Mike O'Malley

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.

Most Known For

Conan

as Self

BoJack Horseman

as Artie (voice)

Glee

as Burt Hummel

Parks and Recreation

as Bill

The View

as Self

The Good Place

as Jeff the Doorman

Snowpiercer

as Sam Roche

Abbott Elementary

as Captain Robinson

My Name Is Earl

as Stuart Daniels

The Morning Show

as Tim Eavers

Justified

as Nick "Nicky" Augustine

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Casualty

as Arthur Drury

Parenthood

as Jim Kazinsky

Raising Hope

as Jim

Raising Hope

as Jimmy

Doctor Odyssey

as Rodney Prescott

Sully

as Charles Porter

Suits LA

as Avery Jeffers

Eenie Meanie

as George