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Michael Edward O'Malley (born October 31, 1966) is an American actor, writer and producer. Born in
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and raised in
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, O'Malley hosted the early 1990s children's game show '' Nickelodeon Guts'' before moving to Los Angeles later that decade to star in his own sitcom for
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called ''
The Mike O'Malley Show ''The Mike O'Malley Show'' is an American sitcom on NBC that aired two episodes. The series star, Mike O'Malley, created and executive produced the series with Les Firestein. Synopsis Mike (Mike O'Malley), a 30-year-old hockey enthusiast who liv ...
''. He is best known for his role as Jimmy Hughes on ''
Yes, Dear ''Yes, Dear'' is an American television sitcom created by Alan Kirschenbaum and Gregory Garcia, that aired on CBS from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, with the total of six seasons and 122 episodes. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louis ...
'', a
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series which aired from 2000 to 2006. He was nominated for an
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for his role as
Burt Hummel Burt Hummel is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series ''Glee''. The character is portrayed by actor Mike O'Malley, and first appeared on ''Glee'' in the fourth episode of the first season, "Preggers". Burt was developed ...
on the
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series ''
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''. O'Malley has also guest-starred in series including ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Parenthood'' and ''
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'', and has appeared in films including '' 28 Days'', '' Deep Impact'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' Sully''. O'Malley is also a published playwright whose plays include ''Three Years From Thirty'' and ''Diverting Devotion''. He adapted another play called ''Searching for Certainty'' for
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's film ''
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'', which premiered at the
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in 2011. O'Malley was also a writer on
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's comedy-drama '' Shameless''. O'Malley was the creator and an executive producer of the
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series ''
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'', which ran for four seasons between 2014 and 2017. He has recently been a regular on the
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series ''
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'' based on the movie of the same name.


Early life

O'Malley was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in
Nashua, New Hampshire Nashua is a city in southern New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 91,322, the second-largest in northern New England after nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester. Along with Manc ...
. His mother Marianne was a career counselor and father Tony O'Malley an executive in the defense industry. O'Malley graduated from
Bishop Guertin High School Bishop Guertin (BG) is a college preparatory independent private Roman Catholic high school in Nashua, New Hampshire. Named for Bishop George Albert Guertin (1869-1931), it was founded by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in 1963. Scholastics ...
in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1984, and from the
University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, mo ...
in 1988, where he studied theater. He is also a member of the
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fraternity.


Career


Television

O'Malley's first role came as the host of
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children's game show ''
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'' when he was 24 years old, later moving on to '' Nickelodeon Guts'' and later ''Global GUTS'' from 1992 to 1995. On the advice of
Marc Summers Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz; November 11, 1951) is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk show host. He is best known for hosting '' Double Dare'' for Nickelodeon, and ''Unwrapped'' for Food Networ ...
, O'Malley moved to Los Angeles after the cancellation of ''GUTS'' to further pursue his acting career. O'Malley starred in ''
Life with Roger ''Life with Roger'' is an American sitcom television series created by Howard Adler and Robert Griffard, that aired on The WB from September 8, 1996 to March 30, 1997, as part of its 1996–97 schedule. Synopsis ''Life with Roger'' starred Mike ...
'', a series which aired from 1996 to 1997. In 1999, two of thirteen filmed episodes of ''
The Mike O'Malley Show ''The Mike O'Malley Show'' is an American sitcom on NBC that aired two episodes. The series star, Mike O'Malley, created and executive produced the series with Les Firestein. Synopsis Mike (Mike O'Malley), a 30-year-old hockey enthusiast who liv ...
'' aired before the show was canceled. During the 1990s, he also appeared as "The Rick", a character in a series of ads for the
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network. In 2018, The Rick made a return in ads for the
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streaming service. From 2000 to 2006, O'Malley starred as Jimmy Hughes on the CBS comedy ''
Yes, Dear ''Yes, Dear'' is an American television sitcom created by Alan Kirschenbaum and Gregory Garcia, that aired on CBS from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, with the total of six seasons and 122 episodes. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louis ...
''. He later reprised this role in 2013 on the sitcom
Raising Hope ''Raising Hope'' is an American sitcom that aired from September 21, 2010, to April 4, 2014, on Fox. Following its first season, the show received two nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Martha Plimpton was nominated for Outstanding L ...
. Along with ''Yes, Dear'' costar Anthony Clark, O'Malley appeared in the
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music video "
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". From 2000 to 2002, O'Malley also provided the
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of Darryl MacPherson for The WB's ''
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''. In 2006, O'Malley made a guest appearance on ''
My Name Is Earl ''My Name Is Earl'' is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and starred Jaso ...
'' as a police officer with bowling aspirations, and made several more guest appearances on the show. In 2008, O'Malley appeared in the NBC drama '' My Own Worst Enemy''. In 2008, O'Malley became the spokesman for
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's
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. In 2009, O'Malley began playing the recurring character, Burt Hummel, the father of a gay student, on ''
Glee Glee means delight, a form of happiness. Glee may also refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...
''. The role lead to ''
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s Tim Stack to say, "If Mike O'Malley doesn't win an Emmy for playing Burt Hummel, I will be sorely disappointed."
Chris Colfer Christopher Paul Colfer (born May 27, 1990) is an American actor, singer, and author. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television musical ''Glee'' (2009–2015). Colfer's portrayal of Kurt received crit ...
, who plays Burt's son Kurt, has credited his off-screen relationship with O'Malley with improving the quality of their scenes together. Beginning in 2010, O'Malley portrayed a recurring character on '' Parenthood''. He also hosted ''The World's Funniest Office Commercials'' in 2010. On July 8, 2010, O'Malley received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series for playing Burt Hummel on ''Glee''. Prior to its second season, O'Malley was made a series regular on ''Glee''. On August 8, 2010, O'Malley won the
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for Best Parental Unit. He returned to recurring guest star status for the show's third season.


