Michael O’Neill
Acting

Michael O’Neill

May 29, 1947 (78 years old) Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Also known as: مایکل اونیل

Biography

​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.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005 • TV

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

2025 • Movie

NCIS

NCIS

2003 • TV

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

2005 • TV

The Mentalist

The Mentalist

2008 • TV

Bride Hard

Bride Hard

2025 • Movie

Movie Credits (43)

Acting

2025

War of the Worlds

as Secretary of Defense Walter Crystal

2025

Bride Hard

as Frank

2008

Nothing But the Truth

as CIA Director

2013

Dallas Buyers Club

as Richard Barkley

2023

Air

as Joe Dean

2014

The Grim Sleeper

as Detective Simms

1995

Awake to Danger

as Detective Brickman

2000

Traffic

as Lawyer Rodman

2007

Transformers

as Tom Banacheck

2003

Dreamcatcher

as Gen. Matheson

2010

Green Zone

as Colonel Bethel

2003

Secondhand Lions

as Ralph

2008

A Quiet Little Marriage

as Bruce

1993

For Their Own Good

as Clark Thompson

2003

Seabiscuit

as Mr. Pollard

2018

Danger One

as Beckwith

2011

J. Edgar

as Senator McKellar

2018

Indivisible

as Chaplain Rogers

2000

The Legend of Bagger Vance

as O.B. Keeler

2021

Cold Call

as Christian

Crew

2017

On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace

Producer

TV Credits (50)

Acting

2005

Grey's Anatomy

as Gary Clark

4 episodes

2003

NCIS

as Riley McCallister

3 episodes

2005

Criminal Minds

as Det. Yarbough

1 episodes

2008

The Mentalist

as Sheriff Nelson

1 episodes

1993

The X-Files

as Patrol Captain Van Gelder

1 episodes

2005

Prison Break

as Herb Stanton

1 episodes

2017

S.W.A.T.

as Carl Luca

3 episodes

2001

24

as Richard Welsh

1 episodes

2001

24

as Richard Walsh

1 episodes

2008

Sons of Anarchy

as Anthony Franklin

1 episodes

2018

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

as Senator Mitchell Chapin

5 episodes

2008

Fringe

as Sheriff Velchik

1 episodes

2018

The Resident

as Joshua Williams

1 episodes

1999

The West Wing

as Ron Butterfield

15 episodes

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Ret. U.S. Army General Richard Collins

1 episodes

2012

Scandal

as Lonnie Mencken

5 episodes

1995

JAG

as Commander Bradley

1 episodes

1994

ER

as Col. Ken Kilner

1 episodes

2005

Ghost Whisperer

as Nolan

1 episodes

2016

This Is Us

as Arlo

1 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 29, 1947 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Popularity
1.6

Career Stats

43
Movies
50
TV Shows