as Scott Reynolds

1960s

6 titles · average score 66

The Big Bounce

45

as Jack Ryan

Felony Squad

69

TV show

Peyton Place

67

TV show · as Rodney Harrington

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Ben Anders

Empire

TV show · as Tai / Tal Garrett

My Three Sons

78

TV show · as Chug Williams

1950s

7 titles · average score 70

The Untouchables

53

TV show · as Bellhop (uncredited)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

70

TV show · as Herm

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as John Carew

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Paul Phillips

Leave It to Beaver

78

TV show · as Tom Henderson

Bachelor Father

67

TV show

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Art Anderson