ROBERT O'REILLY

 

Gowron

 

Robert O'Reilly has been associated with The Colony since a year after its inception and has been seen by Colony audiences in numerous Mainstage and Bonus productions including The Diary of Anne Frank, Poor Murderer, A Company of Wayward Saints, Fahrenheit 451, The Grapes of Wrath, And Then There Were None, Sunfire Man, Duck d'Amour, Intermission Feature, The Skin of Our Teeth, Mr. Roberts, True West, and most recently in When the Bough Breaks, and Dandelion Wine.

Other Los Angeles appearances include the role of Edmund in King Lear at Los.Angeles Theatrre Center and Hamlet/Fortinbras in the Charles Marowitz interpretation of Hamlet at Los Angeles Actor's Theatre. His New York credits include the Broadway revival of The Tavern, the off-Broadway production of The Promise, and Nam Jun Pike's I at Carnegie Hall.

On film, audiences have seen him in The Mask, Ken Russell’s Whore, Candyman 3, Omega Code, Good Luck, Steel Frontier, and starring in Moonbase.

Robert has guest-starred on many television shows including Archie Bunker's Place, Dallas, Falcon Crest, Cheers, Max Headroom, Murder She Wrote, Paradise, Hill Street Blues, Cop Rock, Walker Texas Ranger, Dr. Quinn Medicine Women, In the Heat of the NIght (two seasons as Carl DeLissa) and the pilots The Phantom and Darkroom, as well as many made for TV movies including Desperado, World War III, From Here to Eternity, By Dawn's Early Light and in Ken Russell's film, Whore. He regularly appeared in "Heat of the Night" as Carl DeLissa, in "Dark Justice" as Sal the Hammer. He created and played the role of the Klingon leader, Gowron, for nine seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. He is also featured character in the 3-CD ROM computer game Star Trek Klingon.

As a director, Robert has staged the Colony productions of The Curious Savage, Bearcat, 'night, Mother, 17 Days,  Morning's at Seven,  The Cocktail Hour, The Clearing, and Getting Out, for which he received a Drama-Logue Award and a Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle nomination. One of his proudest achievements as a Colony member was directing the World Premiere of Generations by Dennis Clontz, which the American Theatre Critics’ Association cited, along with August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, as one of the best new plays presented that year outside New York City.

Mr. O’Reilly and his wife Judy have triplet sons, born January 1, 1997, at 12:01, 12:03, and 12:04 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital here in Burbank.

 

Actor - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s)

