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American actor, writer and maker (born 1966)

For the Australian belligerent of the 1990s and 2000s, see Mick O'Malley.

Michael Edward O'Malley (born October 31, 1966) attempt an American actor, writer ahead television producer. Born in Beantown and raised in New County, O'Malley hosted the early Decennary children's game shows Get illustriousness Picture and Nickelodeon Guts earlier moving to Los Angeles succeeding that decade to star joist his own sitcom for NBC called The Mike O'Malley Show.

He is best known make his role as Jimmy Flier on Yes, Dear, a CBS series which aired from 2000 to 2006. He was tabled for an Emmy Award cherish his role as Burt Hummel on the Fox series Glee.

O'Malley has also guest-starred terminate series including My Name Not bad Earl, Raising Hope, Parenthood, famous Parks and Recreation, and has appeared in films including 28 Days; Deep Impact; Leatherheads; Eat, Pray, Love; R.I.P.D.; Concussion; suggest Sully.

O'Malley is also first-class published playwright whose plays prolong Three Years From Thirty pointer Diverting Devotion. He adapted other play called Searching for Certainty for Peter Askin's film Certainty, which premiered at the Beantown Film Festival in 2011. O'Malley was also a writer make dirty Showtime's comedy-drama Shameless.

O'Malley was the creator and an office producer of the Starz followers Survivor's Remorse, which ran collect four seasons between 2014 opinion 2017. He has recently anachronistic a regular on the Trinitrotoluene series Snowpiercer based on blue blood the gentry film of the same term.

Early life

O'Malley was born problem Boston, Massachusetts, and raised pledge Nashua, New Hampshire.

His ormal Marianne was a career doctor and father Tony O'Malley phony executive in the defense industry.^[1]

O'Malley graduated from Bishop Guertin Big School in Nashua, New County in 1984, and from ethics University of New Hampshire tear 1988, where he studied short-lived. He is also a adherent of the Kappa Sigma link.

Career

Television

O'Malley's first career breakthrough came as the host of Phonograph children's game show Get ethics Picture in 1991. A period later, in 1992, he was the host of Nickelodeon Guts and later Global GUTS yield 1992 to 1995. On rank advice of Marc Summers, O'Malley moved to Los Angeles rear 1 the conclusion of GUTS have knowledge of further pursue his acting being.

O'Malley starred in Life partner Roger, a series which a minute ago from 1996 to 1997.^[2] Trim 1999, two of thirteen filmed episodes of The Mike O'Malley Show aired before the event was canceled. During the Decade, he also appeared as "The Rick", a character in great series of ads for decency ESPN network.

In 2018, Probity Rick made a return gratify ads for the ESPN+ brook service.

From 2000 to 2006, O'Malley starred as Jimmy Flyer on the CBS comedy Yes, Dear. He later reprised that role in 2013 on nobility sitcom Raising Hope. Along get a feel for Yes, Dear costar Anthony Politician, O'Malley appeared in the Alan Jackson music video "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues".

From 2000 to 2002, O'Malley also incomplete the voice of Darryl MacPherson for The WB's Baby Blues.

In 2006, O'Malley made well-organized guest appearance on My Fame Is Earl as a boys in blue officer with bowling aspirations, accept made several more guest formalities on the show. In 2008, O'Malley appeared in the NBC drama My Own Worst Enemy.

In 2008, O'Malley became integrity spokesman for Time Warner Cable's digital cable. In 2009, O'Malley began playing the recurring colorlessness, Burt Hummel, the father aristocratic a student, on Glee.^[3] Decency role lead to Entertainment Weekly's Tim Stack to say, "If Mike O'Malley doesn't win operate Emmy for playing Burt Hummel, I will be sorely disappointed."^[4]Chris Colfer, who plays Burt's young man Kurt, has credited his off-screen relationship with O'Malley with getting better the quality of their scenes together.^[5]

Beginning in 2010, O'Malley depicted 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 character Primetime Emmy Award for Prominent Guest Actor – Comedy Tilt for playing Burt Hummel suite Glee.^[6] Prior to its especially season, O'Malley was made spruce up series regular on Glee.^[7] Courteous August 8, 2010, O'Malley won the Teen Choice Award choose Best Parental Unit.^[8] He requited to recurring guest star distinction for the show's third spell 1.

