Jason O'Mara (born 6 August 1972) is an Irish actor. He has starred in the American television network dramas ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Terra Nova'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. O'Mara won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in '' The Siege of Jadotville''. He served as the

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for

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' superhero Batman in the

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, a shared film universe which ran from 2013 to 2020.

Career

O'Mara performed with

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. 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

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's ''Bash''. He appeared in Harold Pinter's ''

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'' 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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Reach for the Moon''. He has starred as lead character Sam Tyler in the U.S. remake of the British series ''

''. He also played Jim Shannon, the lead role in the 2011 Fox TV series '' Terra Nova''. He played

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in a 2007 pilot entitled ''Marlowe''. O’Mara also played the role of George Washington in the History Channel mini-series ‘Sons Of Liberty’ (2015). In both 2005 and 2008, O'Mara guest-starred on TNT's ''

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'', playing the memorable role of Bill Croelick ("just plain Brenda!"), a charming and psychotic man with a fixation on fire. O'Mara also guest-starred in the ''

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'' season two episode "The Last Word" as a serial killer. O'Mara appeared in ''

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'' as Joe Morelli. He also appeared on ''

'' as Jack Lamb. O'Mara was cast as Bruce Wayne / Batman for the

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. He has played the role in '' Justice League: War'' and '' Son of Batman'' and has reprised his role for several more films in the line, including '' Justice League: Throne of Atlantis'', '' Batman: Bad Blood'' and '' Batman: Hush''. O'Mara joined the cast of ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', where he portrayed

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, the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D. 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

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-influenced series ''Gods & Heroes'', in which he would voice the god

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Personal life

He married American actress

Paige Turco Jean Paige Turco (born May 17, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her role as April O'Neil in '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze'' and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III''. Other notable roles include Melanie Co ...

in a Roman Catholic ceremony in

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in September 2003. They have one child. In 2009, O'Mara became an American citizen. The couple separated in May 2017 and Paige filed for divorce in June 2017. She also sought joint legal custody of their son David and spousal support.

Filmography

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Omara, Jason 1972 births Living people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin American Roman Catholics Irish emigrants to the United States Irish male film actors Irish male television actors Irish male voice actors People educated at St Michael's College, Dublin People from Sandycove 20th-century Irish male actors 21st-century Irish male actors