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 Bogdanov...
Known For
Complete Filmography

My Best Friend's Famous
2019
as Himself
After Sean Reilly, an earnest, self-deprecating, NY to LA transplant learns his slothful, less talented best friend gets a starring role on a hit TV s...

This Is Farrah Fawcett
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Friends and loved ones of Farrah Fawcett recall the actress' personal struggles and final days.

Filmworker
2018
as Self
The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

Knight of Cups
2015
as Ryan
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in...

Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

Kubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, coworkers and actors, and featuring a tour of the Arch...

Slumber Party Slaughter
2012
as William O'Toole
Academy Award winning actor Tom Kingsford visits a bizarre strip club owned by real estate mogul William O'Toole, a sadistic voyeur.

Farrah's Story
2009
as Self
Documentary about former Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer. This home-movie diary is covering roughly the past two years of Fa...

Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
as Bill Gluckman
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to ...

Gentleman B.
2003
as Phil, Bank Manager
Nick Vincent is set up by his crime partner Manny Breen. He is sent away to prison and when he is released, he goes to Los Angeles to look for Maria, ...

People I Know
2002
as Cary Launer
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.

Epoch
2001
as Allen Lysander
Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a strange monolith which sends out an intercontinental si...

The List
2000
as Richard Miller
After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to ke...

Coming Soon
1999
as Dick
Privileged teenage friends Jenny, Nell and Stream spend their senior year on a quest to rid Stream of her virginity. However, Stream wants more than j...

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as James Edmunds
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and l...

Zero Effect
1998
as Gregory Stark
Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master inves...

Sink Or Swim
1997
as Dr. Applefield
Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter betwe...

Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me
1997
as Self (archive footage)
At fifty years of age actress Farrah Fawcett reveals her body to the camera in this one off special.

Faithful
1996
as Jack Connor
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in...

Man of the House
1995
as Man with Kite (uncredited)
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben trie...

The Man Upstairs
1992
as Mooney Polaski
Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.

Small Sacrifices
1989
as Lew Lewiston
A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's...

Chances Are
1989
as Philip Train
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and ...

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988
as Pimp
Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely danc...

Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987
as Tim Madden
Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a wom...

Fever Pitch
1985
as Taggart
An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry — organized gambling.

Irreconcilable Differences
1984
as Albert Brodsky
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

Partners
1982
as Sgt. Benson
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as hi...

So Fine
1981
as Bobby Fine
While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success -...

Green Ice
1981
as Joseph Wiley
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.

Circle of Two
1981
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
A 60-year-old artist shares a secret, platonic romance with a 16-year-old girl.

The Main Event
1979
as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea h...

Oliver's Story
1978
as Oliver Barrett IV
Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hour...

The Driver
1978
as The Driver
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful...

A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in H...

Nickelodeon
1976
as Leo Harrigan
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up wi...

Barry Lyndon
1975
as Barry Lyndon
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Ba...

Paper Moon
1973
as Moses Pray
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partn...

The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Webster McGee
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who beco...

What's Up, Doc?
1972
as Howard Bannister
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
1972
as Self
A documentary about the making of Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?" starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal.

Wild Rovers
1971
as Frank Post
Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too ol...

Love Hate Love
1971
as Russ Emery
Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. She in turn leaves her jet setter fiance w...

Mean Justice
1971
as Tal Garrett
Moreno (Bronson) is a tough ranch hand on the vast half million acre Garret Ranch. Rich in timber, gas, cattle and oil, the ranch is a major employer...

Love Story
1970
as Oliver Barrett IV
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite...

The Games
1970
as Scott Reynolds
From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the wor...

The Big Bounce
1969
as Jack Ryan
A Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who?