From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael O'Neill (born May 29, 1951) is an American actor. With a career stretching through three decades, he usually portrays senior law enforcement or military officers. He is perhaps best known for his role as Special agent Ron Butterfield, the head of Pres ... ident Josiah Bartlet's Secret Service detail, on The West Wing. He played CTU Administrative Director Richard Walsh in the first two episodes of 24. He played Sgt. Maj. Ron Cheals in the CBS action-drama series The Unit. He starred in the Season Six 2 part Finale of Grey's Anatomy as the broken widower who holds the hospital hostage with a 9mm while pursuing the doctors responsible for unplugging his wife. His most notable film performances occur in Seabiscuit, Secondhand Lions, Transformers, Dancer, Texas Pop 81, Traffic, Sea of Love, A Quiet Little Marriage, Nothing But the Truth, and Green Zone. O'Neill graduated from Auburn University in 1974. After attending Auburn he spent time under the tutelage of actor Will Geer and his daughter, Ellen, at Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles before moving to New York to pursue his career there.
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The West Wing
as Ron Butterfield
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Sep 22, 1999
Rectify
as Senator Roland Foulkes
Episodes: 15
First Aired: Apr 22, 2013
Extant
as Alan Sparks
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jul 09, 2014
Bates Motel
as Nick Ford
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Mar 18, 2013
Echoes
as Victor McCleary
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Aug 19, 2022
Scandal
as Lonnie Mencken
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Apr 05, 2012
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Senator Mitchell Chapin
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Aug 30, 2018
Messiah
as Cameron Collier
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jan 01, 2020
Grey's Anatomy
as Gary Clark
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 27, 2005
Boston Public
as Dr. Bernard Colbert
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 23, 2000
The Nine
as Pete Burton
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 04, 2006
NCIS
as Riley McCallister
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 23, 2003
Shooter
as Ray Brooks
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 15, 2016
S.W.A.T.
as Carl Luca
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 02, 2017
Commander in Chief
as Congressman Wilcox
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 27, 2005
Outer Range
as Judge Pettigrew
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 14, 2022
Happy's Place
as Jim Jackoway
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 18, 2024
This Is Us
as Arlo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2016
JAG
as Commander Bradley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1995
The X-Files
as Patrol Captain Van Gelder
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1993
Roswell
as Philip Evans
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1999
Ghost Whisperer
as Nolan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2005
The Glades
as Trent Staley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 11, 2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as Jonathan McKnight
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 12, 2010
24
as Richard Welsh
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 06, 2001
24
as Richard Walsh
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 06, 2001
FlashForward
as CIA Director Keller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 2009
Law & Order: LA
as Jeb Monroe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 2010
Diagnosis: Murder
as Sheriff Buck O'Hara
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1993
Manhattan
as Psychiatrist
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 27, 2014
Sons of Anarchy
as Anthony Franklin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 03, 2008
The Mentalist
as Sheriff Nelson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2008
11.22.63
as Arliss Price
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 15, 2016
Fringe
as Sheriff Velchik
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2008
The Resident
as Joshua Williams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 21, 2018
Prison Break
as Herb Stanton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 29, 2005
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Ret. U.S. Army General Richard Collins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2009
ER
as Col. Ken Kilner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
The Unit
as Ron Cheals
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 07, 2006
Criminal Minds
as Det. Yarbough
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2005
Fire Country
as Harlan Denbo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 2022
Leverage
as Judge Roy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 07, 2008
The Romanoffs
as Ron Hopkins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 2018
Without a Trace
as Thomas Shannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2002
The Shining
as Daniel Edwards (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 27, 1997
Crossing Jordan
as Chris Benz
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 2001
LAX
as Alonso Mathews
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2004
Millennium
as County Prosecutor Calvin Smith
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 25, 1996
Chicago Hope
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1994
One West Waikiki
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 04, 1994
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