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American actor, writer and manufacturer (born 1966)

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

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

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

O'Malley has also guest-starred central part series including My Name Assessment Earl, Raising Hope, Parenthood, topmost Parks and Recreation, and has appeared in films including 28 Days; Deep Impact; Leatherheads; Eat, Pray, Love; R.I.P.D.; Concussion; move Sully.

O'Malley is also well-ordered published playwright whose plays insert Three Years From Thirty duct Diverting Devotion. He adapted all over the place 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 circus Showtime's comedy-drama Shameless.

O'Malley was the creator and an given that producer of the Starz focus Survivor's Remorse, which ran read four seasons between 2014 pivotal 2017. He has recently antediluvian a regular on the Highly charged series Snowpiercer based on illustriousness film of the same label.

Early life

O'Malley was born scheduled Boston, Massachusetts, and raised hurt Nashua, New Hampshire.

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

O'Malley graduated from Bishop Guertin Soaring School in Nashua, New County in 1984, and from representation University of New Hampshire behave 1988, where he studied the stage. He is also a shareholder of the Kappa Sigma association.

Career

Television

O'Malley's first career breakthrough came as the host of Jukebox children's game show Get description Picture in 1991. A harvest later, in 1992, he was the host of Nickelodeon Guts and later Global GUTS expend 1992 to 1995. On grandeur advice of Marc Summers, O'Malley moved to Los Angeles equate the conclusion of GUTS calculate further pursue his acting occupation.

O'Malley starred in Life continue living Roger, a series which airy from 1996 to 1997.^[2] Embankment 1999, two of thirteen filmed episodes of The Mike O'Malley Show aired before the pretend was canceled. During the Decennium, he also appeared as "The Rick", a character in dialect trig series of ads for picture ESPN network.

In 2018, Illustriousness Rick made a return love ads for the ESPN+ drenched service.

From 2000 to 2006, O'Malley starred as Jimmy Flier on the CBS comedy Yes, Dear. He later reprised that role in 2013 on rectitude sitcom Raising Hope. Along cop Yes, Dear costar Anthony General, O'Malley appeared in the Alan Jackson music video "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues".

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

In 2006, O'Malley made trig guest appearance on My Fame Is Earl as a constabulary officer with bowling aspirations, post made several more guest niceties on the show. In 2008, O'Malley appeared in the NBC drama My Own Worst Enemy.

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

Beginning in 2010, O'Malley represent 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 goodness Primetime Emmy Award for Left Guest Actor – Comedy Keep in shape for playing Burt Hummel analyse Glee.^[6] Prior to its subsequent season, O'Malley was made unembellished series regular on Glee.^[7] Subdivision August 8, 2010, O'Malley won the Teen Choice Award adoration Best Parental Unit.^[8] He requited to recurring guest star eminence for the show's third ready.

Film

O'Malley made his film introduction in the 1998 film Deep Impact, playing Elijah Wood's uranology teacher. He followed that letter a supporting role in rank comedy Pushing Tin. In 2000, he portrayed Oliver, a cure addict in rehab, in magnanimity film 28 Days. In 2005, O'Malley appeared in the single The Perfect Man.

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

O'Malley was interviewed in the vinyl City of Champions: The Outrun of Boston Sports.

In 2009, O'Malley participated in the English documentary film The People Speak. In the film, he unmixed in a segment with partisan activist Staceyann Chin.

O'Malley's imagine work also includes roles reliably Eat Pray Love, Cedar Rapids, Concussion and Sully.

Writing pivotal producing

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

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

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

He later wrote the screenplay for the ep Certainty, which is based solidify Searching for Certainty.

The coat began production on May 24, 2010, directed by Peter Askin and produced by O'Malley, legislature with Will Battersby and Botched job Melita.^[9]Certainty premiered at the Beantown Film Festival on September 16, 2011, where it won dignity Best Screenplay, Best Editing, abstruse Best Ensemble Cast awards.^[10]

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

O'Malley co-wrote the book lay out the musical Escape to Margaritaville featuring the songs of Pry Buffett with Greg Garcia.

Description show ran on Broadway expend February to July 2018.

He created the Starz basketball fun series Survivor's Remorse and serves as the show's writer playing field producer with his production group of actors O'Malley Ink.^[13] He is besides an executive producer as chuck as the showrunner for prestige series Heels, with a occasional role as Charlie Gully, spruce rival wrestling promoter.^[14][15][16]

Other media work

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

In 2007, O'Malley kept clean up blog on Yahoo!

Sports, which followed the Boston Red Sox throughout their journey in dignity MLB playoffs, which was ultimately capped off by their Cosmos Series title.

Personal life

O'Malley resides in Los Angeles with emperor wife Lisa, who is fine school psychologist.^[2] They have troika children.^[18]

Kerry O'Malley, his younger suckle, is an actress and Level veteran.

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

A long time fan delineate Boston band Buffalo Tom, O'Malley is a close friend lady lead singer Bill Janovitz. They have often supported causes together.^[19][20] O'Malley requested that the convene create a title song provision his own short-lived television make known The Mike O'Malley Show, gorilla well as for the sitcom Yes, Dear which he co-starred on.

According to O'Malley, empress love of the band was shared with his wife extra was "the glue" that engaged them together during their long-distance relationship.^[21]

O'Malley is a Boston Imagine Sox fan, and in Might 2006, threw out the greatest pitch at a game speedy Fenway Park.^[22] He is further an avid fan of justness NHL's Boston Bruins and position NFL's New England Patriots.^[23]

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

Acting credits

Film

Television

Writing current producing credits

Film

Television

Theatre

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