Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1941-04-20
Day of Death
2023-12-08
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Ryan O'Neal
Biography
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.
Filmography (50)
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024
My Best Friend's Famous
2019
This Is Farrah Fawcett
2019
Filmworker
2018
Knight of Cups
2015
Unity
2015
Kubrick Remembered
2014
Slumber Party Slaughter
2012
Farrah's Story
2009
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
Gentleman B.
2003
People I Know
2002
Epoch
2001
