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Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

7 films · 591 frames · top-billed in 3 · 20042025

Born 30 May 1953 · Dublin, Ireland

Colm J. Meaney is an acclaimed Irish actor. Born in Dublin, Meaney discovered his passion for acting in his youth and later honed his craft at the Abbey Theatre School before joining the National Theatre of Ireland. He achieved global recognition for his iconic portrayal of Chief Miles O'Brien within the Star Trek franchise, seamlessly transitioning the character from Star Trek: The Next Generation to a leading role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine across a staggering 225 total episodes.

How their films are shot

Measured across 591 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Colm takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Colm takes.

Time of day

Night47%
Day46%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key50%
Natural42%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium59%
Wide19%
Closeup14%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
Low angle11%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral48%
Tense25%
Lonely11%
Mysterious7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 591 frames from Colm Meaney's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.