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Michael Newman (actor)
Michael Newman (April 26, 1957 – October 20, 2024), also Mike "Newmie" Newman, American actor, real LA County lifeguard and firefighter; played a fictionalized self in 150 Baywatch episodes (1989–2000), the only cast member with real lifeguarding experience.
Michael Nouri
Michael Nouri (born 1945, Washington, D.C.) is an American actor of Irish-Iraqi descent, known as Nick Hurley in Flashdance (1983), Tom Beck in The Hidden, Eli David on NCIS, and Broadway roles in Victor/Victoria and South Pacific.
Michael Nyqvist
Michael Nyqvist (Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist), Swedish actor and author (1960–2017); played Mikael Blomkvist in the original Millennium films and villains in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and John Wick; two Guldbagge awards.
Michael O'Hare
Michael O'Hare (Robert Michael O'Hare, Jr., 1952-2012), American actor; originated Commander Jeffrey Sinclair on Babylon 5 and played Colonel Jessep on Broadway in A Few Good Men; left the series after season one due to schizophrenia, revealed posthumously.
Michael O'Keefe
Michael O'Keefe (born 1955), American actor known as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack and Oscar-nominated for The Great Santini; also Fred on Roseanne, Zen priest, and lyricist for Bonnie Raitt.
Michael O'Neill (actor)
Michael O'Neill (born 1951, Montgomery, Alabama) is an American character actor of film and television, distinct from the Irish football manager of the same name. Known for Ron Butterfield on The West Wing, Gary Clark on Grey's Anatomy, and films Traffic, Seabiscuit, Transformers, and Dallas Buyers Club.
Michael Ontkean
Michael Ontkean (born 1946) is a Canadian retired actor, Sheriff Harry S. Truman in Twin Peaks and Ned Braden in Slap Shot; also starred in The Rookies and Making Love, retired after The Descendants (2011), living in Hawaii.
Michael Palin
Michael Palin (born 1943, Sheffield) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and traveler: a founding member of Monty Python, star of its films and characters like the Spanish Inquisition leader, and later presenter of travel documentaries such as Around the World in 80 Days; knighted KCMG.
Michael Paré
Michael Paré, fully Michael Kevin Paré, is an American actor best known for playing rock star Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and its 1989 sequel.
Michael Park (actor)
Michael Park (Michael Frank Park, born 1968) is an American actor known as Jack Snyder on As the World Turns (two Daytime Emmys) and for originating Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen (2018 Grammy), with Broadway roles in Smokey Joe's Cafe, Tuck Everlasting, Redwood, and Galileo.
Michael Parks
Michael Parks (1940–2017), American character actor and singer; starred as Jim Bronson in NBC's Then Came Bronson, sang "Long Lonesome Highway", and became a Tarantino, Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith favorite as Earl McGraw, in Red State and Tusk. Not the LA Times journalist of the same name.
Michael Pate
Michael Pate, born Edward John Pate, was an Australian actor, writer, and director known as Detective Vic Maddern on Matlock Police and the first screen Felix Leiter.
Michael Peña
Michael Peña (born 1976, Chicago) is a Mexican-American actor known for Crash, World Trade Center, End of Watch, The Martian, Ant-Man's Luis, and Narcos: Mexico's Kiki Camarena.
Michael Pitt
Michael Pitt (born 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician known for indie films Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Dreamers, Last Days, and Funny Games, plus Jimmy Darmody in Boardwalk Empire; distinct from any assistant director of the same name.
Michael Praed
Michael Praed (born Michael David Prince, 1960) is an English actor known as Robin of Loxley in Robin of Sherwood (1984–86) and Prince Michael of Moldavia on Dynasty, later a musical theatre and Emmerdale regular.
Michael Rapaport
Michael David Rapaport, American actor, comedian, and director born 1970 in Manhattan; known for Zebrahead, True Romance, Friends, Boston Public, Atypical, directing Beats, Rhymes & Life (2011), and The Traitors Season 4.
Michael Raymond-James
Michael Raymond-James (born Michael Weverstad, 1977, Detroit) is an American actor known for René Lenier in True Blood, Britt Pollack in Terriers, and Neal Cassidy/Baelfire in Once Upon a Time, now playing Joe Colombo in Godfather of Harlem.
Michael Redgrave
Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), English classical stage and film actor, patriarch of the Redgrave acting dynasty; Oscar-nominated for Mourning Becomes Electra, Cannes winner for The Browning Version, famed Uncle Vanya, knighted 1959.
Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie, born Eric Alexander Rennie, was an English actor who played Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and starred in the TV series The Third Man.
Michael Richards
Michael Richards (born 1949) is an American actor and comedian, full name Michael Anthony Richards, known for Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld (1989–1998), three Emmys, the 2006 Laugh Factory incident, and the 2024 memoir Entrances and Exits. Distinct from Jeopardy producer Mike Richards.
Michael Robbins
Michael Anthony Robbins (1930-1992), English actor and comedian, best known as Arthur Rudge in On the Buses and its film spin-offs; also Doctor Who's The Visitation, Victor/Victoria; husband of Hal Dyer.
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born 1955, Jasper, Alabama) is an American character actor known for Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Merle Dixon on The Walking Dead, and Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Michael Rosenbaum
Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born 1972, Oceanside, New York) is an American actor and podcaster, the Lex Luthor of Smallville (2001–2008) and the voice of Wally West/The Flash in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, also known for Guardians of the Galaxy's Martinex and the Inside of You podcast.
Michael Sarrazin
Michael Sarrazin (Jacques Michel Andre Sarrazin, 1940–2011) was a Canadian actor known for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), The Flim-Flam Man, and Frankenstein: The True Story; not the physicist Michael Sarrazin.
Michael Seater
Michael Seater, Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer from Toronto; Derek Venturi in Life with Derek, James Gillies in Murdoch Mysteries, and director of People Hold On, Sadie's Last Days on Earth, and Walmart's Upstairs Amy.
Michael Shanks
Michael Garrett Shanks (born 1970, Vancouver) is a Canadian actor known as Dr. Daniel Jackson in 196 episodes of Stargate SG-1 and as Dr. Charlie Harris on Saving Hope; also writer, director, Leo Award winner.
Michael Shannon
Michael Corbett Shannon (born 1974, Lexington, Kentucky) is an American actor, co-founder of Chicago's A Red Orchid Theatre, twice Oscar-nominated for Revolutionary Road and Nocturnal Animals, known for Take Shelter, Boardwalk Empire, and The Shape of Water, and director of Eric LaRue.
Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen (born 1969) is a Welsh actor from Port Talbot known for playing Tony Blair, David Frost, Brian Clough, and Aziraphale in Good Omens, and for his not-for-profit activism and Welsh National Theatre.
Michael Smiley
Michael Smiley (born 1963, Belfast) is a Northern Irish comedian and actor, known as Tyres in Spaced, for Ben Wheatley collaborations including Kill List (BIFA Best Supporting Actor), Free Fire, The Lobster, Rogue One, Luther, and Black Mirror.
Michael Socha
Michael Socha (born 1987, Derby, England) is an English actor known as Tom the werewolf in Being Human, Harvey in This Is England, and the Knave of Hearts in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, trained at Nottingham's Television Workshop.