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Facts About Colm Meaney!

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Wasn't he supposed to play a space monkey? Kindda like ST's version of "Wizard of Oz"?

And the man practically broke down on the set...laying out his whole life for everyone to hear!
 
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FACT: Colm Meaney owns several one-off paintings by renowned artists, when asked how he acquired them, Meaney stated "Because I'm Colm Meaney".

FACT: Jonathan Frakes grew his beard at the suggestion of Colm Meaney.
 
FACT: When Colm Meaney signed on to do Layer Cake, it was light romantic comedy. Through his sheer presence, it was transformed into a dark, intellectual gangster film.
 
FACT: Colm Meaney is Banksy

FACT: Colm Meaney's hair is naturally straight, it takes the average makeup team 3 hours to curl his hair
 
FACT: Colm Meaney IS Gene Hunt. Just felt like using a different name for awhile.

(real fact that is not fake: Colm did play Gene in the first Life on Mars US pilot...)
 
FACT: Colm Meaney is an honourary member of NASA and has been called up to go into space on numerous occasions, but has had to decline due to his busy TV and Film schedule.

FACT: Barack Obama's first call from inside the White House was to Colm Meaney
 
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Fact: Colm Meaney was MGM's first choice to play the new James Bond, but Colm Meaney declined the offer, saying it was too "small time" for him.
 
FACT: Colm Meaney has substituted for Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter during live Daft Punk appearances.

FACT: Despite criticism emerging about Wesley during TNG's first season, the character would only have been written out had Colm Meaney requested so.

FACT: Colm Meaney has beaten Gary Kasparov at chess.

FACT: Colm Meaney has an amateur boxing record of 47-0-0, with all 47 wins by knockout.
 
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FACT: Colm Meaney hasn't been getting much sleep, worried about what TrekBBS jabs at him will be coming up next.
 
The only fact I want to know is this: is he really mean? Is he a Colm Meanie?
 
FACT: Colm Meaney is a gifted polyglot and as well as English he can speak French, Japanese, German, Russian, Swahili and Finnish.

FACT: A lock of Colm Meaney's hair once fetched $50,000 at a private auction.
 
I still say that was money I spent well. Not only is it a great keepsake, but I can floss with it.
 
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