Mike O'Malley
Acting • Born 1966-10-31
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.
Filmography
63 credits
28 Days
Movie • 2000
Oliver
Meet Dave
Movie • 2008
Knox
On Broadway
Movie • 2007
Father Rolie O'Toole
The Perfect Man
Movie • 2005
Lenny Horton
R.I.P.D.
Movie • 2013
Elliot
Cedar Rapids
Movie • 2011
Mike Pyle
Glee: Keep on Believin'
Movie • 2012
Self
The Curse of the Bambino
Movie • 2003
Himself
So Undercover
Movie • 2012
Sam
Impossible to Forget: The Story of the '67 Boston Red Sox
Movie • 2007
Narrator
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
Movie • 2011
State Trooper (uncredited)
Behind the Candelabra
Movie • 2013
Tracy Schnelker
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Movie • 1997
Storage Facility Manager
Deep Impact
Movie • 1998
Mike Perry
Concussion
Movie • 2015
Daniel Sullivan
A Good Marriage
Movie • 2014
Bill Gaines
Eat Pray Love
Movie • 2010
Andy Shiraz
Sully
Movie • 2016
Charles Porter
Above Freezing
Movie • 1998
Artie
Pushing Tin
Movie • 1999
Pete
Leatherheads
Movie • 2008
Mickey
3 Days with Dad
Movie • 2019
Brick
3 Geezers!
Movie • 2013
Mike
Some Girl
Movie • 1998
Dan
A Baby Blues Christmas Special
Movie • 2002
Darryl MacPherson (voice)
Eenie Meanie
Movie • 2025
George
After All
Movie • 2025
Barry
The Mike O'Malley Show
TV • 1999
Mike
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Glee
TV • 2009
Burt Hummel
Nickelodeon GUTS
TV • 1992
Self - Host
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Stuart Daniels
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Snowpiercer
TV • 2020
Sam Roche
Get the Picture
TV • 1991
My Own Worst Enemy
TV • 2008
Tom Grady / Raymond Carter
The Best Damn Sports Show Period
TV • 2001
Pretty/Handsome
TV
Chip Fromme
Yes, Dear
TV • 2000
Jimmy Hughes
Life with Roger
TV • 1996
Roger Hoyt
Baby Blues
TV • 2000
(voice)
Glenn Martin, DDS
TV • 2009
Parenthood
TV • 2010
Jim Kazinsky
Welcome to the Family
TV • 2013
Dan Yoder
Family Album
TV
Dave Bronsky
Heels
TV • 2021
Charlie Gully
The Morning Show
TV • 2019
Tim Eavers
Casualty
TV • 1986
Arthur Drury
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Artie (voice)
Raising Hope
TV • 2010
Jim
Justified
TV • 2010
Nick "Nicky" Augustine
The Good Place
TV • 2016
Jeff the Doorman
Wayne
TV • 2019
Principal Cole
Abbott Elementary
TV • 2021
Captain Robinson
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
Parks and Recreation
TV • 2009
Bill
Unscripted
TV • 2005
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Raising Hope
TV • 2010
Jimmy
Global GUTS
TV • 1995
Self - Host
Doctor Odyssey
TV • 2024
Rodney Prescott
Suits LA
TV • 2025
Avery Jeffers
Figure It Out
TV • 1997
Self