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Mike O'Malley

Mike O'Malley

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 31, 1966 (58)
Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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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Filmography

Eenie Meanie

Eenie Meanie

2025

as George

3 Days with Dad

3 Days with Dad

2019

as Brick

Sully

Sully

2016

as Charles Porter

Concussion

Concussion

2015

as Daniel Sullivan

A Good Marriage

A Good Marriage

2014

as Bill Gaines

R.I.P.D.

R.I.P.D.

2013

as Elliot

3 Geezers!

3 Geezers!

2013

as Mike

Behind the Candelabra

Behind the Candelabra

2013

as Tracy Schnelker

So Undercover

So Undercover

2012

as Sam

Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids

2011

as Mike Pyle

Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love

2010

as Andy Shiraz

Meet Dave

Meet Dave

2008

as Knox

Leatherheads

Leatherheads

2008

as Mickey

On Broadway

On Broadway

2007

as Father Rolie O'Toole

The Perfect Man

The Perfect Man

2005

as Lenny Horton

A Baby Blues Christmas Special

A Baby Blues Christmas Special

2002

as Darryl MacPherson (voice)

28 Days

28 Days

2000

as Oliver

Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin

1999

as Pete

Above Freezing

Above Freezing

1998

as Artie

Some Girl

Some Girl

1998

as Dan

Deep Impact

Deep Impact

1998

as Mike Perry

Certainty

Certainty

2011

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Certainty

Certainty

2011

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Yes, Dear

as Jimmy Hughes

Episodes: 122

First Aired: Oct 02, 2000

Glee

as Burt Hummel

Episodes: 47

First Aired: May 19, 2009

Snowpiercer

as Sam Roche

Episodes: 27

First Aired: May 17, 2020

Life with Roger

as Roger Hoyt

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Sep 08, 1996

The Mike O'Malley Show

as Mike

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 21, 1999

My Name Is Earl

as Stuart Daniels

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 20, 2005

Wayne

as Principal Cole

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jan 16, 2019

My Own Worst Enemy

as Tom Grady / Raymond Carter

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Oct 13, 2008

Welcome to the Family

as Dan Yoder

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Oct 03, 2013

Baby Blues

as (voice)

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 28, 2000

Justified

as Nick "Nicky" Augustine

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 16, 2010

The Good Place

as Jeff the Doorman

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 19, 2016

Abbott Elementary

as Captain Robinson

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 07, 2021

Heels

as Charlie Gully

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 15, 2021

Pretty/Handsome

as Chip Fromme

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

The Morning Show

as Tim Eavers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 2019

Casualty

as Arthur Drury

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

BoJack Horseman

as Artie (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 22, 2014

Raising Hope

as Jim

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 2010

Parks and Recreation

as Bill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 2009

Family Album

as Dave Bronsky

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Unknown

Nickelodeon GUTS

as Self - Host

Episodes: 125

First Aired: Sep 19, 1992

Get the Picture

Episodes: 75

First Aired: Mar 18, 1991

Figure It Out

as Self

Episodes: 38

First Aired: Jul 07, 1997

The View

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2003

The Best Damn Sports Show Period

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 23, 2001

Glenn Martin, DDS

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 17, 2009

Parenthood

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 02, 2010

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Unscripted

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 2005

Conan

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 08, 2010

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