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Colm Meaney

1953 - Today

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Colm J. Meaney (; Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven Irish Film & Television Academy Award nominations, winning twice for 2001’s How Harry Became a Tree, and 2017’s The Journey. Other film credits include Roddy Doyle's Barrytown franchise, Con Air, Layer Cake, The Damned United, Get Him to the Greek, and The Snapper, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, and won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actor at the 1993 Chicago International Film Festival. On television, Meaney is best known for his portrayal of Miles O'Brien in both Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), appearing in a total of 225 episodes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colm Meaney has received more than 4,693,676 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Colm Meaney is the 2,377th most popular actor (up from 2,918th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 138th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Irish Actor.

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  • 4.7M

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  • 59.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Colm Meaney ranks 2,377 out of 13,578. Before him are Elisha Cuthbert, Cheng Pei-pei, Madeleine Lebeau, Stana Katic, Nina Dobrev, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. After him are Dean Jones, Lam Ching-ying, Meryem Uzerli, Leopoldo Trieste, Sarah Paulson, and Michael Ballhaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Colm Meaney ranks 154. Before him are Slavoljub Muslin, Leon Spinks, Robert Zoellick, Maryam Rajavi, Brigi Rafini, and Attilio Bettega. After him are Wim Mertens, Georgina Rizk, Lars Saabye Christensen, Tamir Pardo, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, and Dieter Hoeneß.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Colm Meaney ranks 113 out of 549. Before him are John Boland (1870), Roger Casement (1864), Richard Montgomery (1738), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), and Cornelius Ryan (1920). After him are Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), Grace O'Malley (1530), George Abraham Grierson (1851), Daniel O'Connell (1775), and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Colm Meaney ranks 18. Before him are Fionnula Flanagan (1941), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Liam Cunningham (1961), Edward Mulhare (1923), Fiona Shaw (1958), and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977). After him are Dan O'Herlihy (1919), Aidan Gillen (1968), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Ronan Keating (1977), and Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913).

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