Jason O'Mara

Jason O'Mara (born 6 August 1972) is an Irish-American actor. He has starred in American television series Terra Nova (2011), Vegas (2012–13), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–17) and The Man in the High Castle (2018–19). For his performance in The Siege of Jadotville (2016), he won an Irish Film & Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[1]

Jason O'Mara
O'Mara in 2015
Born	(1972-08-06) 6 August 1972 (age 52) Dublin, Ireland
Citizenship	Ireland United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Paige Turco ​ ​ (m. 2003; div. 2017)​
Children	1
Relatives	Rebecca O'Mara (sister)

O'Mara also provided the voice of Batman in the DC Animated Movie Universe (2013–20) and Zeus on the Netflix series Blood of Zeus (2020–present).

Career

O'Mara performed with The Royal Shakespeare Company. His theatre work in London and Dublin included The Jew of Malta and Popcorn, and he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 2002 at the Irish Theatre Awards for his portrayal of John in Neil LaBute's Bash.

He appeared in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming in London and Dublin as well as Lincoln Center in New York. He had lead roles in other series, including The Agency, Band of Brothers, Monarch of the Glen, High Stakes, Playing the Field, The Bill, Berkeley Square, and Reach for the Moon.^[2]

He has starred as lead character Sam Tyler in the U.S. remake of the British series Life on Mars.^[3] He also played Jim Shannon, the lead role in the 2011 Fox TV series Terra Nova.^[2] He played Philip Marlowe in a 2007 pilot entitled Marlowe, that same year, he portrayed video game character. Albert Wesker, in Resident Evil: Extinction, the third film in the live-action Resident Evil film franchise, and the second sequel to Resident Evil.

O'Mara also played the role of George Washington in the History Channel miniseries Sons of Liberty (2015).

In both 2005 and 2008, O'Mara guest-starred on TNT's The Closer as Bill Croelick, a charming and psychotic man with a fixation on fire.

O'Mara also guest-starred in the Criminal Minds season two episode "The Last Word" as a serial killer. O'Mara appeared in One for the Money as Joe Morelli. He also appeared on Vegas as Jack Lamb.^[2]

O'Mara voiced Bruce Wayne / Batman in the DC Animated Movie Universe line of animated films, debuting in Justice League: War.^[4][5]

O'Mara joined the cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where he portrayed Jeffrey Mace, the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D.^[6]

In October 2018, O'Mara joined the cast of The Man in the High Castle, where he portrays series regular Wyatt Price, a black market supplier of information to Juliana Crain about the comings and goings of alternate realities and their films.

In 2019, it was announced O'Mara would be starring in Netflix's Greek myth-influenced series Blood of Zeus as the god Zeus.^[7]

Personal life

O'Mara married American actress Paige Turco in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, in September 2003. They have one child. In 2009, O'Mara became an American citizen.^[8] The couple separated in May 2017 and Paige filed for divorce in June 2017.^[9] She also sought joint legal custody of their son David and spousal support.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Space Truckers	Chopper #3
2007	Resident Evil: Extinction	Albert Wesker
2012	One for the Money	Joseph Morelli
2013	In a World...	Terry Pouncer
2014	Justice League: War	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)	Direct-to-video[11][12]
	Son of Batman		Direct-to-video[13][11]
2015	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis		Direct-to-video[14][11]
	Batman vs. Robin		Direct-to-video[15][11]
2016	Batman: Bad Blood		Direct-to-video[16][11]
	Justice League vs. Teen Titans		Direct-to-video[17][11]
	The Siege of Jadotville	Jack Prendergast	[18]
	Wakefield	Dirk Morrison	[19]
2017	Justice League Dark	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)	Direct-to-video[20][11]
2018	Metal Heart	Steve
	The Death of Superman	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)	Direct-to-video[21][11]
2019	Reign of the Supermen		Direct-to-video[22][11]
	Batman: Hush		Direct-to-video[23][11]
2020	Justice League Dark: Apokolips War		Direct-to-video[24][11]
2021	Hypnotic	Dr. Collin Meade	[25]
2023	Your Lucky Day	Captain Rutledge	[26]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Soldier Soldier	Medic	Episode: "Deliver Us from Evil"
1997	Gobble	East Anglian Journalist	Television film
	Q.E.D.	Dr. Mills	Episode: "Cause of Death"
1998	Peak Practice	Billy Matters	2 episodes
	Berkeley Square	Ned Jones	10 episodes
1999	Unfinished Business	Donal	2 episodes
1999–2000	The Bill	D.C.I. Richard Pallister	4 episodes
2000	The Mrs Bradley Mysteries	Jasper Hicks	Episode: "The Worsted Viper"
2000–2002	Playing the Field	Lee Quinn	6 episodes
2001	Monarch of the Glen	Fergal MacClure	6 episodes
	High Stakes	Greg Hayden	12 episodes
	Band of Brothers	Thomas Meehan	2 episodes
	The Cassidys	Dominic	Episode: "Honey, I Haven't Even Started Yet"
2002	Eastwick	Daryl Van Horne	Television film
2002–2003	The Agency	A. B. Stiles	22 episodes
2004	CSI: Miami	Dr. Keith Winters	Episode: "Complications"
2005, 2008	The Closer	Bill Croelick	2 episodes
2006	In Justice	Charles Conti	13 episodes
	Criminal Minds	Mill Creek Killer	Episode: "The Last Word"
	Drift	Ray Hakansovich	Television film
2006–2008	Men in Trees	Stuart Maxson	5 episodes
2007	Marlowe	Philip Marlowe	Television film
2008	Grey's Anatomy	Phillip Robinson	2 episodes
2008–2009	Life on Mars	Detective Sam Tyler	18 episodes
2009	Trust Me	Stu Hoffman	Episode: "Before and After"
2010	Your Bad Self	unknown role	6 episodes
2011	Terra Nova	Jim Shannon	13 episodes
2012	Dakota	Berringer	2 episodes
2012–2013	Vegas	Deputy Jack Lamb	21 episodes
2013–2014	The Good Wife	Damian Boyle	4 episodes
2014	Republic of Doyle	Seth Rankin	Episode: "Dirty Deeds"
2015	Sons of Liberty	George Washington	3 episodes[27]
	Complications	John Ellison	10 episodes
2016–2017	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Jeffrey Mace / Patriot	14 episodes[6]
2018	Ballers	Coach Davis	Episode: "No Small Talk"
2018–2019	The Man in the High Castle	Wyatt Price	20 episodes [28]
2020–present	Blood of Zeus	Zeus, Elias (voice)	12 episodes[11]
2021	Departure	Max O'Neill	5 episodes
	Truth Be Told	Joshua Keith	3 episodes[29]
2022	The Midnight Club	Pale Man	Episode: "The Eternal Enemy"
2023	Smother	Paul Madigan	6 episodes
	Unicorn: Warriors Eternal	Otto	Episode: "The Mystery of Secrets"
2024	Fire Country	Liam	2 episodes[30]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot	Director Jeffrey Mace	Episode: "John Hancock"