
Michael O'Keefe
Biography
Michael Raymond O'Keefe (born April 24, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, Ben Meechum in The Great Santini (for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), and Darryl Palmer in The Slugger's Wife. On television, he had a recurring roles as Fred in Roseanne from 1993 to 1995 and more recently in the series Homeland and Sneaky Pete.
Filmography

Panache
1976 · 10.0

House
2004 · 8.6

The West Wing
1999 · 8.3

Criminal Minds
2005 · 8.3

Ghost Whisperer
2005 · 8.1

A Rumor of War
1980 · 8.0

The People Next Door
1996 · 8.0

Kangaroo Court
1994 · 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

M*A*S*H
1972 · 8.0

The Closer
2005 · 7.8

Your Friends & Neighbors
2025 · 7.8

Billions
2016 · 7.8

The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978 · 7.7

Bridge to Silence
1989 · 7.7

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022 · 7.7

Elementary
2012 · 7.6

The Blacklist
2013 · 7.6

Manhunt
2017 · 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6

Homeland
2011 · 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6

Leverage
2008 · 7.6

Burn Notice
2007 · 7.5

Life's Work
1996 · 7.5

Middle Ages
1992 · 7.5

Friendly Persuasion
1975 · 7.5

Sneaky Pete
2015 · 7.5

Instant Family
2018 · 7.5

Sleepy Hollow
2013 · 7.4

Saving Grace
2007 · 7.4

An American Crime
2007 · 7.3

Model Citizen
2026 · 7.3

MacGyver
2016 · 7.3

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · 7.2

Disaster at Silo 7
1988 · 7.2

The Waltons
1972 · 7.1

Brothers and Sisters
2006 · 7.1

Masters of Sex
2013 · 7.1

The Hunting Party
2025 · 7.1

Keith
2008 · 7.0

Numb3rs
2005 · 7.0

Against the Law
1990 · 7.0

Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story
2003 · 7.0

The Inner Circle
2005 · 7.0

Eye in the Sky
2015 · 7.0

The Enemy Within
2019 · 6.9

King & Maxwell
2013 · 6.9

Too Big to Fail
2011 · 6.9

Roseanne
1988 · 6.8

The Great Santini
1979 · 6.8

Michael Clayton
2007 · 6.8

American Violet
2008 · 6.7

Frozen River
2008 · 6.6

Eleventh Hour
2008 · 6.6

Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 · 6.6

Caddyshack
1980 · 6.6

The Pledge
2001 · 6.6

Daybreak
2012 · 6.5

Gray Lady Down
1978 · 6.5

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976 · 6.5

The Hot Chick
2002 · 6.4

Ironweed
1987 · 6.4

Three Wishes
1995 · 6.3

The Hitchhiker
1983 · 6.2

Chasing 3000
2010 · 6.2

One True Loves
2023 · 6.2

Nate and Hayes
1983 · 6.1

The Glass House
2001 · 6.0

Split Image
1982 · 6.0

Swing Vote
1999 · 5.8

Fear
1990 · 5.7

Junction
2012 · 5.7

Things Heard & Seen
2021 · 5.7

Night Stalker
2005 · 5.6

Nina Takes a Lover
1995 · 5.6

Edie & Pen
1996 · 5.6

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011 · 5.5

Too Young to Die
1990 · 5.5

Finders Keepers
1984 · 5.5

Prancer Returns
2001 · 5.5

Vanished
2006 · 5.4

The Whoopee Boys
1986 · 5.4

Apartment 143
2011 · 5.2

Out of the Rain
1991 · 5.0

Incident at Deception Ridge
1994 · 5.0

Just One Night
2000 · 5.0

Cherry Crush
2007 · 4.8

Herman U.S.A.
2001 · 4.5

Finding Neighbors
2013 · 4.2

Inside Game
2019 · 4.0

The Wait
2013 · 4.0

The Slugger's Wife
1985 · 3.7

A Thousand Cuts
2012 · 3.6

Me and Veronica
1993 · 3.3
Sarina's Song
2011 · 3.0

A Break in the Rain
2025 · 0.0
After All
— · 0.0