
Acting
Born October 31, 1966 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.

After All
2025

Eenie Meanie
2025

3 Days with Dad
2019

Sully
2016

Concussion
2015

A Good Marriage
2014

R.I.P.D.
2013

Behind the Candelabra
2013

3 Geezers!
2013

So Undercover
2012

Glee: Keep on Believin'
2012

When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011

Cedar Rapids
2011

Eat Pray Love
2010

Meet Dave
2008

Leatherheads
2008

Impossible to Forget: The Story of the '67 Boston Red Sox
2007

On Broadway
2007

The Perfect Man
2005
The Curse of the Bambino
2003

A Baby Blues Christmas Special
2002

28 Days
2000

Pushing Tin
1999

Above Freezing
1998

Deep Impact
1998

Some Girl
1998

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997