Robert O'Reilly

CONvergence is pleased to welcome Robert O'Reilly as a Guest of Honor at CONvergence 2006.

Robert O'Reilly's appearances on the last season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine marked a decade of work on Star Trek. O'Reilly's first appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation was in the episode "Manhunt" in which he portrayed the gangster "Scarface." He is much better known for his recurring role as the Klingon leader Gowron, first seen in the episode "Reunion."

Robert has appeared in over 100 films, made-for-TV movies, and television episodes, including the The Mask starring Jim Carrey, NYPD Blue and two seasons on In the Heat of the Night and Dark Justice. He has also appeared on The Flash, Hill Street Blues, Max Headroom, The Equalizer, Sledgehammer, MacGyver, and many more.

Robert has also enjoyed an accomplished career in theater, appearing in works of Shakespeare (King Lear and Hamlet) and Sam Shepard (True West). He is proud to have starred in the original productions of The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 (plays written by and based on the books by Ray Bradbury, who has since become a friend).

In 1981, Robert was nominated by the Los Angeles Drama Circle for Best Director of the Year for his own production of Marsha Norman's Getting Outi, and has since won or been nominated for every other major directing award the Los Angeles area has to offer.