Film

O'Malley made his movie debut in the 1998 film '' Deep Impact'', playing
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's astronomy teacher. He followed that with a supporting role in the comedy ''
Pushing Tin ''Pushing Tin'' is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Newell. It centers on Nick Falzone (John Cusack), a cocky air traffic controller who quarrels over proving "who's more of a man" with fellow employee Russell Bell (Billy Bob T ...
''. In 2000, he portrayed Oliver, a
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in rehab, in the film '' 28 Days''. In 2005, O'Malley appeared in the film '' The Perfect Man''. In 2007, he had supporting roles in ''
Leatherheads ''Leatherheads'' is a 2008 American sports comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by and starring George Clooney. The film also stars Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Pryce, and John Krasinski and focuses on the early years of professional American ...
'' and ''
Meet Dave ''Meet Dave'' is a 2008 American science fiction comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Bill Corbett and Rob Greenberg. It stars Eddie Murphy in the title role, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Scott Caan and Kevin Hart ...
''. O'Malley was interviewed in the film ''City of Champions: The Best of Boston Sports''. In 2009, O'Malley participated in the American documentary film ''
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''. In the film, he performed in a segment with political activist
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. O'Malley's feature work also includes roles in ''
Eat Pray Love ''Eat Pray Love'' is a 2010 American biographical romantic drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's 2006 memoir of the same name. Ryan Murphy co-wrote and directed the film, which was released in the United St ...
'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' Sully''.


Writing and producing

O'Malley is a playwright with two of his plays, ''Three Years from Thirty'' and ''Diverting Devotion'', having been published and produced
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. In 2003, a third play, ''Searching for Certainty'' was produced in Los Angeles. He served as the Director for the series finale episode of ''
Yes, Dear ''Yes, Dear'' is an American television sitcom created by Alan Kirschenbaum and Gregory Garcia, that aired on CBS from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, with the total of six seasons and 122 episodes. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louis ...
'', in which he starred. He later wrote the screenplay for the film ''
Certainty Certainty (also known as epistemic certainty or objective certainty) is the epistemic property of beliefs which a person has no rational grounds for doubting. One standard way of defining epistemic certainty is that a belief is certain if and ...
'', which is based on ''Searching for Certainty''. The movie began production on May 24, 2010, directed by
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and produced by O'Malley, along with Will Battersby and Per Melita. ''Certainty'' premiered at the
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on September 16, 2011, where it won the Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Ensemble Cast awards. He was also a writer and consulting producer on the
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series '' Shameless''. O'Malley co-wrote the book for the musical ''
Escape to Margaritaville '' Escape to Margaritaville'' is a 2017 American jukebox musical by Greg Garcia (producer), Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley, based on the songs of Jimmy Buffett. The plot revolves around a part-time bartender and singer who falls for a career-minded ...
'' featuring the songs of
Jimmy Buffett James William Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffet ...
with Greg Garcia. The show ran on
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from February to July 2018. He created the
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basketball comedy series ''
Survivor's Remorse ''Survivor's Remorse'' is an American comedy-drama that aired on Starz. It premiered on October 4, 2014, and ended on October 15, 2017. The plot centers around the lives of Cam Calloway (Jessie T. Usher) and his family after he signs a pro-baske ...
'' and serves as the show's writer and producer with his production company O'Malley Ink. He is also an executive producer as well as the showrunner for the series ''Heels'', with a recurring role as Charlie Gully, a rival wrestling promoter.


Other media work

Along with Anthony Clark, his ''
Yes, Dear ''Yes, Dear'' is an American television sitcom created by Alan Kirschenbaum and Gregory Garcia, that aired on CBS from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, with the total of six seasons and 122 episodes. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louis ...
'' co-star, he appeared in
Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for blending traditional honky-tonk and mainstream country pop sounds (for a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country"), as well as penning many o ...
's 2005 music video for "
The Talkin' Song Repair Blues "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in March 2005 as the third single from his album '' What I Do''. It peaked at No. 18 on the United St ...
". In 2007, O'Malley kept a blog on
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, which followed the
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throughout their journey in the
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playoffs, which was eventually capped off by their
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title.


Personal life

O'Malley resides in Los Angeles with his wife Lisa. They have three children. Kerry O'Malley, his younger sister, is an actress and
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veteran. The siblings co-starred in the first season of ''
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''. A long time fan of Boston band
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, O'Malley is a close friend of lead singer
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. They have often supported causes together. O'Malley requested that the band create a title song for his own short-lived television show ''
The Mike O'Malley Show ''The Mike O'Malley Show'' is an American sitcom on NBC that aired two episodes. The series star, Mike O'Malley, created and executive produced the series with Les Firestein. Synopsis Mike (Mike O'Malley), a 30-year-old hockey enthusiast who liv ...
'', as well as for the sitcom ''
Yes, Dear ''Yes, Dear'' is an American television sitcom created by Alan Kirschenbaum and Gregory Garcia, that aired on CBS from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, with the total of six seasons and 122 episodes. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louis ...
'' which he co-starred on. According to O'Malley, his love of the band was shared with his wife and was "the glue" that kept them together during their long-distance relationship. O'Malley is a
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fan, and in May 2006, threw out the first pitch at a game in
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. He is also an avid fan of the
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's
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and the
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's
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. O'Malley returned to his graduating ''alma mater'' in 2006 to deliver the
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to the university's 136th graduating class. He also received an honorary degree.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

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