Mike O'Malley
Biography
Mike O'Malley is an American actor and writer who has worked as a television producer. He was born in Boston and grew up in New Hampshire, and he began his television career in the early 1990s as host of two children's game shows, Get the Picture and the Nickelodeon series Guts. He moved to Los Angeles and starred in his NBC sitcom, The Mike O'Malley Show, before taking the role of Jimmy Hughes on the CBS comedy Yes, Dear, which aired from 2000 to 2006. He earned an Emmy nomination for playing Burt Hummel on the Fox series Glee. His film credits include 28 Days (2000), Pushing Tin (1999), Eat Pray Love (2010), R.I.P.D. (2013), Concussion (2015), and Sully (2016). He wrote the screenplay for Certainty, adapted from his play Searching for Certainty, and he created and executive produced the Starz series Survivor's Remorse. He also wrote for Shameless and co-wrote the book for the Broadway musical Escape to Margaritaville.
60years old
Turns 61 on October 31in 354 days
- Born Boston
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Michael Edward O'Malley (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 28 years1997 to 2025
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Big break
In 1991, O'Malley got his first big career break when he became the host of Get the Picture, a children's game show on Nickelodeon.
A change of course
Marc Summers advised O'Malley to head to Los Angeles once GUTS wrapped up, so he could keep pursuing his acting career there.
First role
In 1998, O'Malley appeared in his first film, Deep Impact, as the astronomy teacher of the character played by Elijah Wood.
Behind the camera
O'Malley wrote the screenplay for Certainty, based on his play Searching for Certainty; the film won Best Screenplay at the Boston Film Festival.
Behind the camera
With Greg Garcia, O'Malley co-wrote the book for Escape to Margaritaville, a musical built around Jimmy Buffett's songs. Broadway hosted the show from February to July 2018.
Behind the camera
O'Malley created Survivor's Remorse, a basketball comedy series on Starz, and he is a writer and producer of the show with his production company O'Malley Ink.
Mike O'Malley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Chris Bauer appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Chris Bauer's page
J.K. Simmons's page
Ed Helms's page
Scott Caan's page
Philip Akin's page
Welker White's page
Box office
What Mike O'Malley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$688 million
9 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$241M35.0% of the total
- 2$205M29.7% of the total
- 3$62M9.0% of the total
- 4$62M9.0% of the total
- 5$51M7.4% of the total
- 6$50M7.3% of the total
- 7$8.4M1.2% of the total
- 8$6.9M1.0% of the total
$2.5 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.