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Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

Birthday: 1941-04-20 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (born April 20, 1941) is 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
Filmworker

as    Self

2012
Slumber Party Slaughter

as    William O'Toole

2003
Malibu's Most Wanted

as    Bill Gluckman

2003
Miss Match

as    Jerry Fox

2002
People I Know

as    Cary Launer

2001
Epoch

as    Allen Lysander

1998
Zero Effect

as    Gregory Stark

1998
1997
Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

as    Self (archive footage)

1992
The Man Upstairs

as    Mooney Polaski

1989
Chances Are

as    Philip Train

1987
Tough Guys Don't Dance

as    Tim Madden

1984
Irreconcilable Differences

as    Albert Brodsky

1982
Green Ice

as    Joseph Wiley

1979
The Main Event

as    Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon

1976
Nickelodeon

as    Leo Harrigan

1975
Barry Lyndon

as    Barry Lyndon

1973
Paper Moon

as    Moses Pray

1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner

as    Webster McGee

1972
What's Up, Doc?

as    Howard Bannister

1970
Love Story

as    Oliver Barrett IV

1969
The Big Bounce

as    Jack Ryan

1964
Peyton Place

as    Rodney Harrington

1962
Empire

as    Tal Garrett