Michael O'Keefe

Actor Apr 24 (age 70) Mount Vernon, New York, USA 1972–2025 (53 year career)

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Biography

Michael Raymond O'Keefe (born April 24, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, Ben Meechum in The Great Santini (for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), and Darryl Palmer in The Slugger's Wife. On television, he had a recurring roles as Fred in Roseanne from 1993 to 1995 and more recently in the series Homeland and Sneaky Pete.

Known For

Film

Instant Family

Jerry

Film

Eye in the Sky

Ken Stanitzke

Film

Michael Clayton

Barry Grissom

Film

The Hot Chick

Richie

Film

An American Crime

Reverend Bill Collier

Film

Caddyshack

Danny Noonan

Film

The Pledge

Duane Larsen

Film

Keith

Alan Ascher

Filmography

Acting (103)

Movies (61)

A Break in the Rain

2025

as Jake

One True Loves

as Colin Blair

Things Heard & Seen

as Travis Laughton

Inside Game

as Mr. Donaghy

Instant Family

as Jerry

Eye in the Sky

as Ken Stanitzke

Showing Up

as Self

Everything is Forever

2014

as Himself

The Wait

as Ben's Dad

Finding Neighbors

as Sam

A Thousand Cuts

as Frank

Junction

as Walters

Apartment 143

as Dr. Helzer

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

as Hugh Akston

Too Big to Fail

as Chris Flowers

Sarina's Song

as Charles Berkeley

Chasing 3000

as Dr. Stuart

Caddyshack: The Inside Story

as Himself

American Violet

as Calvin Beckett

Keith

as Alan Ascher

Frozen River

as Trooper Finnerty

Michael Clayton

as Barry Grissom

An American Crime

as Reverend Bill Collier

Cherry Crush

as Detective Griffin

The Inner Circle

as Jack Scott

Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story

as Mike Harris

The Hot Chick

as Richie

The Pledge

as Duane Larsen

The Glass House

as Dave Baker

Prancer Returns

Herman U.S.A.

as Dennis

Just One Night

as Wayne

Swing Vote

Ghosts of Mississippi

as Merrida Coxwell

Edie & Pen

as Ken

The People Next Door

as Garrett James

Three Wishes

as Adult Tom

Nina Takes a Lover

as Journalist

Kangaroo Court

Incident at Deception Ridge

as Jack Bolder

Me and Veronica

as Michael

Out of the Rain

as Frank Reade

Fear

as Jack Hays

In the Best Interest of the Child

as Walt Colton

Too Young to Die

as Mike Medwicki

Bridge to Silence

as Dan

Unholy Matrimony

as Dr. Cassius William 'Bill' Sander

8.7

Disaster at Silo 7

1988

as Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald

Ironweed

as Billy

The Whoopee Boys

as Jake Bateman

The Slugger's Wife

as Darryl Palmer

Finders Keepers

as Michael Rangeloff

Nate and Hayes

as Nathaniel Williamson

6.1

Split Image

1982

as Danny "Joshua" Stetson

Caddyshack

as Danny Noonan

The Great Santini

as Ben Meechum

Gray Lady Down

as Harris

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976

as Terry Long

6.4

Panache

1976

as Horseman

Friendly Persuasion

1975

as Josh Birdwell

After All

as Jake

Television (42)

Your Friends & Neighbors

2025

as Ron Cooper

7.4

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

2022

as Jack Kent Cooke

7.6

The Enemy Within

2019

as National Security Advisor

Billions

as Eric Scott

MacGyver

as Harry McGyver

Sneaky Pete

as Detective Winslow

The Blacklist

as Mr. Deavers

Sleepy Hollow

as Director Jack Walters

Masters of Sex

as Harry Eshelman

King & Maxwell

as Frank Rigby

Elementary

as Harris Waylon Greer

7.6

Daybreak

2012

as Professor Aaron Wilkins

Homeland

as John Redmond

Leverage

as Darren Hoffman

Eleventh Hour

as Philip Gifford

Burn Notice

as Wallace

Saving Grace

as Father Lloyd Tierney

7.4

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

2007

as Self (archive footage)

Brothers and Sisters

as Wally Wandell

Vanished

Criminal Minds

as Dr. Stan Howard

Numb3rs

as Reverend Joseph Ezra

The Closer

as Agent Tim Hecht

Ghost Whisperer

as Dr. Calvin Byrd

Night Stalker

House

as Fletcher Stone

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Michael McShale

7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Daniel Easton

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Al Marcosi

The West Wing

as Will Sawyer

Life's Work

as Kevin Hunter

The Outer Limits

as Eddie Wexler

Middle Ages

as Ron Steffey

Law & Order

as Cally Lonegan / Professor Donald Lonegan

Against the Law

Roseanne

as Fred

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Art Toomey

The Hitchhiker

as Richard Shepard

A Rumor of War

as Lt. Walter Cohen

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

as Worthy Pettinger

M*A*S*H

as Corporal Travis

The Waltons

as Chad Marshall