Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/20/1941
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 A...
Known For
The Driver
as The Driver
Love Story
as Oliver Barrett IV
Filmworker
as Self
Wild Rovers
as Frank Post
The Games
as Scott Reynolds
Small Sacrifices
as Lew Lewiston
Faithful
as Jack Connor
So Fine
as Bobby Fine
A Bridge Too Far
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Man of the House
as Man with Kite (uncredited)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Knight of Cups
as Ryan
Tough Guys Don't Dance
as Tim Madden
Irreconcilable Differences
as Albert Brodsky
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Webster McGee
Circle of Two
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as James Edmunds
Barry Lyndon
as Barry Lyndon
Oliver's Story
as Oliver Barrett IV
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self