Daragh O'Malley

Daragh Gerard Marion O'Malley (born 25 May 1954) is an Irish actor, director, and producer.

O'Malley trained at LAMDA - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art - and began his acting career with roles in Crossroads (147 episodes) on ITV and then roles in the films The Long Good Friday and Withnail and I. O'Malley went on to star in over 100 UK and US television series, including Tales of the Unexpected, Waking The Dead, Silent Witness, Wire In The Blood and Vera, as well as appearing in TV roles in Longitude, Cleopatra, and The Magnificent Seven.

O'Malley played Irish explorer Tom Crean in the eight-part television series The Last Place on Earth and the crooked lawyer Nick Varago in the LucasArts multi million selling interactive game Grim Fandango.

In 2014, O'Malley appeared as Big Daddy in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, for which he was nominated for an MTA Best Actor award.

In Los Angeles, O'Malley won a Drama-Logue Best Actor Award for his 1998 performance as Sweeney in Patrick Marber's Dealers Choice at The Mark Taper Forum.