Mike O'Malley

Michael Edward O'Malley (born October 31, 1966) is an American actor, writer and television producer.

O'Malley graduated from Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1984, and from the University of New Hampshire in 1988, where he studied theater.

He is also a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire, O'Malley hosted the early 1990s children's game shows Get the Picture and Nickelodeon Guts before moving to Los Angeles later that decade to star in his own sitcom for NBC called The Mike O'Malley Show.

During the 1990s, he also appeared as "The Rick", a character in a series of ads for the ESPN network.

O'Malley's first career breakthrough came as the host of Nickelodeon children's game show Get the Picture in 1991.

A year later, in 1992, he was the host of Nickelodeon Guts and later Global GUTS from 1992 to 1995.

On the advice of Marc Summers, O'Malley moved to Los Angeles after the conclusion of GUTS to further pursue his acting career.

O'Malley starred in Life with Roger, a series which aired from 1996 to 1997.

O'Malley made his film debut in the 1998 film Deep Impact, playing Elijah Wood's astronomy teacher.

He followed that with a supporting role in the comedy Pushing Tin.

In 1999, two of thirteen filmed episodes of The Mike O'Malley Show aired before the show was canceled.

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.

From 2000 to 2006, O'Malley starred as Jimmy Hughes on the CBS comedy Yes, Dear.

From 2000 to 2002, O'Malley also provided the voice of Darryl MacPherson for The WB's Baby Blues.

In 2000, he portrayed Oliver, a drug addict in rehab, in the film 28 Days.

In 2006, O'Malley made a guest appearance on My Name Is Earl as a police officer with bowling aspirations, and made several more guest appearances on the show.

In 2008, O'Malley appeared in the NBC drama My Own Worst Enemy.

In 2008, O'Malley became the spokesman for Time Warner Cable's digital cable.

In 2009, O'Malley began playing the recurring character, Burt Hummel, the father of a student, on Glee.

The role lead to Entertainment Weekly's Tim Stack to say, "If Mike O'Malley doesn't win an Emmy for playing Burt Hummel, I will be sorely disappointed."

Chris Colfer, who plays Burt's son Kurt, has credited his off-screen relationship with O'Malley with improving the quality of their scenes together.

Beginning in 2010, O'Malley portrayed a recurring character on Parenthood.

He also hosted The World's Funniest Office Commercials in 2010.

On July 8, 2010, O'Malley received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series for playing Burt Hummel on Glee.

Prior to its second season, O'Malley was made a series regular on Glee.

On August 8, 2010, O'Malley won the Teen Choice Award for Best Parental Unit.

He returned to recurring guest star status for the show's third season.

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 was also a writer on Showtime's comedy-drama Shameless.

He later reprised this role in 2013 on the sitcom Raising Hope.

Along with Yes, Dear costar Anthony Clark, O'Malley appeared in the Alan Jackson music video "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues".

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.

He has recently been a regular on the TNT series Snowpiercer based on the film of the same name.

O'Malley was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire.

His mother Marianne was a career counselor and father Tony O'Malley an executive in the defense industry.

In 2018, The Rick made a return in ads for the ESPN+ streaming service.