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Michael O'Neill

Michael O'Neill

Acting

May 29, 1947 (79 years old)
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Male
44 Movies
60 TV Shows

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael O'Neill (born May 29, 1951) is an American actor. With a career stretching through three decades, he usually portrays senior law enforcement or military officers. He is perhaps best known for his role as Special agent Ron Butterfield, the head of President Josiah Bartlet's Secret Service detail, on The West Wing. He played CTU Administrative Director Richard Walsh in the first two episodes of 24. He played Sgt. Maj. Ron Cheals in the CBS action-drama series The Unit. He starred in the Season Six 2 part Finale of Grey's Anatomy as the broken widower who holds the hospital hostage with a 9mm while pursuing the doctors responsible for unplugging his wife. His most notable film performances occur in Seabiscuit, Secondhand Lions, Transformers, Dancer, Texas Pop 81, Traffic, Sea of Love, A Quiet Little Marriage, Nothing But the Truth, and Green Zone. O'Neill graduated from Auburn University in 1974. After attending Auburn he spent time under the tutelage of actor Will Geer and his daughter, Ellen, at Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles before moving to New York to pursue his career there.

Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club

2013 7.9

as Richard Barkley

Age 66 (now 79)
The West Wing
The West Wing

The West Wing

1999 8.3

as Ron Butterfield

Age 52 (now 79)
15 eps
Transformers
Transformers

Transformers

2007 6.8

as Tom Banacheck

Age 60 (now 79)
Bates Motel
Bates Motel

Bates Motel

2013 8.1

as Nick Ford

Age 65 (now 79)
8 eps
Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher

2003 5.6

as Gen. Matheson

Age 55 (now 79)
Green Zone
Green Zone

Green Zone

2010 6.5

as Colonel Bethel

Age 62 (now 79)
Rectify
Rectify

Rectify

2013 7.6

as Senator Roland Foulkes

Age 65 (now 79)
15 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005 8.2

as Gary Clark

Age 57 (now 79)
4 eps
Extant
Extant

Extant

2014 6.3

as Alan Sparks

Age 67 (now 79)
13 eps
Air
Air

Air

2023 7.3

as Joe Dean

Age 75 (now 79)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

2018 7.7

as Senator Mitchell Chapin

Age 71 (now 79)
5 eps
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

2025 4.1

as Secretary of Defense Walter Crystal

Age 78 (now 79)
Secondhand Lions
Secondhand Lions

Secondhand Lions

2003 7.2

as Ralph

Age 56 (now 79)
Clemency
Clemency

Clemency

2019 6.3

as Chaplain David Kendricks

Age 72 (now 79)
Jennifer Eight
Jennifer Eight

Jennifer Eight

1992 6.1

as Serato

Age 45 (now 79)
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000 6.6

as O.B. Keeler

Age 53 (now 79)