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Colm Meaney

Irish actor

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Born: May 30, 1953
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
2.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Dublin
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-13
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Citizenship: Ireland
Occupation: stage actor
, film actor
, actor
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1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2019-06-08
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Education: Abbey Theatre School
Spouse: Bairbre Dowling(1977–1994)
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Overview

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Colm J. Meaney is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for 2001's How Harry Became a Tree, and 2016's The Journey. Other film credits include Roddy Doyle's Barrytown franchise, Con Air, Layer Cake, The Damned United, Get Him to the Greek, and The Snapper, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, and won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actor at the 1993 Chicago International Film Festival.

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One Chance(2013)
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa(2013)
The Cold Light of Day(2012)
Whole Lotta Sole(2012)
Soldiers of Fortune(2012)
Bel Ami(2012)
Hell on Wheels(2011)
El Perfecto Desconocido(2011)
The Hot Potato(2011)
Parked(2010)
Get Him to the Greek(2010)
Alleged(2010)
The Conspirator(2010)
Law Abiding Citizen(2009)
Alice(2009)
The Damned United(2009)
Three and Out(2008)
Kings(2007)
Men in Trees(2006)
Five Fingers(2006)
Battle of the Brave(2004)
Blueberry(2004)
Layer Cake(2004)
The Boys from County Clare(2003)
Intermission(2003)
Bitter Harvest(2001)
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns(1999)
What You Leave Behind(1999)
The Dogs of War(1999)
Extreme Measures(1999)
Tacking into the Wind(1999)
The Changing Face of Evil(1999)
Strange Bedfellows(1999)
Penumbra(1999)
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges(1999)
Badda-Bing Badda-Bang(1999)
Chimera(1999)
The Emperor's New Cloak(1999)
Prodigal Daughter(1999)
Mystery, Alaska(1999)
It's Only a Paper Moon(1998)
Covenant(1998)
The Siege of AR-558(1998)
Once More Unto the Breach(1998)
Chrysalis(1998)
Take Me Out to the Holosuite(1998)
Afterimage(1998)
Shadows and Symbols(1998)
Image in the Sand(1998)
The Sound of Her Voice(1998)
Time's Orphan(1998)
His Way(1998)
Inquisition(1998)
Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night(1998)
Change of Heart(1998)
Honor Among Thieves(1998)
One Little Ship(1998)
Far Beyond the Stars(1998)
Who Mourns for Morn?(1998)
Waltz(1998)
October 22(1998)
Claire Dolan(1998)
Monument Ave.(1998)
The Magnificent Ferengi(1997)
Statistical Probabilities(1997)
Resurrection(1997)
You Are Cordially Invited(1997)
Sacrifice of Angels(1997)
Behind the Lines(1997)
Sons and Daughters(1997)
Rocks and Shoals(1997)
A Time to Stand(1997)
Call to Arms(1997)
In the Cards(1997)
Empok Nor(1997)
Blaze of Glory(1997)
Children of Time(1997)
Soldiers of the Empire(1997)
Ferengi Love Songs(1997)
A Simple Investigation(1997)
Doctor Bashir, I Presume?(1997)
By Inferno's Light(1997)
The Begotten(1997)
The Darkness and the Light(1997)
Con Air(1997)
Rapture(1996)
The Ascent(1996)
The Last of the High Kings(1996)
Trials and Tribble-ations(1996)
…Nor the Battle to the Strong(1996)
Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places(1996)
The Ship(1996)
Apocalypse Rising(1996)
Broken Link(1996)
The Quickening(1996)
To the Death(1996)
The Muse(1996)
Shattered Mirror(1996)
Rules of Engagement(1996)
Accession(1996)
Sons of Mogh(1996)
Return to Grace(1996)
Crossfire(1996)
The Van(1996)
Our Man Bashir(1995)
The Sword of Kahless(1995)
Little Green Men(1995)
Starship Down(1995)
Hippocratic Oath(1995)
The Way of the Warrior, Part 1(1995)
The Way of the Warrior, Part 2(1995)
The Way of the Warrior(1995)
The Adversary(1995)
Facets(1995)
Explorers(1995)
The Die Is Cast(1995)
Improbable Cause(1995)
Distant Voices(1995)
Visionary(1995)
Prophet Motive(1995)
Destiny(1995)
Heart of Stone(1995)
Life Support(1995)
Past Tense, Part II(1995)
Past Tense(1995)
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain(1995)
Fascination(1994)
Defiant(1994)
Meridian(1994)
Civil Defense(1994)
The Abandoned(1994)
The House of Quark(1994)
The Search: Part 2(1994)
The Search: Part 1(1994)
The Search(1994)
Tribunal(1994)
All Good Things… Part 2(1994)
All Good Things… Part 1(1994)
The Collaborator(1994)
Crossover(1994)
The Wire(1994)
The Maquis, Part II(1994)
Profit and Loss(1994)
Playing God(1994)
Paradise(1994)
Armageddon Game(1994)
The Alternate(1994)
War of the Buttons(1994)
The Road to Wellville(1994)
Sanctuary(1993)
Rules of Acquisition(1993)
Melora(1993)
Cardassians(1993)
Invasive Procedures(1993)
The Siege(1993)
In the Hands of the Prophets(1993)
Duet(1993)
Dramatis Personae(1993)
If Wishes Were Horses(1993)
Progress(1993)
Battle Lines(1993)
Vortex(1993)
The Nagus(1993)
Q-Less(1993)
Babel(1993)
A Man Alone(1993)
Past Prologue(1993)
Emissary, Part II(1993)
Emissary, Part I(1993)
Emissary(1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine(1993)
The Snapper(1993)
The Last of the Mohicans(1992)
Far and Away(1992)
Into the West(1992)
Under Siege(1992)
Disaster(1991)
The Mind's Eye(1991)
Night Terrors(1991)
The Wounded(1991)
The Commitments(1991)
Family(1990)
The Best of Both Worlds, Part II(1990)
Die Hard 2(1990)
The Best of Both Worlds(1990)
Come See the Paradise(1990)
Dick Tracy(1990)
The Enemy(1989)
Manhunt(1989)
The Measure of a Man(1989)
Star Trek: The Next Generation(1987)
The Dead(1987)
MacGyver(1985)
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
The Panic

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Number of children: 2
Nominations: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role(2007)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy(1993) for work: The Snapper
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2019-06-08
3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-15
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Start of work period: 1978
Given name: Colm
Family name: Meaney
Name in native language: Colm Meaney
Residence: Sóller

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