Colm J. Meaney (/ˈkɒləm/; Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons, and currently stars as railroad magnate Thomas Durant on AMC's drama series Hell on Wheels.

He has also had a significant career in motion pictures, appearing in the film The Damned United; all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy; Get Him to the Greek and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.

Biography

Meaney's first marriage in 1977 was to Irish actress Bairbre Dowling, with whom he had a daughter, Brenda, in 1984. They divorced in 1994. He married a second time in March 2007 to French costume designer, Ines Glorian, with whom he had a daughter, Ada, in 2005.

He supported Sinn Féin candidate Martin McGuinness during the 2011 Irish Presidential Election.

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