What's the deal with Colm Meany?

pvt. joker

Is he in every irish film ever made? I like him and all but come on. He was pretty good in interMission though

pbsuxok1znja4r

This is the deal with Colm Meaney

Karoma

Yes. He's in every Irish film. Ever. In fact, it's a law.
He dresses up as other people; he has different stage names; and is known to play the female parts as well as male, often at the exact same time.
Thank you for asking; a signed pair of Meany Knickers are on the way to you.




http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000538/ (Bio. Excluding some of the more risque works.)


If you'd like me to move this to, I dunnooo, the Film forum or Recycle Bin, or something - let me know.

pbsuxok1znja4r

"Risque" works, you say?

Tar.Aldarion

Ah, I love Colm Meany, makes films better!
Factola.

Mossy Monk

that is true

Star Trek though :eek:

pvt. joker

Karoma wrote:

Yes. He's in every Irish film. Ever. In fact, it's a law.
He dresses up as other people; he has different stage names; and is known to play the female parts as well as male, often at the exact same time.
Thank you for asking; a signed pair of Meany Knickers are on the way to you.




http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000538/ (Bio. Excluding some of the more risque works.)


If you'd like me to move this to, I dunnooo, the Film forum or Recycle Bin, or something - let me know.

i was being a teeny bit facetious.

Karoma

You were being many things.
Take the reply as it was intended. Tekkit!


PS: My offers stand.

TerrorFirmer

"Are you going to put this in your film, Gerry?"

Colm Meaney turns around and slaps them both across the face.

Best part in the entire movie....

Collie D

Think every country with a small to medium sized film industry has one of those actors that pop up everywhere. See Gerard Depardieu

pvt. joker

HavoK wrote:

"Are you going to put this in your film, Gerry?"

Colm Meaney turns around and slaps them both across the face.

Best part in the entire movie....

:rofl:

i just watched The General and surprisngly enough, no Colm Meany

pvt. joker

Karoma wrote:

You were being many things.
Take the reply as it was intended. Tekkit!


PS: My offers stand.

why does this place have so many forums?

Nevyn

Becasue there are so many posters and so many things to talk about.

Odd never saw mr meany in the quiet man, dancing at lungnash, circle of friends, the wind that shakes the barely.

LostinBlanch

pvt. joker wrote:

:rofl:

i just watched The General and surprisngly enough, no Colm Meany

Brendan Gleeson!

And I don't think anyone has seen them in the same room together at the same time!

Thrill

Collie D wrote:

Think every country with a small to medium sized film industry has one of those actors that pop up everywhere. See Gerard Depardieu

Antonio Banderas
Arnold schwarzenegger
Mel Gibson
J.C.Van Damme

Colm is great. Loved him in The Snapper.

Karoma

Speaking of which ... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000367/
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Kingsize

Irish Comedy movie = Colm meany Saying bollix
Gritty Irish drama movie main character male = Brendan Gleeson being big & menacing & saying bollix
Gritty Irish drama movie main character female = Ger Ryan doing her "whingey face"
Everything else = Sean McGinley thanking Gleeson, Ryan & Meany for their cast offs

pvt. joker

pvt. joker wrote:

:rofl:

i just watched The General and surprisngly enough, no Colm Meany

He was in it. You just didn't look hard enough.

Kipperhell

LostinBlanch wrote:

Brendan Gleeson!

And I don't think anyone has seen them in the same room together at the same time!

The Snapper blows that theory out of the water. The spend a lot of time talking in the film. He tells Meany that Burgess is the baby's father he might even have the line "It's you who has to buy the little feckin' tracksuits"

At least it is better than the Australian actors selection where they all seem to be about in TV series and films

kevmy

First Irish man in space thats the deal with Colm Meaney. Screw you Bill Cullen!!!!

r3nu4l

Ah Meaney and Gleeson, two stalwarts of Irish cinema They really are the same person, like Ali G and Borat.

His real name is John McGillacuddy and he fishes off a trawler based in Killybegs, doing a bit of acting in the off-season as a back up for when the EU finally makes all fishing illegal

He created the Meany and Gleeson alter-egos to gain a better range of roles and this seems to have worked as pointed out by KingSize!

The appearance of Meany and Gleeson together in the Snapper is nothing more than clever camera-work and trickery, can't believe everyone has fallen for it for so long now.


Please note that apart from the first sentance, the rest of the post is pure "bo**ix"

Fighting Irish

pvt. joker wrote:

Is he in every irish film ever made? I like him and all but come on. He was pretty good in interMission though

I use to like him but i seen him on either the late late or turbidy a while back and he seems like a right stuck up cun--t now

r3nu4l

Fighting Irish wrote:

I use to like him but i seen him on either the late late or turbidy a while back and he seems like a right stuck up cun--t now

He's an actor luvvie, what he's doing is art and art should always be taken seriously darling

shane86

r3nu4l wrote:

He's an actor luvvie, what he's doing is art and art should always be taken seriously darling

Hes an artiste, as he said in Intermission (with an emphasis on the "teest" sound):)

Lust4Life

Posted by Thaedydal:
Odd never saw mr meany in the quiet man, dancing at lungnash, circle of friends, the wind that shakes the barely.

Oh there had to be someone carrying Baby Colm through the streets somewhere in those movies! Roffles!

scion

lol @ Colm Meaney in a star trek uniform

Chief O'Brien

Scraggs

Whats the name of the guy who is in pretty much every Irish/English/Scottish movie and nearly every Irish TV drama I have seen [Maonlai maybe??] He's not really a bad actor or anything but he pisses me off to the last.. no idea why.

Edit: Its this fúcker Whats the fook is his name??

MOTHERTRUCKER

Whats in Colm Meaneys toilet?

The captains log.

Ruu_Old

scion wrote:

lol @ Colm Meaney in a star trek uniform

Chief O'Brien

He doesn't like going to Star Trek conventions though I heard him say in an interview, I wonder why.

Scraggs, thats Sean McGinley

Mossy Monk

Scraggs wrote:

Whats the name of the guy who is in pretty much every Irish/English/Scottish movie and nearly every Irish TV drama I have seen [Maonlai maybe??] He's not really a bad actor or anything but he pisses me off to the last.. no idea why.

Edit: Its this fúcker Whats the fook is his name??

he reminds me of aongus mcanally

simu

Ruu wrote:

He doesn't like going to Star Trek conventions though I heard him say in an interview, I wonder why.

Boo if he thinks he's above that. I thought he wasn't bad at reprazentin the Oirish in the 24th century.