Ryan O'Neal
American actor and former boxer
Why Is Ryan O'Neal Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal is an American actor and former boxer. He 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. It was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal's career. He later found success in films, most notably in the romantic drama Love Story , for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? and Paper Moon , which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon , Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far , and Walter Hill's The Driver . From 2005 to 2017, he had a recurring role in the Fox television series Bones as Max, the father of the show's protagonist.
