Mike O'Malley
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.
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Films (29)

After All
2025 · Barry

Wild Speed Girl
2025 · George

3 Days with Dad
2019 · Brick

Sully: Hazaña en el Hudson
2016 · Charles Porter

Seul contre tous
2015 · Daniel Sullivan

Couple Modèle
2014 · Bill Gaines

R.I.P.D. : Brigade fantôme
2013 · Elliot

Ma vie avec Liberace
2013 · Tracy Schnelker

3 Geezers!
2013 · Mike

Mademoiselle Détective
2012 · Sam

Glee: Keep on Believin'
2012 · Self

Certainty
2011 · Producer, Screenplay

When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011 · State Trooper (uncredited)

Bienvenue à Cedar Rapids
2011 · Mike Pyle

Mange, prie, aime
2010 · Andy Shiraz

Appelez-moi Dave
2008 · Knox

Jeux de dupes
2008 · Mickey

Pretty/Handsome
2008 · Chip Fromme

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

On Broadway
2007 · Father Rolie O'Toole

L'Homme parfait
2005 · Lenny Horton

The Curse of the Bambino
2003 · Himself

A Baby Blues Christmas Special
2002 · Darryl MacPherson (voice)

28 jours en sursis
2000 · Oliver

Pushing Tin
1999 · Pete

Above Freezing
1998 · Artie

Deep Impact
1998 · Mike Perry

Some Girl
1998 · Dan

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997 · Storage Facility Manager
Séries (41)

Némésis
2026 · Detective Rick Viggiano

Suits LA
2025 · Avery Jeffers

Docteur Odyssey
2024 · Rodney Prescott

Extended Family
2023 · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator

Fire Country : Pompiers sur Appel
2022 · Danny Marks

Grand Crew
2021 · Zeb Jenkins

Colegio Abbott
2021 · Captain Robinson

Heels
2021 · Charlie Gully, Executive Producer

Snowpiercer
2020 · Sam Roche

La matinale
2019 · Tim Eavers

Wayne
2019 · Cole

Une chipie au paradis
2016 · Jeff the Doorman

Survivor's Remorse
2014 · Creator

BoJack Horseman
2014 · Artie (voice)

Welcome to the Family
2013 · Dan Yoder, Producer

Sans regret
2011 · Writer

Conan
2010 · Self

Raising Hope
2010 · Jim, Jimmy

Justifié
2010 · Nick "Nicky" Augustine

Le Clan Braverman
2010 · Jim Kazinsky

Glenn Martin, DDS
2009

Glee
2009 · Burt Hummel

Construyendo un parque
2009 · Bill

Mon meilleur ennemi
2008 · Tom Grady / Raymond Carter

Earl
2005 · Stuart Daniels

Unscripted
2005 · Mike O'Malley

On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004 · Self

Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self

The Best Damn Sports Show Period
2001

Yes, Dear
2000 · Jimmy Hughes, Director

Baby Blues
2000 · (voice)
The Mike O'Malley Show
1999 · Mike, Writer, Creator

The View
1997 · Self

Figure It Out
1997 · Self
Life with Roger
1996 · Roger Hoyt

Global GUTS
1995 · Self - Host

Nickelodeon GUTS
1992 · Self - Host

Get the Picture
1991

Casualty
1986 · Arthur Drury
Pretty/Handsome
· Chip Fromme
Family Album
· Dave Bronsky



