O'Mara performed with The Royal Shakespeare Company. 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 Neil LaBute's Bash.
He has starred as lead character Sam Tyler in the U.S. remake of the British series Life on Mars.[3] He also played Jim Shannon, the lead role in the 2011 Fox TV series Terra Nova.[2] He played Philip Marlowe in a 2007 pilot entitled Marlowe, that same year, he portrayed video game character. Albert Wesker, in Resident Evil: Extinction, the third film in the live-action Resident Evil film franchise, and the second sequel to Resident Evil.
In both 2005 and 2008, O'Mara guest-starred on TNT's The Closer as Bill Croelick, a charming and psychotic man with a fixation on fire.
O'Mara also guest-starred in the Criminal Mindsseason two episode "The Last Word" as a serial killer. O'Mara appeared in One for the Money as Joe Morelli. He also appeared on Vegas as Jack Lamb.[2]
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.
O'Mara married American actress Paige Turco in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, in September 2003. They have one child. In 2009, O'Mara became an American citizen.[8] The couple separated in May 2017 and Paige filed for divorce in June 2017.[9] She also sought joint legal custody of their son David and spousal support.[10]
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