Filmography Ryan O'Neal

O'Neal was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Patricia (née O'Callaghan), who had an acting career in the 1930s[citation needed], and Charles O'Neal,[2] a Hollywood movie screenwriter who had also acted. His brother, Kevin, is an actor and screenwriter.[2] His maternal grandfather was Irish and his maternal grandmother was Russian.[3] He spent part of his childhood abroad, including Germany. He attended University High School and became a Golden Gloves contender. 
 
O'Neal's film career took off beginning with his role in Love Story (1970), earning a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1973, he was #2 in the Annual Top Ten Box Office Stars, behind Clint Eastwood.[5] He starred in a series of films for director Peter Bogdanovich, beginning with the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? (with Barbra Streisand, 1972); following were Paper Moon (with daughter Tatum O'Neal in an Oscar-winning role, 1973), and Nickelodeon (1976, again with Tatum). Other films of the 1970s included Barry Lyndon (directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1975), Oliver's Story (1978, a sequel to Love Story), and the car chase film The Driver (directed by Walter Hill, also 1978). 
 
His film career faded by the end of the 1970s. He starred as a character loosely based on director Bogdanovich in Irreconcilable Differences (1984). He returned to TV in the short-lived CBS series Good Sports (1991, with companion Farrah Fawcett), and Fox's Bones (2007-2008).