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Colm Meaney
Colm J. Meaney (; ga, Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994) and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). He has guest-starred on many TV shows including '' Law & Order'' and ''The Simpsons'', and starred as Thomas Durant on ''Hell on Wheels'' (2011–2016). He has also had a career in films, appearing in '' Layer Cake'', ''The Damned United'', all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's ''The Barrytown Trilogy'', and in ''Get Him to the Greek''. He was a principal character in the film ''The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain''. In 2017, Meaney won the Best Actor IFTA for his portrayal of Irish politician Martin McGuinness in the film ''The Journey''. In 2020, he was listed at number 24 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life Meaney was born in Finglas, Dublin. He began studying acting at age 14, and he entered the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bairbre Dowling
Bairbre Dowling (born Barbara Patricia Dowling; 27 March 1953 – 20 January 2016) was an Irish actress. She appeared in films, frequently on the American stage and on US TV as well as in Irish productions. Early life Dowling was born in Dublin, the daughter of actor Vincent Dowling and actress Brenda Doyle (who died in a motorcycle collision in 1981). She had three sisters, Louise, Valerie and Rachael, and a half-brother, Cian. Irish politician Richard Boyd Barrett was Dowling's biological half-brother, though this fact was not made public until after Vincent Dowling's death in 2013. Career Stage In 1970 Dowling was part of the company at the Abbey Theatre, where she appeared in ''The Becauseway'' (1970) and ''Rites'' (1973). In 1977 she worked with her father at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. She shared the stage with her husband Colm Meaney in ''And a Nightingale Sang'' in 1985. She was seen on Broadway in '' Da'' by Hugh Leonard. In 2011 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
