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Michael O'Neill

Michael O'Neill

25 movies on Netflix

Biography

Michael O'Neill is an American character actor whose screen work has stretched through three decades, most often as senior law enforcement officers and military figures. He grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, studied at Auburn University, and trained with Will Geer and Ellen Geer at Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles before settling in New York. On television he played Ron Butterfield, the Secret Service agent who headed President Josiah Bartlet's detail, in a recurring part on The West Wing, and he was Richard Walsh in the first episodes of 24, Sgt. Maj. Ron Cheals on The Unit, Gary Clark on Grey's Anatomy, Nick Ford on Bates Motel, Alan Sparks on Extant and Senator Roland Foulkes on Rectify. His films include Sea of Love (1989), Traffic (2000), Seabiscuit (2003), Secondhand Lions (2003), Transformers (2007), Nothing but the Truth (2008), A Quiet Little Marriage (2008) and Dallas Buyers Club (2013).

75years old

Turns 76 on May 29in 209 days

  • Born Montgomery
  • Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
44 years1981 to 2025

Genres

First and latest

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Dallas Buyers Club2013 Biography, Dramaas Richard Barkley

    IMDb rating 7.9553K votes

  2. Transformers2007 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Tom Banacheck

    IMDb rating 7.1727K votes

  3. Dreamcatcher2003as Gen. Matheson

    IMDb rating 5.6102K votes

  4. Traffic2000as Lawyer Rodman

    IMDb rating 7.5232K votes

  5. Air2023as Joe Dean

    IMDb rating 7.4199K votes

  6. Seabiscuit2003as Mr. Pollard

    IMDb rating 7.379K votes

  7. War of the Worlds2025as Secretary of Defense Walter Crystal

    IMDb rating 2.535K votes

  8. Secondhand Lions2003as Ralph

    IMDb rating 7.567K votes

Most often with

Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Michael Caine, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Michael CaineRichard Jenkins, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Richard JenkinsMatt Damon, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Matt DamonAlfre Woodard, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Alfre WoodardJosh Lucas, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Josh LucasDenis O'Hare, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Denis O'Hare

Films together

Box office

What Michael O'Neill's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.5 billion

17 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 25 films: 17 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.

  • 17Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 3Figure not found

Top grosser

Transformers2007as Tom Banacheck$710 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Transformers2007as Tom Banacheck
    $710M46.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Traffic2000as Lawyer Rodman
    $208M13.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Seabiscuit2003as Mr. Pollard
    $148M9.7% of the total
  4. 4
    Sea of Love1989as Raymond Brown
    $111M7.2% of the total
  5. 5
    Air2023as Joe Dean
    $90M5.9% of the total
  6. 6
    Dreamcatcher2003as Gen. Matheson
    $81M5.3% of the total
  7. 7
    Dallas Buyers Club2013as Richard Barkley
    $56M3.6% of the total
  8. 8
    Secondhand Lions2003as Ralph
    $48M3.2% of the total
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), $39.5 millionThe Mod Squad (1999), $13.3 millionJennifer Eight (1992), $11.4 millionBushwhacked (1995), $7.9 millionThe Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992), $3.7 millionBride Hard (2025), $2.1 millionNothing But the Truth (2008), $409,832Clemency (2019), $309,776The Sunchaser (1996), $21,508

$78.5 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total

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