Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born April 20, 1941
Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023) was 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.
MovieKeep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
as Self (Archival Footage)
MovieMy Best Friend's Famous
2019
as Himself
MovieThis Is Farrah Fawcett
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFilmworker
2018
as Self
MovieKnight of Cups
2015
as Ryan
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieKubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
MovieSlumber Party Slaughter
2012
as William O'Toole
TVRyan and Tatum: The O'Neals
2011
TVThe Talk
2010
as Self
TVNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
MovieFarrah's Story
2009
as Self
TVWhat About Brian
2006
TVBones
2005
as Max Keenan
TVDesperate Housewives
2004
as Rodney Scavo
TVMiss Match
2003
as Jerry Fox
MovieABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self
MovieMalibu's Most Wanted
2003
as Bill Gluckman
MovieGentleman B.
2003
as Phil, Bank Manager
MoviePeople I Know
2002
as Cary Launer
MovieEpoch
2001
as Allen Lysander
MovieThe List
2000
as Richard Miller
TVBull
2000
MovieComing Soon
1999
as Dick
MovieAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as James Edmunds
MovieZero Effect
1998
as Gregory Stark
TVTimecop
1997
MovieSink Or Swim
1997
as Dr. Applefield
MoviePlayboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
1997
as Self (archive footage)
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieFaithful
1996
as Jack Connor
MovieMan of the House
1995
as Man with Kite (uncredited)
MovieThe Man Upstairs
1992
as Mooney Polaski
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Ryan O'Neal
TVGood Sports
1991
as Bobby Tannen
MovieSmall Sacrifices
1989
as Lew Lewiston
TVSmall Sacrifices
1989
as Lew Lewiston
MovieChances Are
1989
as Philip Train
MovieSam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988
as Pimp
MovieTough Guys Don't Dance
1987
as Tim Madden
MovieFever Pitch
1985
as Taggart
MovieIrreconcilable Differences
1984
as Albert Brodsky
MovieJames Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
MoviePartners
1982
as Sgt. Benson
MovieSo Fine
1981
as Bobby Fine
MovieGreen Ice
1981
as Joseph Wiley
MovieCircle of Two
1981
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
MovieThe Main Event
1979
as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
MovieOliver's Story
1978
as Oliver Barrett IV
MovieThe Driver
1978
as The Driver
MovieA Bridge Too Far
1977
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
MovieNickelodeon
1976
as Leo Harrigan
MovieBarry Lyndon
1975
as Barry Lyndon
MoviePaper Moon
1973
as Moses Pray
MovieThe Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Webster McGee
MovieWhat's Up, Doc?
1972
as Howard Bannister
MovieScrewball Comedies... Remember Them?
1972
as Self
MovieWild Rovers
1971
as Frank Post
MovieLove Hate Love
1971
as Russ Emery
MovieMean Justice
1971
as Tal Garrett
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
MovieLove Story
1970
as Oliver Barrett IV
MovieThe Games
1970
as Scott Reynolds
MovieThe Big Bounce
1969
as Jack Ryan
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVFelony Squad
1966
TVPeyton Place
1964
as Rodney Harrington
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Empire
1962
as Tal Garrett
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Ben Anders
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVMy Three Sons
1960
as Chug Williams
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Bellhop (uncredited)
TVThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Herm
TVLeave It to Beaver
1957
as Tom Henderson
TVPerry Mason
1957
as John Carew
TVWagon Train
1957
as Paul Phillips
TVBachelor Father
1957
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Art Anderson
