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Mike O'Malley
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn October 31, 1966 (58 years)
Michael Edward O'Malley (born October 31, 1966) is an American actor and writer who has appeared in films and television series. Born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire, O'Malley hosted the early 1990s children's game show Nickelodeon Guts before moving to Los Angeles later that decade to star in his own sitcom for NBC called The Mike O'Malley Show. He is best known for his role as Jimmy Hughes on Yes, Dear, a CBS series which aired from 2000 to 2006. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Burt Hummel on the Fox series Glee.
O'Malley has also guest-starred in series including My Name Is Earl, Raising Hope, Parenthood and Parks and Recreation, and has appeared in films including 28 Days, Deep Impact, Leatherheads, Eat, Pray, Love, R.I.P.D., Concussion and Sully.
O'Malley is also a published playwright whose plays include Three Years From Thirty and Diverting Devotion. He adapted another play called Searching for Certainty for Peter Askin's film Certainty, which premiered at the Boston Film Festival in 2011. O'Malley is also a writer on Showtime's hit drama Shameless.
O'Malley was the creator and an executive producer of the Starz series Survivor's Remorse, which ran for four seasons between 2014 and 2017.
O'Malley has also guest-starred in series including My Name Is Earl, Raising Hope, Parenthood and Parks and Recreation, and has appeared in films including 28 Days, Deep Impact, Leatherheads, Eat, Pray, Love, R.I.P.D., Concussion and Sully.
O'Malley is also a published playwright whose plays include Three Years From Thirty and Diverting Devotion. He adapted another play called Searching for Certainty for Peter Askin's film Certainty, which premiered at the Boston Film Festival in 2011. O'Malley is also a writer on Showtime's hit drama Shameless.
O'Malley was the creator and an executive producer of the Starz series Survivor's Remorse, which ran for four seasons between 2014 and 2017.
Filmography
| 2021 | Grand Crew (TV Series) · as Zeb Jenkins |
| 2021 | Abbott Elementary (TV Series) · as Captain Robinson |
| 2021 | Heels (TV Series) · as Charlie Gully |
| 2020 | Snowpiercer (TV Series) · as Sam Roche |
| 2019 | The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Tim Eavers |
| 2019 | 3 Days with Dad · as Brick |
| 2019 | Wayne (TV Series) · as Principal Cole |
| 2017 | Get Shorty (TV Series) · as Detective Aaron Mischka |
| 2016 | The Good Place (TV Series) · as Jeff The Doorman |
| 2016 | Sully · as Charles Porter |
| 2015 | Concussion · as Daniel Sullivan |
| 2014 | Survivor's Remorse (TV Series) · as Figgy |
| 2014 | A Good Marriage · as Bill Gaines |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Artie (voice) |
| 2013 | Welcome to the Family (TV Series) · as Dan Yoder |
| 2013 | R.I.P.D. · as Elliot |
| 2013 | Behind the Candelabra · as Tracy Schnelker |
| 2013 | 3 Geezers! · as Mike |
| 2012 | So Undercover · as Sam |
| 2012 | Axe Cop (TV Series) · as Ray |
| 2011 | Glee Encore · as Burt Hummel |
| 2011 | When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren · as State Trooper (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Cedar Rapids · as Mike Pyle |
| 2010 | Raising Hope (TV Series) · as Jim |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love · as Andy Shiraz |
| 2010 | Justified (TV Series) · as Nick "nicky" Augustine |
| 2010 | Parenthood (2010) (TV Series) |
| 2009 | American Ninja Warrior (TV Series) · as Host |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin DDS (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Glee (TV Series) · as Burt Hummel |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation (TV Series) · as Bill |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy (TV Series) · as Tom Grady / Raymond Carter |
| 2008 | Meet Dave · as Knox |
| 2008 | Pretty/Handsome · as Chip Fromme |
| 2008 | Leatherheads · as Mickey |
| 2007 | On Broadway · as Father Rolie O'toole |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl (TV Series) · as Stuart Daniels |
| 2005 | The Perfect Man · as Lenny Horton |
| 2001 | The Best Damn Sports Show Period (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Yes, Dear (TV Series) · as Jimmy Hughes |
| 2000 | Baby Blues (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 2000 | 28 Days · as Oliver |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin · as Pete |
| 1998 | Above Freezing · as Artie |
| 1998 | Deep Impact · as Mike Perry |
| 1998 | Some Girl · as Dan |
| 1997 | Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing · as Storage Facility Manager |
| 1991 | Get the Picture (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as New York Policeman #1 |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Arthur Drury |