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Mike O'Malley

Acting Born Oct 31, 1966 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Casualty

as Arthur Drury

Conan

as Self

Glee

as Burt Hummel

The View

as Self

BoJack Horseman

as Artie (voice)

Fire Country

as Danny Marks

Snowpiercer

as Sam Roche
Film

Die Hard

as Self

Abbott Elementary

as Captain Robinson

The Morning Show

as Tim Eavers

The Good Place

as Jeff the Doorman

Nemesis

as Detective Rick Viggiano

Full filmography

  • Casualty (1986) as Arthur Drury
  • Conan (2010) as Self
  • Glee (2009) as Burt Hummel
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • BoJack Horseman (2014) as Artie (voice)
  • Parks and Recreation (2009) as Bill
  • Justified (2010) as Nick "Nicky" Augustine
  • Parenthood (2010) as Jim Kazinsky
  • Fire Country (2022) as Danny Marks
  • Snowpiercer (2020) as Sam Roche
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
  • Abbott Elementary (2021) as Captain Robinson
  • My Name Is Earl (2005) as Stuart Daniels
  • The Morning Show (2019) as Tim Eavers
  • The Good Place (2016) as Jeff the Doorman
  • Nemesis (2026) as Detective Rick Viggiano
  • Raising Hope (2010) as Jim
  • Raising Hope (2010) as Jimmy
  • Doctor Odyssey (2024) as Rodney Prescott
  • Yes, Dear (2000) as Jimmy Hughes
  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004) as Self
  • Suits LA (2025) as Avery Jeffers
  • Wayne (2019) as Principal Cole
  • Sully (2016) as Charles Porter