
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.
Acting (26 movies)

28 Days
2000

Meet Dave
2008

On Broadway
2007

The Perfect Man
2005

R.I.P.D.
2013

Cedar Rapids
2011

Glee: Keep on Believin'
2012

So Undercover
2012

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

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

Behind the Candelabra
2013

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

Deep Impact
1998

Concussion
2015

A Good Marriage
2014

Eat Pray Love
2010

Sully
2016

Above Freezing
1998

Pushing Tin
1999

Leatherheads
2008

3 Days with Dad
2019

3 Geezers!
2013

Some Girl
1998

A Baby Blues Christmas Special
2002

Eenie Meanie
2025

After All
2025