Ryan O'Neal

85, from Los Angeles, California, USA

Artwork for Love StoryImage of Ryan O'Neal

Biography

Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (born April 20, 1941) is 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.

Timeline

2024Aged 83

  • Poster for Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze

    Self (archive footage)

2019Aged 78

  • Poster for This Is Farrah Fawcett

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for My Best Friend's Famous

    Himself

2018Aged 77

  • Poster for Filmworker

    Self

2015Aged 74

  • Poster for Unity

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Knight of Cups

    Ryan

2014Aged 73

  • Poster for Kubrick Remembered

    Self

2012Aged 71

  • Poster for Slumber Party Slaughter

    William O'Toole

2009Aged 68

  • Poster for Farrah's Story

    Self

2003Aged 62

  • Poster for Gentleman B.

    Phil, Bank Manager

  • Poster for Malibu's Most Wanted

    Bill Gluckman

  • Poster for ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

    Self

2002Aged 61

  • Poster for People I Know

    Cary Launer

2001Aged 60

  • Poster for Epoch

    Allen Lysander

2000Aged 59

  • Poster for The List

    Richard Miller

1999Aged 58

  • Poster for Coming Soon

    Dick

1998Aged 57

  • Poster for Zero Effect

    Gregory Stark

  • Poster for An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

    James Edmunds

1997Aged 56

  • Poster for Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sink Or Swim

    Dr. Applefield

1996Aged 55

  • Poster for Faithful

    Jack Connor

1995Aged 54

  • Poster for Man of the House

    Man with Kite (uncredited)

1992Aged 51

  • Poster for The Man Upstairs

    Mooney Polaski

1989Aged 48

  • Poster for Chances Are

    Philip Train

  • Poster for Small Sacrifices

    Lew Lewiston

1988Aged 47

  • Poster for Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

    Pimp

1987Aged 46

  • Poster for Tough Guys Don't Dance

    Tim Madden

1985Aged 44

  • Poster for Fever Pitch

    Taggart

1984Aged 43

  • Poster for Irreconcilable Differences

    Albert Brodsky

1983Aged 42

  • Poster for James Bond: The First 21 Years

    Self

1982Aged 41

  • Poster for Partners

    Sgt. Benson

1981Aged 40

  • Poster for Circle of Two

    Theatre Patron (uncredited)

  • Poster for Green Ice

    Joseph Wiley

  • Poster for So Fine

    Bobby Fine

1979Aged 38

  • Poster for The Main Event

    Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon

1978Aged 37

  • Poster for The Driver

    The Driver

  • Poster for Oliver's Story

    Oliver Barrett IV

1977Aged 36

  • Poster for A Bridge Too Far

    Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin

1976Aged 35

  • Poster for Nickelodeon

    Leo Harrigan

1975Aged 34

  • Poster for Barry Lyndon

    Barry Lyndon

1973Aged 32

  • Poster for The Thief Who Came to Dinner

    Webster McGee

  • Poster for Paper Moon

    Moses Pray

1972Aged 31

  • Poster for Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

    Self

  • Poster for What's Up, Doc?

    Howard Bannister

1971Aged 30

  • Poster for Mean Justice

    Tal Garrett

  • Poster for Love Hate Love

    Russ Emery

  • Poster for Wild Rovers

    Frank Post

1970Aged 29

  • Poster for The Games

    Scott Reynolds

  • Poster for Love Story

    Oliver Barrett IV

1969Aged 28

  • Poster for The Big Bounce

    Jack Ryan