Yes, Dear

Background:

Starting out as a host of the Nickelodeon game show "Get the Picture" (1991-1993), Mike O'Malley would later be popular among TV viewers as James "Jimmy" Hughes Jr., Liza Snyder's husband who works as the movie studio's security guard, on CBS Emmy-Nominated sitcom "Yes, Dear" (2000-2006).

He previously has had his own sitcom, "The Mike O'Malley Show" (1999), and starred as the title role on the short-lived WB sitcom "Life with Roger" (1996). He also voiced Darryl on The WB/Adult Swim cartoon series based on the strips of comics, "Baby Blues" (2000-2002), and recently played Stuart (2006-2008) on NBC's Emmy Award-winning sitcom starring Jason Lee, "My Name Is Earl."

He will co-star with Christian Slater, Yara Martinez, Saffron Burrows, and Alfre Woodard in an upcoming NBC drama series scheduled to air in the Fall of 2008, "My Own Worst Enemy."

Meanwhile, moviegoers could catch him in the films "Deep Impact" (1998), "Pushing Tin" (1999), "28 Days" (2000), "The Perfect Man" (2005), "Leatherheads" (2008), and "Meet Dave" (2008). Next, he will support Matt Damon in Steven Soderbergh's true story-based dark comedy thriller film, "The Informant."

O'Malley is also an accomplished playwright and has had three of his plays published and produced Off-Broadway, “Three Years from Thirty,” “Diverting Devotion,” and “Searching for Certainty.”

The 5' 10" performer who always wears a baseball cap is a fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. He is also a spokesman for ESPN and has appeared in a series of commercials for ESPN as “The Rick,” the ultimate sports fan.

The Rick

Childhood and Family:

Born on October 31, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, Michael Donald O'Malley grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire. His parents are Tony O'Malley, a retired defense-industry executive, and Marianne O'Malley, a career counselor. He has three siblings, Liam, Marianne, and Kerry O'Malley, an actress and a Broadway veteran who received critical attention for her role in Stephen Sondheim's “Into the Woods” and recently appeared in several episodes of Showtime's “Brotherhood.”

After graduating from Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1984, O'Malley went to University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, where he received a BA degree in theater in 1988. A member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, he gave the commencement speech to the University of New Hampshire Class of 2006. He also has received an honorary doctorate.

O'Malley married to his wife, Lisa, in 2000. They have three children, Fiona (born in March of 2003), Seamus (born in December of 2004), and Declan.

O'Malley, who always wears a baseball cap, is a fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. In 2007, he kept a blog on Yahoo! Sports, which followed the Boston Red Sox throughout their journey in the MLB playoffs, which was eventually capped off by their World Series title. He is also a spokesman for ESPN and is known as "The Rick," the all around Boston sports Fanatic in some "ESPN" commercials.

The Mike O'Malley Show

Career:

With a BA degree in theater under his belt, Mike O'Malley entered the showbiz as a host of the Nickelodeon game show "Get the Picture," which aired from March 18, 1991 to March 13, 1993. Meanwhile, he made TV acting debut with a tiny guest role as a New York policeman in a 1991 episode of NBC's crime drama series "Law & Order."

He also served as host of the 30-minute action-sports game show "Nickelodeon GUTS" that aired for four seasons on Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1995 and appeared in the Nickelodeon special "The Big Help" in 1994.

From 1996 to 1997, O'Malley starred as the title role of the formerly suicidal homeless man in The WB sitcom "Life With Roger." Afterwards, he played a storage facility manager in the September 11, 2001 drama, "Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing" (1997), and appeared in the TV commercial for DiGiorno pizza (1997).

O'Malley subsequently appeared in films, in director Rory Kelly's romantic drama comedy "Some Girl" (1998; with Marissa Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Michael Rapaport, and Giovanni Ribisi) and in Mimi Leder's science fiction disaster film "Deep Impact" (1998; starring Elijah Wood, Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski, Vanessa Redgrave, and Robert Duvall), in which he played astronomy teacher Mike Perry.

He landed feature film debut as lead as a commitment-phobic guy struggles with his live-in girl friend, in writer/director Frank Todaro's romantic drama/comedy "Above Freezing" (1998). In the following year, he was cast as an air traffic controller in Mike Newell-directed comedy drama film "Pushing Tin" (1999), starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie.

Also in 1999, O'Malley got his own show on NBC, "The Mike O'Malley Show," in which he starred as a big thirty-year-old lug who worked as an EMS technician but didn't want to grow up. Unfortunately, the eponymous NBC sitcom was short-lived, only airing for two episodes.

Entering the new millennium, O'Malley co-starred as James "Jimmy" Hughes Jr., Liza Snyder's husband who works as the movie studio's security guard, on CBS Emmy-Nominated sitcom "Yes, Dear." The show that also stars Anthony Clark and Jean Louisa Kellyaired from October 2, 2000 to February 15, 2006.

During this time, he continued acting in films, in Betty Thomas' drama film starring Sandra Bullock, "28 Days" (2000), in which he played Oliver, one of the other patients in rehab who is a sex addict, and in Mark Rosman's romantic comedy drama "The Perfect Man" (2005), playing Heather Locklear's co-worker at the bakery who has a crush on her.

He also voiced Darryl MacPherson, alongside Julia Sweeney and Joel Murray, on The WB/Adult Swim cartoon series based on the strips of comics, "Baby Blues," which aired from July 28, 2000 to March 10, 2002. Additionally, he voiced the character in the Christmas specials, "A Baby Blues Christmas Special" (2002). In 2005, he appeared as a mechanic in Alan Jackson's new video titled "Talkin' Song Repair Blues," along with "Yes, Dear" (2000) co-star Anthony Clark.

After the demise of "Yes, Dear," O'Malley joined the cast of NBC Emmy Award-winning sitcom starring Jason Lee, "My Name Is Earl," playing the role of Stuart from 2006 to 2008.

Meanwhile, he co-starred with Joey McIntyre, Jill Flint, Eliza Dushku, Robert Wahlberg, and Will Arnett in writer/director Dave McLaughlin's independent film "On Broadway" (2007), which had its festival release at a sold-out premiere at the Independent Film Festival of Boston on April 27 to brilliant reviews.

He also appeared in a romantic comedy film set in the world of 1920s football, "Leatherheads" (2008; with Renée Zellweger and John Krasinski), which was directed and starred by George Clooney, and in Brian Robbins' comedy starring Eddie Murphy, "Meet Dave," which was released on July 11, 2008 to negative reviews and proved to be a box office bomb.

O'Malley will next be seen in the upcoming film "The Informant," a true story-based dark comedy thriller film based on the 2000 book written by journalist Kurt Eichenwald. It's directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale and Melanie Lynskey.

TV viewers will catch him in the dramatic made-for-television movie "Pretty/Handsome" alongside Blythe Danner and Robert Wagner and in an upcoming NBC drama series scheduled to air in the Fall of 2008, "My Own Worst Enemy," in which he will co-star with Christian Slater, Yara Martinez, Saffron Burrows, and Alfre Woodard.

A spokesman for ESPN, O'Malley appeared in a series of commercials for ESPN as “The Rick,” the ultimate sports fan. He is also the spokesman for Time Warner Cable's Digital Cable.

Adding to his acting and hosting skills, O'Malley is also an accomplished playwright. Two of his plays, “Three Years from Thirty” and “Diverting Devotion,” have been published and produced Off-Broadway. His third play, “Searching for Certainty,” was produced in Los Angeles in 2003.

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