Michael O'Leary (born March 27, 1958) is an American actor.
He is known for playing Rick Bauer in the soap opera Guiding Light, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1985.
O'Leary was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Diamond Bar, California.
He majored in television at California State University, Fullerton.
[1] O'Leary played the character of Dr. Fredrick "Rick" Bauer on Guiding Light from 1983 to 1986, 1987 to 1991, and again from 1995 to 2009, when the series ended.