Full Name Robert O'Neill Years active 1980s-present | Occupation Actor, singer | |
Movies and TV shows Telstar: The Joe Meek Story, Criminal Justice, The Last Seduction II, Dancin' thru the Dark, Bedrooms and Hallways Similar Nick Moran, Sydney Rae White, Matt Di Angelo, Daisy Haggard, Daniel Lawrence Taylor | ||
Robert "Con" O'Neill (born 15 August 1963) is an English actor and singer. He began his acting career at Liverpool's Everyman Youth Theatre.
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1988 for "Best Actor in a Musical" for his performance in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers, and was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as Best Actor (musical) for Blood Brothers.
In the 1980s he had a walk-on role in another British series, One Summer as "Jackson".
He starred in Dancin' Thru the Dark, the 1990 film adaptation of Russell's Stags and Hens.
In 1992, he played "Cougar Glass" opposite Jude Law in the world premiere of Philip Ridley's The Fastest Clock in the Universe. In 2006, he starred as Aston in a tour of Sheffield theatres' production of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, alongside David Bradley and Nigel Harman. In 1999 he starred in The Last Seduction II.
In 2008 he appeared in Criminal Justice a five-part TV drama on the BBC, playing the part of Ralph Stone, a solicitor.
He played the part of Joe Meek in both the 2008 film and 2005 play of Meek's life, Telstar: The Joe Meek Story.
In 2011, he took the role of dock worker Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester (from 18 May to 25 June 2011). This portrayal won the 2011 Manchester Theatre Award for Best Actor.
He played St. Paul in the 2013 mini-series The Bible. He portrays Val Pearson in the BBC Three sitcom Uncle (2014 to 2017). He played Cliff in Cucumber, an eight-part TV drama series broadcast on Channel 4. in 2015. Between 6 February and 7 March 2015 he starred in the 35th-anniversary staging of Willy Russell's Educating Rita at The Liverpool Playhouse. He appears as Neil Ackroyd in the second series of the BBC television series Happy Valley. In 2016, O'Neill played the part of Joe Brierley in the second series of Ordinary Lies and also appeared in 2 episodes of the Doctor Who spin-off Class.
