Mike O'Malley

Michael Edward "Mike" O'Malley, born on 31 October 1966, is an American actor, writer and television producer who has appeared in many films and television series. Born in Boston, he was raised in New Hampshire.

In the early 1990s he hosted the children's game shows Get the Picture and Nickelodeon's Guts, then moved to Los Angeles later in the decade to star in his own NBC sitcom, The Mike O'Malley Show. He is best known for his role as Jimmy Hughes on the CBS series Yes, Dear (2000–2006), and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Burt Hummel on the Fox series Glee.

He has also guest-starred in series including My Name Is Earl, Raising Hope, Parenthood and Parks and Recreation, and 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. He adapted another play, Searching for Certainty, for the film Certainty, which premiered at the Boston Film Festival in 2011, and was a writer on Showtime's Shameless. He created and executive-produced the Starz series Survivor's Remorse, which ran for four seasons between 2014 and 2017, and has recently been a regular on the TNT series Snowpiercer.