Michael O'Keefe

Michael O'Keefe (* 24. April 1955 in Mount Vernon , New York as Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr. ) is an American actor .

Life and accomplishments

O'Keefe is the oldest of seven children in a strictly Catholic Irish-American family . His father was a law professor at Fordham University . Michael O'Keefe studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and at New York University . He made his debut in a television commercial for Colgate in 1970 .

O'Keefe played a major role in the drama The Great Santini (1979) alongside Robert Duvall . For this achievement he was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award in 1981. In 1980, he appeared alongside Chevy Chase in the comedy Madness Without Handicap . For his appearance in 1985 on the television series The Hitchhiker , he was nominated for the CableACE Award in 1987 . In the film drama Spurge (1987) O'Keefe played a larger role alongside Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep . In 1991 he took on the lead role in the drama Out of the Rain .

After his first marriage to Alma, who had two children, O'Keefe married the composer and actress Bonnie Raitt in 1991 . The marriage ended in divorce in 2000.

Filmography (selection)

• 1975: Friendly Persuasion
• 1978: The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (miniseries)
• 1978: U-boat in distress (Gray Lady Down)
• 1979: The Great Santini (The Great Santini)
• 1980: Madness without a handicap (Caddyshack)
• 1983: Island of Pirates (Nate and Hayes)
• 1984: Finders Keepers
• 1986: The Whoopee Boys (The Whoopee Boys)
• 1987: Spurge (Ironweed)
• 1988: Inferno on Rampe 7 (Disaster at Silo 7)
• 1991: Doomed to Silence (Out of the Rain)
• 1993–1995: Roseanne (TV series)
• 1996: The assassination (Ghosts of Mississippi)
• 2001: The promise (The Pledge)
• 2001: The Glass House
• 2001: Law & Order Criminel Intent (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 2001: Charlie & the Reindeer (Prancer Returns)
• 2003: The Inner Circle
• 2006: The Closer (TV series, episode 2x13)
• 2006: Dr. House ( House, MD , TV Series, Episode 2x10)
• 2007: An American Crime
• 2007: Michael Clayton
• 2007: Cherry Crush
• 2007: Criminal Minds (TV series, episode 3x03)
• 2008: Frozen River
• 2011: The Atlas Trilogy - Who is John Galt? (Atlas Shrugged: Part I)
• 2011: Apartment 143 - Residence of Evil (Emergo)
• 2011: Too Big to Fail ( Too Big to Fail , TV movie)
• 2013: King & Maxwell (TV series, 10 episodes)
• 2013: Finding Neighbors
• 2014: Homeland (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2015-2016: Sleepy Hollow (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2015-2016: Masters of Sex (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2016: Falling Water (TV series, episode 1x01)
• since 2017: Sneaky Pete (TV series)
• 2018: Suddenly Family ( Instant Family )

Web links

• Michael O'Keefe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website (English)