Mike O'Malley
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Actor Mike O'Malley (born October 31, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a New Hampshire-reared actor, who's probably best recognized as Jimmy Hughes in the CBS television situation comedy Yes, Dear. He previously had a short-lived, self-named sitcom on NBC. Prior to his big break with the networks, O'Malley was best known for hosting Nickelodeon game shows such as Get the Picture, Guts and Global Guts.
His younger, New Hampshire-born sister, Kerry, is also an actress and a Broadway veteran; she recently received critical attention for her role in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
O'Malley has a recurring role in ESPN commercials in which he plays "The Rick" a rabid Boston sports fan. In real life O'Malley is a proud member of Red Sox Nation and can be heard periodically on the sports radio WEEI morning show.
In 2005 O'Malley made a cameo in the Heather Locklear/Hilary Duff film The Perfect Date. The film received negative reviews from almost every critic around, but Richard Roeper praised O'Malley as the best part of the film.
Along with Yes, Dear costar Anthony Clark, O'Malley appears in Alan Jackson's music video "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues".
O'Malley studied theater at the University of New Hampshire.