  1. "Numb3rs"
    ... aka Num3ers (USA: promotional title)
        - Rampage (2006) TV Episode .... Kurt Delock
  2. Roddenberry on Patrol (2003) (V) .... Officer #2
  3. "The Guardian"
        - The Father-Daughter Dance (2003) TV Episode .... Quinn Jankowski
  4. Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Krindo
  5. "Enterprise"
    ... aka Star Trek: Enterprise (USA: new title)
        - Bounty (2003) TV Episode .... Kago-Darr
  6. "Walker, Texas Ranger"
        - Justice Delayed (2000) TV Episode .... Mark Dunford
  7. The Omega Code (1999) .... Technician
  8. Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999) (V) .... L.V. Sacco
    ... aka Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (USA: poster title (video box title))
  9. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
    ... aka DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Deep Space Nine (USA: short title)
    ... aka Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title)
        - Tacking Into the Wind (1999) TV Episode .... Gowron
        - When It Rains... (1999) TV Episode .... Gowron
        - Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (1999) TV Episode (as Bobby Reilly) .... Replacement Accountant
        - By Inferno's Light (1997) TV Episode .... Gowron
        - Apocalypse Rising (1996) TV Episode .... Gowron
          (3 more)
  10. "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
        - Legend II: Vengeance (1998) TV Episode .... Rudy Exner
  11. Moonbase (1998) .... Karl Stark
  12. Good Luck (1996) .... Bartender
    ... aka Gimps (Australia: video title)
    ... aka Guys Like Us
    ... aka The Ox and the Eye
  13. Star Trek: Klingon (1996) (VG) (voice) .... Gowron
  14. Raging Angels (1995) .... CWU financer
  15. Steel Frontier (1995) .... Evermore
  16. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Interactive VCR Board Game - A Klingon Challenge (1995) (VG) .... Kavok
    ... aka A Klington Challenge (USA: short title)
  17. The Mask (1994) .... The Figure
  18. "Murder, She Wrote"
        - Roadkill (1994) TV Episode .... Lance Taggart
        - A Very Good Year for Murder (1988) TV Episode .... Stephen Ridgely
  19. "NYPD Blue"
        - From Hare to Eternity (1993) TV Episode .... Calvin
  20. "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr."
    ... aka Brisco County Jr.
        - Pirates (1993) TV Episode .... Sketch
  21. "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
    ... aka Star Trek: TNG (USA: promotional abbreviation)
        - Rightful Heir (1993) TV Episode .... Chancellor Gowron
        - Redemption: Part 2 (1991) TV Episode .... Chancellor Gowron
        - Redemption: Part 1 (1991) TV Episode .... Chancellor Gowron
        - Reunion (1990) TV Episode .... Gowron
        - Manhunt (1989) TV Episode .... Scarface
  22. "In the Heat of the Night"
        - Lake Winahatchie (1993) TV Episode .... Carl DeLissa
        - Even Nice People (1993) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Carl DeLissa
        - Random's Child (1992) TV Episode .... Carl DeLissa
  23. "Silk Stalkings"
        - Night Games (1993) TV Episode .... Capt. Bob Johnson
  24. Desert Kickboxer (1992) .... Paul
    ... aka Desert Hawk (USA: alternative title)
  25. Whore (1991) .... Younger Man in Car
    ... aka If You're Afraid to Say It... Just See It (USA)
  26. "The Flash"
        - Fast Forward (1991) TV Episode .... Victor Kelso
  27. "Cop Rock"
        - Happy Mudder's Day (1990) TV Episode .... Jimmy Smolan
  28. By Dawn's Early Light (1990) (TV) .... FEMA Radioman
  29. Desperado: Badlands Justice (1989) (TV) .... Pike
  30. "Cheers"
        - Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back (1989) TV Episode .... Ed Fogerty
  31. "Paradise"
    ... aka Guns of Paradise (new title)
        - Stray Bullet (1988) TV Episode
  32. "Falcon Crest"
        - Hornet's Nest (1988) TV Episode .... Mr. Kumar
        - Rescue Me (1988) TV Episode .... Mr. Kumar
  33. Party Plane (1988) .... Air Traffic Controller
  34. "Max Headroom"
    ... aka Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future (USA)
        - War (1987) TV Episode .... Croyd Hauser
  35. "Sledge Hammer!"
    ... aka Sledge Hammer: The Early Years (USA: second season title)
        - State of Sledge (1987) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Ganger
        - Over My Dead Bodyguard (1986) TV Episode .... Assassin
  36. "Hunter"
        - The Set Up (1986) TV Episode .... Willem Sunderson
  37. "Highway to Heaven"
        - The Torch (1986) TV Episode .... Cal
  38. "The Equalizer"
        - Dead Drop (1986) TV Episode .... Fur Collar Man
  39. "MacGyver"
        - Nightmares (1986) TV Episode .... Curt Neilson
  40. "Knight Rider"
        - KITTnap (1985) TV Episode .... Snyder
        - A Good Knight's Work (1984) TV Episode .... Jake Simpson
  41. "T.J. Hooker"
        - The Bribe (1985) TV Episode .... Sheehan
        - Matter of Passion (1983) TV Episode .... Jack Riker
  42. "Otherworld"
        - The Zone Troopers Build Men (1985) TV Episode .... Drill Instructor
  43. "Hill Street Blues"
        - Nichols from Heaven (1984) TV Episode
  44. "The Fall Guy"
        - Sandcastles (1984) TV Episode .... Troy
        - Wheels (1983) TV Episode .... Ice
        - Goin' for It (1982) TV Episode .... Delancy
  45. "Hardcastle and McCormick"
        - Third Down and Twenty Years to Life (1984) TV Episode
  46. "Scarecrow and Mrs. King"
        - The ACM Kid (1983) TV Episode .... Becker
  47. "Manimal"
        - Night of the Scorpion (1983) TV Episode .... Russian Agent
  48. "Voyagers!"
        - Pursuit (1983) TV Episode .... Klaus
  49. "Father Murphy"
        - Episode #2.9 (1982) TV Episode
  50. "The Phoenix"
        - A Presence of Evil (1982) TV Episode .... Dolfo
  51. World War III (1982) (TV) .... Maj. Veigh
  52. "Darkroom"
        - Make-Up (1981) TV Episode .... Sebastian
  53. "The Incredible Hulk"
        - Patterns (1981) TV Episode .... Sonny
  54. "CHiPs"
    ... aka CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
        - Dead Man's Riddle (1981) TV Episode .... Ryan
  55. "Flamingo Road"
        - Hurricane (1981) TV Episode
  56. "Archie Bunker's Place"
        - Barney the Gambler (1981) TV Episode .... Thug
  57. "Fantasy Island"
        - The Red Baron/Young at Heart (1979) TV Episode .... Gustav

 

Filmography as: Actor, Himself

Himself - filmography
(1990s) (1980s)

  1. Trekkies (1997) .... Himself
  2. The Steel Collar Man (1985) (TV) .... Johnny

 

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