Mike O'Neill (musician)
Mike O'Neill is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter. Originally from Oshawa, Ontario, he has been based in Halifax, Nova Scotia since 1996. O'Neill was a member of indie-rock band The Inbreds in the 1990s before disbanding the group and embarking on a solo career. He was involved as both sound engineer and actor on the popular Canadian television series Trailer Park Boys.
Biography
O'Neill was a founding member in the 1990s of the Canadian indie-rock band The Inbreds along with the drummer Dave Ullrich. The Inbreds released four albums between 1992 and their breakup in 1998, and O'Neill has since released three albums as a solo artist. Though he played bass guitar in The Inbreds, he has been predominantly a rhythm guitarist as a solo artist.
In 2007, he appeared in several episodes of Trailer Park Boys' seventh season, playing the hot-tempered Thomas Collins. He also worked behind the scenes on the series for several seasons as the sound mixer.
From 2007 to 2010, O'Neill composed music for the Food Network program French Food at Home, for which he won a Gemini Award.
Michael O'Neill
Michael O'Neill may refer to:
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Mike O'Neill (ice hockey)
Michael Anthony O'Neill (born November 3, 1967) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender.
Playing career
O'Neill played four years at Yale University before spending the 1989–90 season with Tappara Tampere of the SM-liiga. He was drafted 15th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1988 NHL Supplemental Draft while he was at Yale University. He joined the Jets' farm system when he returned to North America in 1990–91.
O'Neill mainly played for the Moncton Hawks of the AHL and the Fort Wayne Komets of the IHL, only playing a few times for the Jets in the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons. In the 1993–94 season, he made 17 appearances for the Jets posting a 0–9–1 record. O'Neill returned to the minors and, in 1995–96, made 74 appearances with the Baltimore Bandits, an AHL record.
O'Neill was signed as a free agent by Anaheim, and played mainly for the Long Beach Ice Dogs in the IHL. He then signed with the Washington Capitals as a free agent in August 1997 and played 47 games for the Portland Pirates of the AHL in 1997–98.
Mike O'Neill (lacrosse)
Mike O'Neill is a three-time All-American lacrosse player for Johns Hopkins University.
Career
O'Neill was inducted into the National Lacross Hall of Fame in 1993. O'Neill is third all time in Career Points at Hopkins.
He was awarded the NCAA Player of the year in 1978, as well as the most outstanding player in the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. O'Neill led Hopkins to the NCAA finals in 1977 as well.
O'Neill was an all-American prep player at Massapequa High School in New York.
O'Neill was an assistant coach at the University of Delaware in 1979, the University of North Carolina in 1980 and Brown University from 1981-84.
Johns Hopkins University
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