Michael St. Gerard

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Michael St. Gerard (born Michael G. Kallassy, January 22, 1961 in New York Mills, New York) is an American actor.

Career

He started by appearing in Japanese commercials and Off-Broadway shows. His first movie was 1987's Senior Week. He is most recognized for his role as 'Link' in John Waters' Hairspray (1988).

In 1989 he starred in the first of two movies in which he would portray Elvis Presley. The first was called Heart of Dixie and the second also brought out in 1989 was called Great Balls of Fire!. His portrayal of Elvis was so good in both of these movies that when a TV series Elvis was made, Michael was offered the part of the younger Elvis, appearing for all of ten episodes.^[1] He also appeared as Elvis' mirror image in the 'Memphis Melody' the penultimate episode of Quantum Leap.

He then appeared as an acting teacher in the second season of Beverly Hills, 90210. He then made a few direct-to-video films. These included in 1992 Into the Sun and Live Wire and in 1994's Replikator^[2]

References

Michael St. Gerard at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	St. Gerard, Michael
Alternative names	Michael G. Kallassy
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	January 22, 1961
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