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Con O’Neill (born Robert O’Neill on 15 August 1966) is an English actor. He started his acting career at the Everyman Theatre and became primarily known for his performances in musicals. He received critical acclaim and won a Laurence Olivier Award for playing Michael "Mickey" Johnstone in the musical Blood Brothers. Subsequently, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for the same role. He has also appeared in many films and television series, including The Batman and Our Flag Means Death.

Early life

O'Neill was born on 15 August 1966 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.Шаблон:Citation needed O'Neill grew up in the village of Up Holland, near Wigan, in Lancashire.[1]

Career

O'Neill began his acting career at Liverpool's Everyman Youth Theatre.[2]

He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1988 for his performance in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers,[3] and was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Blood Brothers.[4]

In the 1980s, he had a walk-on role in One Summer as Jackson. He starred in Dancin' Thru the Dark, the 1990 film adaptation of Willy Russell's Stags and Hens.[5] In 1990, he played a principal role in Amongst Barbarians, part of the BBC ScreenPlay series. In 1992, he played Cougar Glass in the world premiere of Philip Ridley's The Fastest Clock in the Universe. He appeared in Moving Story, a TV comedy drama, as Nick, part of a removals team. He appeared as wheelchair user P.C. Ian LeFebre in "The Mild Bunch", the second season's eighth episode of Pie in the Sky (1995). He had a supporting role in Cider with Rosie (1998). In 2003, he portrayed Mickey in The Illustrated Mum. In 2006, he starred as Aston in a tour of Sheffield theatres' production of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker.[6] In 1999, he starred in The Last Seduction II.

In 2008, he appeared in Criminal Justice, a five-part TV drama on the BBC, playing the part of Ralph Stone, a solicitor. He played the part of Joe Meek in both the 2008 film[7] and 2005 play[8] of Telstar: The Joe Meek Story. In 2011, he took the role of dock worker Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester (from 18 May to 25 June 2011).[9] This portrayal won the 2011 Manchester Theatre Award for Best Actor.[10][11] In 2012, he played Dr. Bob Massey in "Fearful Symmetry", S6:E3 of Lewis.

He played St. Paul in the 2013 mini-series The Bible.[12] The same year he also appeared in Life of Crime as DCI Ferguson and in Midsomer Murders "Schooled in Murder" as Jim Caxton. He portrays Val Pearson in the sitcom Uncle (2014 to 2017).[13] He played Cliff in Cucumber, an eight-part TV drama series.[14] In 2015, he starred in the 35th-anniversary staging of Willy Russell's Educating Rita at The Liverpool Playhouse.[15][16] He appears as Neil Ackroyd in the second and third series of Happy Valley. In 2016, O'Neill played the part of Joe Brierley in the second series of Ordinary Lies and appeared in two episodes of the Doctor Who spin-off Class. In the 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl he portrayed the plant director Viktor Bryukhanov. In 2022 and 2023, he appeared in the HBO series Our Flag Means Death as the pirate Izzy Hands.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Norbert Smith: A Life Davey Throb
1990 Dancin' Thru the Dark Peter McGeghan
1990 The Lilac Bus[17] Tom Adaptation of the Maeve Binchy book, The Lilac Bus
1995 Scarborough Ahoy! Michael Short film
1995 Three Steps To Heaven Angel Farnham
1998 Bedrooms and Hallways Terry
1999 The Last Seduction II Troy Fenton
2001 Persephone's Playground Father Short film
2008 Telstar: The Joe Meek Story Joe Meek
2022 The Batman Chief Mackenzie Bock
TBA The Way of the Wind Enoch Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Bill Ricky Denball Episode: "The Mugging and the Gypsies"
1994 Moving Story Nick Main cast
1995 Pie in the Sky PC Ian LeFebre Episode: "The Mild Bunch"
1997 Heartbeat Rex Episode: “The Queen’s Message”
1998 Cider with Rosie Uncle Ray Television film
1999 Always and Everyone Kenny Fletcher Series 1
2005 Ultimate Force Lavelle series 3 Episode: "Weapon of Choice"
2008 Criminal Justice Ralph Stone Series 1
2012 Lewis Dr. Bob Massey Episode: "Fearful Symmetry"
2012 Wallander Jan Petrus Episode: "An Event in Autumn"
2013 Midsomer Murders Jim Caxton Episode: "Schooled in Murder"
2013 Life of Crime DCI Ferguson 3 episodes
2013 The Bible Paul 2 Episodes
2014–2017 Uncle Val 11 episodes
2015 Cucumber Cliff Main cast
2016 Ordinary Lies Joe Brierley Series 2
2016–2023 Happy Valley Neil Ackroyd Series 2 and 3
2016 The Tunnel Neil Grey 3 episodes
2016 Class Huw MacLean Episodes: "Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart" and "Brave-ish Heart"
2017–2019 Harlots Nathaniel Lennox Series 1
2019 Chernobyl Viktor Bryukhanov 3 episodes
Television miniseries
2019 Queens of Mystery Len Savage 2 episodes "Death by Vinyl"
2019 Wild Bill Ray Gilchrist Episode 4
2022–2023 Our Flag Means Death Izzy Hands Main role
2022 Without Sin Roman McKeller 1 episode
2023 Nolly Jack Barton
TBA SAS: Rogue Heroes General Montgomery Series 2[18]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Dark Souls II Titchy Gren (voice)
2022 Elden Ring Mohg (voice)

Accolades

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2022 Peabody Awards Entertainment Our Flag Means Death Шаблон:Nom [19]

References

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External links

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