Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (born April 20, 1941) is an American actor
and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning
his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney
Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series
was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success
in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received
Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter
Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley
Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far
(1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he had
a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max, the father of the
show's protagonist.O'Neal was born in Los Angeles, California, the
eldest son of actress Patricia Ruth Olga (née O'Callaghan;
1907â€"2003) and novelist and screenwriter Charles O'Neal. His father
was of Irish and English descent, while his mother was of paternal
Irish and maternal Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. His brother, Kevin, is
an actor and screenwriter.O'Neal attended University High School in
Los Angeles, and trained there to become a Golden Gloves boxer. During
the late 1950s, his father had a job writing on a television series
called Citizen Soldier, and moved the family to Munich, where O'Neal
attended Munich American High School.In Germany, O'Neal was struggling
at school so his mother pulled some favors and got him a job as a
stand-in on a show being shot in the area, Tales of the Vikings.
O'Neal worked on it as an extra and stuntman and got the acting bug.
and former boxer. O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning
his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney
Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place. The series
was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success
in films, most notably Love Story (1970), for which he received
Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor, Peter
Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Stanley
Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far
(1977), and Walter Hill's The Driver (1978). From 2005 to 2017, he had
a recurring role in the Fox TV series Bones as Max, the father of the
show's protagonist.O'Neal was born in Los Angeles, California, the
eldest son of actress Patricia Ruth Olga (née O'Callaghan;
1907â€"2003) and novelist and screenwriter Charles O'Neal. His father
was of Irish and English descent, while his mother was of paternal
Irish and maternal Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. His brother, Kevin, is
an actor and screenwriter.O'Neal attended University High School in
Los Angeles, and trained there to become a Golden Gloves boxer. During
the late 1950s, his father had a job writing on a television series
called Citizen Soldier, and moved the family to Munich, where O'Neal
attended Munich American High School.In Germany, O'Neal was struggling
at school so his mother pulled some favors and got him a job as a
stand-in on a show being shot in the area, Tales of the Vikings.
O'Neal worked on it as an extra and stuntman and got the acting bug.
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