Ty O'Neal

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| birth_name = Ty O'Neal McClary

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|08|2}}

| birth_place = Abilene, Texas, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

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| spouse = {{marriage|Christie McClary|2005}}

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Ty O'Neal McClary (born August 2, 1978) is an American actor.

Career

He is best known for playing the ice-skating cowboy Dwayne Robertson in D2: The Mighty Ducks and D3: The Mighty Ducks. McClary became close with Kenan Thompson while working on the films. The two lived together for a while during filming.{{cite web |title=Ty McClary (Dwayne Robertson) talks about becoming virtually brothers with Kenan Thompson, losing acting parts to Leonardo DiCaprio |url=https://thequackattack.com/ep-90-ty-mcclary-dwayne-robertson-talks-becoming-virtually-brothers-kenan-thompson-losing-acting-parts-leonardo-dicaprio/ |website=The Quack Attack Podcast|date=July 14, 2016 }} In 2001 he portrayed real-life outlaw Clell Miller in American Outlaws alongside Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, and Gabriel Macht.

Today, O'Neal is a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). His events are team roping, tie-down roping, and steer wrestling.{{Cite web|url=http://westernharvestmedia.com/?page_id=76|title=Ty O'Neal {{!}}|website=westernharvestmedia.com|access-date=22 April 2017}} Ty also frequently hosts for Western Sports Round-Up, a rodeo centric sports show for the Cowboy Channel. He also is a main anchor for the cowboy channel and does many more TV broadcasting for them.

He has appeared in a frequently played Holiday Inn commercial as a bull rider.{{cite web |title=Ty "O'Neal" McClary |url=http://wyliebulldogseducationfoundation.com/we-are-wylie-dinner/2014-guest-speakers/ty-oneal/ |website=Wylie Bulldogs Education Foundation |access-date=March 26, 2022}}

Personal life

O'Neal married his wife Christie in 2005.{{cite web|title=Rodeo host helps team to win|url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2006/Oct/22/rodeo-host-helps-team-to-win|website=reporternews Your Abilene Online|publisher=www.reporternews.com|access-date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319022432/http://www.reporternews.com/news/2006/Oct/22/rodeo-host-helps-team-to-win|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 19, 2014}} Christie McClary is also a rodeo cowgirl who had previously modeled in woman's western wear catalogs. The couple moved to North Texas, where they raise and train quarter horses. Occasionally, they travel on the PRCA rodeo circuit, of which O'Neal is a member.{{cite web|title=2006 Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo|url=https://deansmithcelebrityrodeo.com/|website=Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo|publisher=www.deansmithcelebrityrodeo.org|access-date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319022432/http://www.deansmithcelebrityrodeo.org/cowboys.html|archive-date=March 19, 2014|url-status=live}} McClary also has a daughter, that also rodeos and does events such as Team Roping and Breakaway. She will soon be modeling in march of 2023.

Filmography

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" \| Film
Year ! Film ! Role ! Other notes
1994 \| D2: The Mighty Ducks \| Dwayne Robertson \|
1996 \| D3: The Mighty Ducks \| Dwayne Robertson \|
rowspan="2"\|1997 \| Blood Trail \| Juble Fletcher \| Direct-to-Video Release
The Postman \| Drew \|
1998 \| Big Buster \| Deputy Bo \| Alternative title: Some Things Never Die
1999 \| Wild Wild West \| Living Portrait \| Uncredited Role
2001 \| American Outlaws \| Clell Miller \|
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" \| Television
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1999 \| The Magnificent Seven \| Matthew Nichols \| Episode: Vendetta
2004 \| Tiger Cruise \| Danny Horner \| TV-Movie
2021 \|Western Sport Round-Up \|Co-Host \|Rodeo Sports show

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! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film

Year

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1994

| D2: The Mighty Ducks

| Dwayne Robertson

1996

| D3: The Mighty Ducks

| Dwayne Robertson