Colm Meaney

Academy Member

Colm Meaney is an Irish actor, most known for his role in all three of "The Barrytown Trilogy" films, and to international audiences for his role as Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Meaney has had a prolific career on both stage and screen. He has starred in numerous Irish film and television shows including The Commitments, The Snapper, War of the Buttons, The Van, and Intermission. Internationally, Meaney has played roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Con Air, Layer Cake and Get Him to The Greek.

Meaney has won two IFTA Awards. The first came in 2003, where he received the Best Actor in a Feature Film for How Harry Became a Tree. His most recent win came for his portrayal of Martin McGuinness in The Journey, for which he won Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film in 2017.

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"Every once and a while in this job you get a chance to do something that is significant, that means more to you than just another job, and this was one of those projects. Thank you to IFTA, this is really a surprise. I'm very honoured."

Colm Meaney
(on receiving his IFTA Award for The Journey in 2017)

Awards & Recognition

The Journey

IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film (2017)

How Harry Became a Tree

IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Feature Film (2003)

Key Credits

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 2021
Pixie, 2020
Gangs of London, 2020
Will, 2017
The Journey, 2016
Hell on Wheels, 2011-2016
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, 2013
Get Him to the Greek, 2010
The Damned United, 2009
Stargate Atlantis, 2004-2006
Layer Cake, 2004
Intermission, 2003
The Boys from County Clare, 2003
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 1993-1999
Con Air, 1997
The Van, 1996
War of the Buttons, 1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1987-1992, 1994
The Snapper, 1993
The Commitments, 1991