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Michael Clarke Duncan
Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012), American actor, Oscar-nominated as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999); also Armageddon, Daredevil's Kingpin, voice of Kung Fu Panda; died after a July 2012 heart attack.
Michael Cole (actor)
Michael Cole (1940-2024), American actor, played Pete Cochran on ABC's The Mod Squad (1968-73), later Harlan Barrett on General Hospital and Henry Bowers in It; distinct from the WWE commentator and the children's TV writer of the same name.
Michael Conrad
Michael Conrad (1925–1983), American character actor and Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues, two-time Emmy winner (1981, 1982) whose roll-call catchphrase "Let's be careful out there" became famous; also Nate Scarboro in The Longest Yard.
Michael Constantine
Michael Constantine (Constantine Joanides), 1927–2021, American character actor of Greek descent; Emmy-winning principal on Room 222 and Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and its 2016 sequel.
Michael Copon
Michael Sowell Copon (born 1982, Chesapeake, Virginia) is an American actor and producer, the Blue Time Force Ranger Lucas Kendall in Power Rangers Time Force (2001) and Felix Taggaro on One Tree Hill, later starring as Mathayus in The Scorpion King 2.
Michael Craig (actor)
Michael Craig, the professional name of Michael Francis Gregson, is a British actor and screenwriter known for 1950s and 1960s Rank films and the Australian series G.P.
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford (Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith, born 1942), English actor and singer, OBE, original Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (London 1986, Broadway 1988, Tony Award) and 2025 Kennedy Center Honoree.
Michael Cudlitz
Michael Cudlitz (born 1964) is an American actor and director known as Bull Randleman in Band of Brothers, John Cooper in Southland (2013 Critics' Choice Award), and Abraham Ford in The Walking Dead; later Lex Luthor in Superman & Lois.
Michael Cusack (animator)
Michael Cusack (animator), Melbourne-based Australian animator and writer; co-creator of Adult Swim's Smiling Friends with Zach Hadel and creator of YOLO and Hulu's Koala Man; distinct from the Adelaide stop-motion animator Michael Cusack of Anifex.
Michael D. Cohen (actor)
Michael D. Cohen is a Canadian actor known as Schwoz Schwartz on Nickelodeon's Henry Danger and Danger Force. He transitioned in 2000, disclosed it in a 2019 Time interview, and coaches acting and advocates for trans youth.
Michael D. Ratner
Michael D. Ratner is an American entrepreneur and filmmaker, founder and CEO of OBB Media (founded 2016), co-founder of rhode with Hailey Bieber, and CEO of the Fanatics Studios joint venture launched January 2026.
Michael Dante
Michael Dante (born Ralph Viti, 1931) is an American actor, author, and former baseball player known for Westbound, The Naked Kiss, the title role in Winterhawk, Crazy Horse on Custer, and Maab in Star Trek's Friday's Child.
Michael Dante DiMartino
Michael Dante DiMartino, also credited as Michael DiMartino, is an American animator and writer who co-created Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra with Bryan Konietzko, later co-leading Avatar Studios and writing the Korra graphic novels.
Michael Dapaah
Michael Dapaah (born 1991) is a British comedian, actor, and creator of Big Shaq, whose 2017 parody grime freestyle "Man's Not Hot" peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
Michael DeLorenzo
Michael DeLorenzo (born 1959, Bronx) is an American actor, director, and musician known as Detective Eddie Torres on New York Undercover and Carlos Santiago on Resurrection Blvd., formerly a professional ballet dancer and Fame film principal dancer.
Michael Des Barres
Michael Des Barres (born 1948) is an English actor and glam rock singer: Silverhead and Detective frontman, Power Station touring vocalist in 1985, co-writer of Animotion's "Obsession", and Murdoc on MacGyver.
Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas (born 1944), American actor and producer, son of Kirk Douglas; Oscar-winning producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Best Actor winner as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.
Michael Dudikoff
Michael Dudikoff, American actor born 1954 in Redondo Beach, California, star of Cannon Films' American Ninja (1985) as Joe Armstrong, also Bachelor Party, Platoon Leader, Cobra; no martial arts training before casting; now restores old homes.
Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy (Michael Brown, born 1973, Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American actor and producer known for Barbershop, Sleeper Cell, Think Like a Man, Reasonable Doubt, and playing Malcolm X in The Greatest.
Michael Easton
Michael Easton (born 1967) is an Irish-American actor, writer, and filmmaker. Not the composer or other namesakes: played Tanner Scofield, Caleb Morley, John McBain, Silas Clay, and Hamilton Finn across Days of Our Lives, Port Charles, One Life to Live, and General Hospital.
Michael Eklund
Michael Eklund is a Canadian film and television actor, born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, known for playing dark, often villainous roles, including the killer in The Call (2013).
Michael Elphick
Michael Elphick (Michael John Elphick, 1946–2002) was an English actor known for the ITV series Boon, EastEnders' Harry Slater, and films including The Elephant Man, Withnail and I, and The Element of Crime.
Michael Emerson
Michael Emerson (born 1954, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actor and two-time Emmy winner, known as Ben Linus on Lost, Harold Finch on Person of Interest, and Leland Townsend on Evil; a stage-trained character actor married to actress Carrie Preston.
Michael Epp
Michael Epp (born 1983, Konstanz) is a German-British actor trained at HB Studio New York, known for The Beekeeper, The Brutalist, Secret Invasion, Jack Ryan, and as Hauptkommissar David Acosta in ARD's Galicien-Krimi.
Michael Evans Behling
Michael Evans Behling (born 1996) is an American actor from Columbus, Indiana, best known as Jordan Baker on The CW's All American (2018-2026, 127 episodes), with credits on Empire, Grey's Anatomy, and A Cinderella Story: Starstruck.
Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor born 1977 in Heidelberg and raised in Killarney, Ireland; known as Bobby Sands in Hunger, Magneto in X-Men, and Steve Jobs; two Oscar nominations, Volpi Cup winner, married to Alicia Vikander.
Michael Fielding
Michael Fielding (Mike Fielding), born 1982 in London, is a British comedian and actor, brother of Noel Fielding. He played Naboo the Enigma in The Mighty Boosh, Smooth in Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, and Benny Turpin in Dick Turpin.
Michael Fishman
Michael Fishman (born 1981) is an American actor, director, and producer who played D.J. Conner on Roseanne and The Conners, directed five Conners episodes, wrote the memoir D.J. to Dad, and publicly defended the 2018 show cancellation. Distinct from the Yankees executive, guitarist-brand Fishman, and Howard Fishman.
Michael Forest
Michael Forest (Gerald Michael Charlebois, 1929-2026), American actor famous as Apollo in Star Trek's 'Who Mourns for Adonais?', also a Roger Corman film star and prolific anime dub voice actor.
Michael Gallagher (filmmaker)
Michael J. Gallagher (born 1988, San Diego) is an American filmmaker who created the YouTube channel Totally Sketch, co-founded Maker Studios (sold to Disney in 2014), and directed Smiley, The Thinning films, Funny Story, and the 2026 Heaven's Gate thriller The Leader.