Actor

Ryan O'Neal

1969–present1941–2023ComedyDramaRomanceDocumentary

Comic Visionary

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Known For

50 acting credits

as Barry Lyndon

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as Barry Lyndon

1975

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as Moses Pray

Paper Moon

as Moses Pray

1973

Paper Moon

Filmography

2024Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and MozeSelf (Archival Footage)2019This Is Farrah FawcettSelf (archive footage)6.0 2019My Best Friend's FamousHimself 2018FilmworkerSelf7.1 2015UnityNarrator (voice)7.5 2015Knight of CupsRyan5.7

About

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.

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