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Mike O'Malley stars on NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy," as both central character Henry Spivey's (Christian Slater) eccentric co-worker and his alter ego, skilled secret agent Raymond.
Mike O'Malley began his career on the small screen as the host of Nickelodeon's "Get the Picture," and later hosted the channel's sports-fantasy program, "Guts."
During his time at Nickelodeon, Mike O'Malley wrote his first play, "Three Years From Thirty," in which he also acted. The play was produced in New York and subsequently published by Samuel French. The success of this play inspired him to write a second work, "Diverting Devotion," also published. Mike O'Malley has continued to work as a playwright, and his third play, "Searching for Certainty," was produced in Los Angeles in 2003.
Mike O'Malley's entrance into network television came in 1996 when he was cast in the sitcom, "Life with Roger." Warner Bros. then hired him to create a new show, set in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that was later shot as a pilot. Mike O'Malley's next TV stint came when he was cast as "The Rick," the idiosyncratic sports fan featured in the long running ESPN promos directed by Christopher Guest. In 2000, Mike O'Malley landed his biggest primetime role as Jimmy Hughes on the hit sitcom, "Yes, Dear."
Mike O'Malley's numerous feature-film roles, beginning with his film debut as Elijah Wood's astronomy teacher in "Deep Impact," include starring opposite John Cusack in "Pushing Tin" and Sandra Bullock in "28 Days." Mike O'Malley most recently starred as Mickey in George Clooney's "Leatherheads."
Mike O'Malley was born in Boston, and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire. Mike O'Malley received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire and studied acting at the Gately-Poole Acting Studio in New York City. Currently, Mike O'Malley resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.
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