Michael O'Keefe
Acting • Born 1955-04-24
Biography
Michael Raymond O'Keefe (born April 24, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, Ben Meechum in The Great Santini (for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), and Darryl Palmer in The Slugger's Wife. On television, he had a recurring roles as Fred in Roseanne from 1993 to 1995 and more recently in the series Homeland and Sneaky Pete.
Filmography
105 credits
Frozen River
Movie • 2008
Trooper Finnerty
The Glass House
Movie • 2001
Dave Baker
Michael Clayton
Movie • 2007
Barry Grissom
Too Young to Die
Movie • 1990
Mike Medwicki
Finders Keepers
Movie • 1984
Michael Rangeloff
American Violet
Movie • 2008
Calvin Beckett
The Great Santini
Movie • 1979
Ben Meechum
The Hot Chick
Movie • 2002
Richie
Caddyshack
Movie • 1980
Danny Noonan
Nate and Hayes
Movie • 1983
Nathaniel Williamson
Cherry Crush
Movie • 2007
Detective Griffin
The Whoopee Boys
Movie • 1986
Jake Bateman
One True Loves
Movie • 2023
Colin Blair
Three Wishes
Movie • 1995
Adult Tom
Fear
Movie • 1990
Jack Hays
Prancer Returns
Movie • 2001
Split Image
Movie • 1982
Danny "Joshua" Stetson
Just One Night
Movie • 2000
Wayne
Out of the Rain
Movie • 1991
Frank Reade
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Movie • 2011
Hugh Akston
Bridge to Silence
Movie • 1989
Dan
The Slugger's Wife
Movie • 1985
Darryl Palmer
Apartment 143
Movie • 2011
Dr. Helzer
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
Movie • 2003
Mike Harris
Nina Takes a Lover
Movie • 1995
Journalist
A Thousand Cuts
Movie • 2012
Frank
Herman U.S.A.
Movie • 2001
Dennis
Disaster at Silo 7
Movie • 1988
Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald
The Wait
Movie • 2013
Ben's Dad
Junction
Movie • 2012
Walters
Kangaroo Court
Movie • 1994
Showing Up
Movie • 2014
Self
The People Next Door
Movie • 1996
Garrett James
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Movie • 1976
Terry Long
In the Best Interest of the Child
Movie • 1990
Walt Colton
Me and Veronica
Movie • 1993
Michael
Panache
Movie • 1976
Horseman
Edie & Pen
Movie • 1996
Ken
Incident at Deception Ridge
Movie • 1994
Jack Bolder
The Pledge
Movie • 2001
Duane Larsen
Gray Lady Down
Movie • 1978
Harris
Finding Neighbors
Movie • 2013
Sam
Too Big to Fail
Movie • 2011
Chris Flowers
Eye in the Sky
Movie • 2015
Ken Stanitzke
An American Crime
Movie • 2007
Reverend Bill Collier
Sarina's Song
Movie • 2011
Charles Berkeley
Unholy Matrimony
Movie • 1988
Dr. Cassius William 'Bill' Sander
Chasing 3000
Movie • 2010
Dr. Stuart
Ironweed
Movie • 1987
Billy
Friendly Persuasion
Movie • 1975
Josh Birdwell
Swing Vote
Movie • 1999
Everything is Forever
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Inner Circle
Movie • 2005
Jack Scott
Instant Family
Movie • 2018
Jerry
Inside Game
Movie • 2019
Mr. Donaghy
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
Movie • 2009
Himself
Keith
Movie • 2008
Alan Ascher
Things Heard & Seen
Movie • 2021
Travis Laughton
Ghosts of Mississippi
Movie • 1996
Merrida Coxwell
After All
Movie
Jake
A Break in the Rain
Movie • 2025
Jake
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Corporal Travis
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Reverend Joseph Ezra
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Wally Wandell
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Daniel Easton
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Dr. Calvin Byrd
Night Stalker
TV • 2005
Roseanne
TV • 1988
Fred
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Ronald McCain
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Art Toomey
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Dr. Stan Howard
MacGyver
TV • 2016
Harry McGyver
Vanished
TV • 2006
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Chad Marshall
Eleventh Hour
TV • 2008
Philip Gifford
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
Father Lloyd Tierney
Life's Work
TV • 1996
Kevin Hunter
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Richard Shepard
Against the Law
TV • 1990
Middle Ages
TV • 1992
Ron Steffey
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Eddie Wexler
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Al Marcosi
Daybreak
TV • 2012
Professor Aaron Wilkins
The Enemy Within
TV • 2019
National Security Advisor
King & Maxwell
TV • 2013
Frank Rigby
Homeland
TV • 2011
John Redmond
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Will Sawyer
Sleepy Hollow
TV • 2013
Director Jack Walters
House
TV • 2004
Fletcher Stone
Elementary
TV • 2012
Harris Waylon Greer
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
TV • 2022
Jack Kent Cooke
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Mr. Deavers
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
TV • 1978
Worthy Pettinger
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
TV • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Eugene O'Hanigan
Masters of Sex
TV • 2013
Harry Eshelman
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Cally Lonegan / Professor Donald Lonegan
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Michael McShale
A Rumor of War
TV • 1980
Lt. Walter Cohen
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Wallace
Leverage
TV • 2008
Darren Hoffman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Eli Rush
Sneaky Pete
TV • 2015
Detective Winslow
The Closer
TV • 2005
Agent Tim Hecht
Your Friends & Neighbors
TV • 2025
Ron Cooper