Colm Meaney: Blurbs

As of June 2009, Colm Meaney took on the role of celebrity spokesman for the Halifax Bank in Ireland. This was the first time he had been involved in any sort of advertising campaign. edit »
On February 28, 2009, Colm Meaney attended a fund raiser for The Greater Philadelphia Film Office, an organization which is dedicated to bringing film projects to the area. In attendance were many of the main cast and crew of the film Law Abiding Citizen, including actors Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Michael Irby, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb, director F. Gary Gray and producers Lucas Foster and Alan Siegel. edit »
In 2008, Colm Meaney's image was used on a 55c denomination stamp in Ireland. The picture used was from his role in "Kings", a film directed by Tom Collins and based on the play "Kings of the Kilburn Highroad" by Jimmy Murphy. "Kings" is a 2007 film featuring both the Irish and English languages and was Ireland's official entry for Best Foreign-language Film in the 2008 Academy Awards. edit »
In 2006, Colm Meaney appeared in Eugene O'Neill's play A Moon For The Misbegotten alongside Kevin Spacey in London, England. edit »
Colm Meaney had been cast in the role of "Lt. Gene Hunt" in the American version of the television series "Life on Mars" and had even shot the pilot episode, but was later replaced by Harvey Keitel. The pilot was reshot with Keitel in the role. edit »
While playing "Gene" in the British film, "Layer Cake" (2004), he co-starred with "Star Trek: Nemesis" star, Tom Hardy. edit »
He co-starred with his fellow "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) castmates, Patrick Stewart in Stewart's adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear entitled King of Texas. edit »
Colm has appeared in 225 different episodes of various Star Trek shows. edit »
In the 1970s, he performed with the leftist 7:84 Theater Company, a troupe presenting plays for "working-class audiences", dealing with "political, social and cultural issues of inequality, prejudice and oppression." edit »
In 2002, he was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series" for his work on "Random Passage". edit »
In 2003, he won an IFTA Award in the category "Best Actor in a Feature Film" for his work on "How Harry Became a Tree". edit »
His performance as Harry in "How Harry Became A Tree" won Meaney a "Best Actor" award at the 2003 Newport Beach Film Festival. edit »
He has no relation to the science fiction writer John Meaney, though the latter does have a brother who is also named Colm. edit »
Despite having different names in each movie, he played the same character in The Commitments (1991), The Snapper (1993) (TV) and The Van (1996) edit »
Colm played the same character, Chief Miles Edward O'Brien, on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for twelve consecutive years from 1987 to 1999. The only other Star Trek actor to do this is Michael Dorn. edit »
Along with Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn and Jeffrey Combs, he is one of only six actors to appear in the finales of two different "Star Trek" series. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) edit »
He and Patrick Stewart are the only two actors to appear in the pilots of two different "Star Trek" series: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) edit »
He is the former son-in-law of Irish-American actors Vincent Dowling and Brenda Doyle. edit »
He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category "Best Actor" for his role in The Snapper (1993). edit »
He appeared in the stage production "A Moon For The Misbegotten" at the London's Old Vic theatre in September 2006. edit »
He has a daughter, Ada, born in 2004. The mother's name was never publicly revealed to protect her privacy. edit »
Meaney claims he played trombone for 10 minutes, and jokes he was in an accordion band for even less than that. edit »
Meaney claims the worst actor he ever had to work with was Steven Seagal in "Under Siege" (1992). edit »
He is the only actor to appear in thirteen different seasons of "Star Trek", more than any other actor in Star Trek history. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) Season 1-6 and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) Season 1-7 ). edit »

Colm Meaney: I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial. edit »
Colm Meaney: I've got three brothers, and I think relationships between siblings are very interesting and not examined very much in film. edit »
Colm Meaney: It's almost like I'm two different actors. Most people in the business, in the feature film business--directors, producers--they don't even know I did Trek. Which is good, in a way, because the danger in doing something like Star Trek is that you end up in that pigeonhole and you're doing that the rest of your life. edit »
Colm Meaney: I avoid those Star Trek conventions as much as I can. I didn't do them at all when I was doing the show. But I've done about four or five since. Talking about the show reminds you of things that you went through. So it's fun. When the show was on, I couldn't have handled it. I didn't want that direct connection. edit »
Colm Meaney: You don't want to be just playing one character for the rest of your life, and I told that to [producer] Rick Berman. And he said he would always get me out to do a feature I really wanted to do. And for seven years he was true to his word. It was amazing.

They'd write me out of a couple of episodes or they'd maybe shoot two days back-to-back-the last day of one episode and the first day of another episode-which would cut me loose for two or three weeks. It was kind of a scheduling nightmare, but it was well worth doing. And I'll always be grateful to Rick for that, because for seven years he really made that work. edit »