Colm Meaney on The Panel

Colm Meaney talks to the Panel about swearing on Star Trek, the US remake of Life on Mars, and his Irish language film Kings.
The Panel: Colin Murphy, John Bishop, Neil Delamere, Mairead Farrell and Andrew Maxwell.
Broadcast 21 January 2008.

[@jaredkebbell443]

Thank you, Colm Meaney! Chief O'Brien was one of the best characters on Star Trek and he never would've been the same without you! You're great!

[@BhfuilIAm1312]

The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van; all increasingly central roles in them. Loved him :)

[@GGGritzer]

A rare Irish talent. How many actors get to star on a TV show for close to 15 years and just play himself? Plays a great Husband and Father too!

[@poleag]

i love his Tom Cruise impression.. "why'd you move that cup!?" lmao "d-d-dont!"

[@stephenindc9102]

He's great. What a riot, with his stories.

[@talaxian1]

"The best writing is in television..the writing for feature films is not very good." Took the words right out of my mouth.

[@Synsensa]

DS9, best Star Trek series over. So sad that it's been over so long...

[@veronicadredd22]

Fast forward a few years and now you have Romulans with Irish accents saying "cheeky feckers"

[@cobrolchain2]

Bollocks. He said it in the episode "Time's Orphan".

[@kentrel2]

I didn't ask, because autographs are stupid, but I had a chat with him in a bar, and he was very friendly. He was also really cool to my friend who asked him the world's nerdiest question.

[@donalarmstrong4647]

7:45 " Why don't ye fuck off outta dis place?" Only a Dubliner could phrase advice that was kindly meant like that ! Love it.

[@wishmaster7438]

I didn't know that the word bollocks was a swear word. I liked the character of Chief O'Brien/Smiley in TNG and DS9. Also, Colm Meaney was in a few episodes of Stargate Atlantis too.

[@creepyoursmile1654]

I love Colm "Ill get this fucker myself!" Meaney!

[@Spike-Prime]

My favourite character from DS9. The most relatable character from that and TNG too :D

[@sarahkinsey5434]

DS9 was the best thing to happen to Colm/O'Brien. He really developed as a character and as an actor.

[@SchweitzerMan]

If they had kept him in "Life on Mars" chances are it wouldn't have been cancelled. Colm Meaney is the fucking man!

[@AnGhaeilge]

thanks, can't wait to see kings.

[@DorkKnight99]

Happens, dude. I'm a baseball nut, play on two teams, and would wouldn't be looked at twice were we to pass on the street, but DS9 and Battlestar are two of my favorite shows, which automatically brands me a sci-fi nerd with all that that entails. It's true of any "group" - the loud stereotypes become the standard measure by which all our judged. No worries.

[@cahillgreg]

You're right - scoldin' it is - I've been misleading the public for 6 mths now.

[@KhanGarth]

O'Brien's one of the best Trek characters!!!

[@hairinmyEYES]

Not just irish. But yes, fantastic actor, and a great interview, I think.

[@hansellius]

@rabbitwho Well, in fairness to that comment, I think they were talking about travel. With movies, you might be filming in an LA studio one day, the Nevada desert the next week, and next month, you're shooting a movie in Norway (made up examples, but you see my point). CS knew that he had to be at a particular set every day, but he wasn't likely to have to move around much. So he could buy a house, stay in one city, etc. As for his mental state, though, I take your point.

[@kukalakana]

Time's Orphan. "Bollocks!" Heh heh.

[@leboucanier8719]

I don't understand at the beginning what they say about Star Trek fans ? What happened to him ?

[@dublinceltic-qj6ir]

he was in star trek and they have mad fans

[@xanaminx]

His accent is so much thicker on an Irish talk show. ^_^

[@xyzllii]

Good old Meaney.

[@jeffcrapinthehead]

Colm Meaney rules, especially in Intermission

[@randomsamno9]

I enjoyed DS9 but I don't see myself as a nerd, I'm grateful the show introduced me to Colm who I think is a genuinely good actor. I'm also a massive football fan (soccer to you american types) and if anything I have more reason to be considered a football nerd than a sci-fi nerd yet i'm more likely to be labelled one because I like a few sci-fi shows.

[@samuelrobinson1992]

It's wreckin my head trying to remember which movie he was in with Cruise...

