Miles O'Brien

[Neo]

Colm Meaney reprised his role from Star Trek: The Next Generation as Miles O'Brien, Chief Operations Officer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. "This position serves as a promotion for Miles, and despite the precarious condition of the space station, he is excited and challenged. Although his work may be overwhelming at times, Miles is happy to be there," said Meaney.
Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Meaney began studying acting at the age of 14. After high school, Meaney entered the Abby Theater School of Acting, part of the Irish National Theater, and later joined the company as a professional actor. He spent eight years in England, touring with several theater companies. It was then that Meaney made his first television appearances in the BBC production of Z Cars and the independent British production of Strangers before moving to New York.

Meaney also appeared in the summer blockbuster Con Air with Nicholas Cage and John Cusack. Additionally, he starred in The Van, OWD BOB (with James Cromwell), Noose (with Denis Leary), This is My Father (with Aidan Quinn and James Caan) and an untitled Lodge Kerrigan film which co-stars Katrin Cartridge and Vincent D'Onofrio.

Meaney's feature film career continues to flourish with the upcoming Four Days and Mystery, Alaska. He had also starred in such feature films as The Dead, The Commitments, Dick Tracy, Die Hard II, Under Siege, The Last of the Mohicans and Far and Away. Meaney's critically acclaimed performance in the 1994 Miramax Film The Snapper earned him Golden Globe nomination for "Best Actor." He has also appeared in The Road To Wellville with Anthony Hopkins and in The Englishman That Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain with Hugh Grant.

Prior to his role as Miles O'Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Meaney guest-starred in such shows as Remington Steele, Moonlighting and Tales From The Dark Side.

 

[Dave]

Colm Meaney has been in everything!

Any film set, even vaguely, in the vicinity of Ireland has him in it somewhere!

 

[Neo]

he is a good actor... just like Patrick Stewart.. they both have done loads of stuff before trek

 

[Maria8475]

yes he's a good actor and a good character.

so a quick review of Chief Petty Officer Miles Edward O'Brien.

He was DS9's first Starfleet Chief of Operations, so has the job of keeping the patchwork systems on-line and running smoothly despite the incompatability of Cardassian and Federation technology. When the Chief is not there to keep things running, the whole station seems to break down and causes endless problems. He seems to be able to single handledly keep the whole station in one piece!!

His family, which included two brothers, lived near a small town on Earth - most probably in Ireland. His fondest memories were of his mother cooking unreplicated, meat-and-potatoes meals for the family meal. He was an ordinary child, getting a disciplinary swat from his father now and then, giving substitute teachers a rough time and once owning a pup that would not be let out of sight. He also enjoyed building subspace transceiver models, along with ships in bottles, but actually scored in the lower third of his age group for mechanical aptitude.

O'Brien joined Starfleet in a rebellious fit two days before he was to leave for the Aldebaran Music Academy where he would pursue music as his father had always wished. His father had made him practice every day and sent in his recorded audition which was accepted by the academy. He was furious but calmed down and later accepted his son's choice with pride. he learnt introduce his son as, "My son, Starfleet officer Miles O'Brien."

In 2346, he killed for the first time at age 18 as a member of the U.S.S. Rutledge under Capt. Maxwell, when he was forced to attack a Cardassian who ambushed him on patrol in Setlik III after the border wars there. The pressure of that incident awakened his dormant interest in mechanics when he saved 13 men by getting a field transporter operational in less than 10 minutes without prior knowledge of the systems - a feat that led to his post as Maxwell's tactical officer. Since then he's handled transporters for 22 years without any incident.

He proposed to botanist Keiko Ishikawa on the Enterprise, and married her with LaForge as his best man in Ten-Forward on SD 44390. He became a father a year after his marriage when his daughter Molly was born

On duty he drinks hot coffee, double black and double sweet, though he's had his share of synthale and visits Quark's place regularly with Julian. His onetime assistant Neela got him hooked on sweet jumja sticks. He dislikes most alien food but somehow relishes Starfleet combat rations.

Despite being a family man, O'Brien often agrees to go along on potentially fatal missions. He, more than any other DS9 senior officer, has had numerous close encounters with death. What with given up for dead on a sabotaged T'Lani III peace mission, nearly killed while an unwitting replicant is substituted in his place and replaced by his doppelganger from five hours into an alternate universes future when he dies of radiation poisoning, the chances of him surviving up till now would seem very slim. Even while on board the Station, he was once saved by Jake Sisko from a fiery death in a plasma-filled conduit when anti-riot procedures left from Gul Dukat's administraion were accidentally tripped on.

Along with his musical and mechanical interests, O'Brien remains athletic. He finds relief for the long hours and uncomfortable work he puts in. A kayak enthusiast, he has had a holo-program since 2364 during his Enterprise assignment - though he has never finished it, dislocating his shoulder six times in the process. It's his favorite activity after work and family, and he sings "ancient human sea chanteys" such as "Louie, Louie" while kayaking to establish a smooth paddling rhythm.

O'Brien used to keep a regimen of playing racquetball five hours daily, and missed it so much on DS9 he built a live court himself. He sparked a rivalry with Julian, with whom he shares a mutual bond of friendship, progressing through that sport into darts during Keiko's 6 month long absence on a Bajoran bio-survey.

Among his other hobbies O'Brien relishes detective fiction such as Mickey Spillane, lending copies to Odo sometimes. He's also an old hand at poker. The chief uses the holosuites for reliving historic roles, going from RAF pilots in Julian's own program for the Battle of Britain of Terra's World War II to his own replaying of the ancient Irish-Viking Battle of Clontarf as High King Brian Boru, a direct ancestor.

That'll do, for now.

 

[Dave]

Maria has just beaten me to some of this: Why aren't you studying?

Miles Edward O'Brien's ancestors included the noted 20th-Century union leader Sean Aloysius O'Brien and the 11th-Century Irish King Brian Boru. His family resided in Dublin, Ireland, on Earth. He was born in the month of September and grew up with two brothers. In his youth, he did poorly in mechanical aptitude tests, but later showed great mechanical skills. His father wanted him to be a concert cellist, but two days before he was to start at the Aldebaran Music Academy, Miles signed up fot Starfleet.

He was in service aboard the U.S.S. Rutledge under the command of Captain Benjamin Maxwell. When they responded to the Cardassian massacre on Setlik III he was able to repair a balky field transporter, so preventing himself and 13 Starfleet personnel from being captured. He was rewarded for his resourcefulness by being promoted to Tactical officer and operating transporters for the next 22 years.

He was once afraid of spiders, but overcome it enough to keep one as a pet. Apart from playing the Cello, Miles liked to kayak on the holodeck, and play racquetball.

 

[Maria8475]

Originally posted by Dave
Maria has just beaten me to some of this: Why aren't you studying?

I'm studying scifi. It's very useful for my (non existent) Scifi Exam!

 

[Neo]

lol a brief synopsis.... hate to read an essay of urs...lol

 

[Maria8475]

lol.....most of my essays aren't on a subject as interesting as Miles, so i tend to waffle less!

 

[Neo]

i know what u mean

 

[Chilly]

lol

Originally posted by Neo
lol a brief synopsis.... hate to read an essay of urs...lol

i was finking the same thing..........

 

[Neo]

But dam interesting