Jason O'Mara Biography

Jason O'Mara co-stars with Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis in the upcoming CBS thriller "Vegas." O'Mara plays Jack Lamb, the protagonist Ralph Lamb's younger brother. The show debuted on September 25, 2012. O'Mara appeared in the Fox series Terra Nova in 2011. Steven Spielberg executive produces the science-fiction drama. The Shannon family is a member of the Tenth Pilgrimage of settlers to Terra Nova, the first colony created on prehistoric Earth, as a small part of a bold effort to rescue the human species. Jim Shannon, the show's patriarch, was played by O'Mara. O'Mara was also featured in the Lionsgate crime-comedy One for the Money, based on the hugely famous novel, opposite Katherine Heigl. On January 27, 2012, the film was released. In 2001, O'Mara made his American television debut as "Lt. Thomas Meehan" in the Emmy-winning and critically praised HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. The following year, O'Mara was cast as a regular on CBS's spy drama The Agency. He then built his reputation by playing multi-episode character arcs on numerous successful television shows, including Grey's Anatomy, Men in Trees, and The Closer. O'Mara co-starred in the criminal thriller series In Justice with Kyle MacLachlan in 2006. O'Mara made his feature film debut in Resident Evil: Extinction in 2007, alongside Milla Jovovich. When he returned to television in 2008, he was most known for his role as time-traveling investigator "Sam Tyler" in ABC's American version of the British drama series Life on Mars. Despite the fact that the show only lasted one season, O'Mara garnered great acclaim for his portrayal. O'Mara, who was born and reared in Ireland, never intended to pursue acting as a career. He was an ardent rugby player who was attracted to acting after suffering a sporting injury. While recuperating, O'Mara auditioned for and was cast in the school play. The excitement of opening night sealed his fate, and his prior love of athletics shifted to acting. He went on to Trinity College in Dublin, where he earned a degree in theatre. His BAFTA-winning British television achievements include Playing the Field, Berkeley Square, and the enormously popular Monarch of the Glen. O'Mara starred in Popcorn at the Apollo Theatre, The Jew of Malta at the Almeida Theatre, and The School for Scandal with the Royal Shakespeare Company on the London stage. He later joined the cast of Ian Holm's award-winning production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, which performed in Dublin, London, and New York's Lincoln Center. At the 2002 Irish Theatre Awards, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal in Bash, written and directed by Neil LaBute. In 2010, O'Mara returned to the London stage with Serenading Louie at the world-famous Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden. O'Mara is married to Paige Turco, an actress, and they have one son, David. The family splits their time between New York and Los Angeles, and they travel to Ireland frequently.

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