[@mikekemp9877]

far and away he was the irish fight promotor in new york

[@logan4veronica]

Aw that's sad - its at least the second time that happened to him - they did that with his character in Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman! :(

[@TheJaguarKnight]

colm is one of my favorite trek actors, but his face seems to be expanding while his facial features seem to be getting smaller ( -.- )

[@davidmurphy8364]

I remember that episode when he says Bollox😂😂 times orphan, yes I know…

[@toddsmitts]

Sadly, he was not on "Life on Mars". After the pilot, he was replaced with Harvey Keitel. :(

[@lovejen01]

the Irish are whole another level of swearing.

[@kevinwalsh443]

chuck findlay u better fuckin believe it 😃😃

[@fantinlatourful]

I'd like to have a beer with him, i'm irish too

[@sithrage]

@Tombee83 Okay... no hard feelings, but you messaged the wrong person. That would be user "cobrolchain2", the video's poster.

[@chuzz123]

@fantinlatourful where were you born/live? :)

[@petenator43]

Irish talk shows are a lot more candid than North American ones.

[@josephhickey7382]

i said bollocks infront of a nun i couldn't find my cigarettes i searched my pockets i couldn't find them i blurt out bollocks she didn't hear me cursing

[@ZuluRomeo]

LOL, "Those Romulans are a bonch of bastards..."

[@ste19160]

someone uploaded the episode under "O'Brien losses his cool" where he says bollox......lol

[@sithrage]

@Tombee83 What the hell is a 'neird' ?

[@sithrage]

what's the Irish swear word?

[@copyvio]

Who exactly do you think invented the word "soccer?"

[@roush26]

the only ST character that acts the same on the show and real life

[@maratmasry]

I speaks a whole lot better in this interview. The video of him at a convention he was stuttering A LOT......but now i see that it was most likely nervousness

[@cahillgreg]

Take your scowlin'

[@sithrage]

@Tombee83 Okay, now that that's settled, you want to explain why not knowing Irish swear words makes me a nerd, when I'm not Irish?

[@jas16899]

I feel bad for Meaney for being on this show with three people to his left and two to his right, where 4/5 just stare at him and at best have something unfunny to say.

[@KhanGarth]

so true

[@AshleyBluewater2010]

lol hey wait, lol so u mean the irish accent he had on DS9 was actually a tonned down version ?

[@neils0501]

To mock star trek fans who would be the main viewers of this interview is in bad taste, The interview sets the standard by referring to them as science fiction nerds, and even after Colm Meany defends them the others still mock them.

[@Hellwyck]

I know it's 8 years but "nerd" is not an insult, it's a badge of honour to live by intelligence and passion.

[@Tombee83]

@SithRage I was joking, i ment you were a nerd because you knew the name of the episode that meany said bollox in.

[@NuntiusLegis]

I stopped watching when Science Fiction fans were harassed by the moderator. He should host shows about beer drinking or soccer or something.

[@pot10]

yea what a dick eh, i enjoy a good trek show. id call myself a mild nerd, I've been laid. I don't get the trek fan hate. Like the, "lets hop on the rip-on-trek-fans bandwagon like a cock"

[@Tombee83]

Your one of those Star trek nerds he's talkin about!

[@dMoniker]

haha talking about Charlie Sheen being "settled", so obviously an old video. Win.

[@devilrobbie25]

@MrEoinCollins ....im irish and to be honest in think they are all clowns on this show...colm is class but the rest of them r as bout as funny as cancer

[@josephhickey7829]

I said bollocks infront of a nun

[@fistingendakenny8781]

dara made this show. no other host could pull it off

[@SP1D3RB1T3]

Colm Meaney, will you be my grandad?

[@Tombee83]

@SithRage sorry my mistake Nerd!

[@randomsamno9]

well they shouldn't, that upsets me, its football and there are no two ways about it.

[@LoneBong]

The hottie bairly talked. Guess shes there for eye candy...irish eye candy.

[@copyvio]

uh, They say "soccer" in Ireland too, you know.

[@katrineroberts4084]

I watched the bollocks episode just the other day.

[@katrineroberts4084]

Unforgettable. Colm is a legend.

[@Synsensa]

ever*

[@GarredHATES]

CHIEF!!!!!!

[@B1N4RYGH0ST]

You ought to try get an autograph off this egotistical twit... He acts like you're asking him to donate a kidney or something.

[@katrineroberts4084]

Not even a feck.