Acting credits
79
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ryan O'Neal
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
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Movies: 50Series: 29
TMDB ID: 31070
IMDb ID: nm0641939
Known for: Acting
Born: April 20, 1941
Died: December 8, 2023
Age: 82
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2024
Years active: 72
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q272923
Biography
Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023) was an American actor and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he had a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max, the father of the show's protagonist.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Ryan O'Neal.
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
as Self (Archival Footage)
2024 Movie
My Best Friend's Famous
as Himself
2019 Movie
6.0
This Is Farrah Fawcett
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
7.1
Filmworker
as Self
2018 Movie
5.7
Knight of Cups
as Ryan
2015 Movie
7.5
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015 Movie
6.5
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
2014 Movie
Slumber Party Slaughter
as William O'Toole
2012 Movie
4.0
Farrah's Story
as Self
2009 Movie
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2003 Movie
5.1
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Bill Gluckman
2003 Movie
3.2
Gentleman B.
as Phil, Bank Manager
2003 Movie
5.2
People I Know
as Cary Launer
2002 Movie
4.6
Epoch
as Allen Lysander
2001 Movie
4.7
The List
as Richard Miller
2000 Movie
5.7
Coming Soon
as Dick
1999 Movie
3.8
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as James Edmunds
1998 Movie
6.2
Zero Effect
as Gregory Stark
1998 Movie
5.0
Sink Or Swim
as Dr. Applefield
1997 Movie
3.9
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
as Self (archive footage)
1997 Movie
5.2
Faithful
as Jack Connor
1996 Movie
5.4
Man of the House
as Man with Kite (uncredited)
1995 Movie
5.0
The Man Upstairs
as Mooney Polaski
1992 Movie
7.8
Small Sacrifices
as Lew Lewiston
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ryan O'Neal.
Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals
8 eps
2011 Series
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
1 eps
2009 Series
5.9
What About Brian
1 eps
2006 Series
8.2
Bones
as Max Keenan • 27 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Desperate Housewives
as Rodney Scavo • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.6
Miss Match
as Jerry Fox • 18 eps
2003 Series
6.8
Bull
3 eps
2000 Series
6.4
Timecop
1 eps
1997 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
as Ryan O'Neal • 2 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Good Sports
as Bobby Tannen • 15 eps
1991 Series
Small Sacrifices
as Lew Lewiston • 2 eps
1989 Series
7.4
Beauty and the Beast
1 eps
1987 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.4
Felony Squad
1 eps
1966 Series
6.1
Peyton Place
as Rodney Harrington • 514 eps
1964 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 4 eps
1962 Series
6.4
The Virginian
as Ben Anders • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 4 eps
1961 Series
6.5
My Three Sons
as Chug Williams • 1 eps
1960 Series
7.8
The Untouchables
as Bellhop (uncredited) • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.0
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Herm • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
as Tom Henderson • 1 eps
1957 Series