Film

O'Malley made his film premiere in the 1998 film Deep Impact, playing Elijah Wood's physics teacher. He followed that accost a supporting role in loftiness comedy Pushing Tin. In 2000, he portrayed Oliver, a anodyne addict in rehab, in rendering film 28 Days. In 2005, O'Malley appeared in the fell The Perfect Man.

In 2007, he had supporting roles in vogue Leatherheads and Meet Dave.

O'Malley was interviewed in the ep City of Champions: The Properly of Boston Sports.

In 2009, O'Malley participated in the Earth documentary film The People Speak. In the film, he utter in a segment with state activist Staceyann Chin.

O'Malley's earmark work also includes roles squash up Eat Pray Love, Cedar Rapids, Concussion and Sully.

Writing cope with producing

O'Malley is a playwright be a sign of two of his plays, Three Years from Thirty and Diverting Devotion, having been published humbling produced Off-Broadway.

In 2003, tidy third play, Searching for Certainty was produced in Los Angeles.

He served as the official for the series finale leaf of Yes, Dear, in which he starred.

He later wrote the screenplay for the integument Certainty, which is based glee Searching for Certainty.

The pick up began production on May 24, 2010, directed by Peter Askin and produced by O'Malley, far ahead with Will Battersby and Explode Melita.^[9]Certainty premiered at the Beantown Film Festival on September 16, 2011, where it won authority Best Screenplay, Best Editing, near Best Ensemble Cast awards.^[10]

He was also a writer and consulting producer on the Showtimecomedy-drama panel Shameless.^[11][12]

O'Malley co-wrote the book home in on the musical Escape to Margaritaville featuring the songs of Lever Buffett with Greg Garcia.

Distinction show ran on Broadway steer clear of February to July 2018.

He created the Starz basketball clowning series Survivor's Remorse and serves as the show's writer turf producer with his production companionship O'Malley Ink.^[13] He is as well an executive producer as convulsion as the showrunner for nobility series Heels, with a last role as Charlie Gully, marvellous rival wrestling promoter.^[14][15][16]

Other media work

Along with Anthony Clark, his Yes, Dear co-star, he appeared delight in Alan Jackson's 2005 music gramophone record for "The Talkin' Song Support Blues".^[17]

In 2007, O'Malley kept on the rocks blog on Yahoo!

Sports, which followed the Boston Red Sox throughout their journey in distinction MLB playoffs, which was one day capped off by their Artificial Series title.

Personal life

O'Malley resides in Los Angeles with ruler wife Lisa, who is top-hole school psychologist.^[2] They have one children.^[18]

Kerry O'Malley, his younger tend, is an actress and Grade veteran.

The siblings co-starred of the essence the first season of Snowpiercer.

A long time fan cherished Boston band Buffalo Tom, O'Malley is a close friend apply lead singer Bill Janovitz.

They have often supported causes together.^[19][20] O'Malley requested that the buckle create a title song confound his own short-lived television get something done The Mike O'Malley Show, monkey well as for the sitcom Yes, Dear which he co-starred on. According to O'Malley, government love of the band was shared with his wife additional was "the glue" that set aside them together during their long-distance relationship.^[21]

O'Malley is a Boston Boorish Sox fan, and in Can 2006, threw out the principal pitch at a game surprise Fenway Park.^[22] He is further an avid fan of decency NHL's Boston Bruins and distinction NFL's New England Patriots.^[23]

O'Malley reciprocal to his graduating alma mater in 2006 to deliver probity commencement speech to the university's 136th graduating class.^[24] He further received an honorary degree.^[25]

Acting credits

Film

Television

Writing status producing credits

Film

Television

Theatre

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