Michael T. Weiss

Michael T. Weiss
Born	Michael Terry Weiss (1962-02-02) February 2, 1962 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present

Michael Terry Weiss (born February 2, 1962) is an American actor.

Early life

Weiss was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a steel-industry executive and his mother was a homemaker.^[1] He has a sister, Jamie Sue Weiss, who became a make-up artist for television and films. He went to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois.

Career

Weiss began acting when he was a child, where he appeared in local TV commercials in Chicago. In 1980, at the age of 18, he had his first movie role as an extra in the movie Ordinary People. Shortly after his college graduation, he obtained his first major role as Mike Horton on Days of our Lives. Weiss also starred in The Pretender as Jarod. Weiss also had roles in the movie Jeffrey, the animated series The Legend of Tarzan, and a recurring role on Crossing Jordan. He voiced "The Nameless One", the protagonist of computer game Planescape: Torment.

In February 2006, Weiss attended a benefit with his former Pretender co-stars Andrea Parker and James Denton for Cure Autism Now.^[2]

Weiss joined the cast of Impressionism, a play by Michael Jacobs and directed by Jack O'Brien.^[3] It opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 12 March 2009.

Weiss appeared in A Perfect Future, Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. The production was directed by Wilson Milam.^[4]

Filmography

Directing

• "The Pretender" (1 episode, 2000) "Ghosts from the Past"

Film

• Ordinary People (1980) (uncredited) - Extra
• Take My Daughters, Please (1988) (TV Movie) - Joe Blake
• Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988) (Video) - Richard Adams
• The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) (TV Movie) - Larry, the Mayor's Official Aide*Dark Shadows (1991) - Joe Haskell
• Angel 4: Undercover (1993) - Ryan Gersh
• Remember Me (1995) (TV Movie) - Scott Covey
• Jeffrey (1995) - Steve Howard
• Freeway (1996) - Larry
• Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999) - Drifter
• Red Shoe Diaries 18: The Game (2000) (Video) - The New Man (segment "The Game")
• Net Worth (2000) - Michael Winslow
• The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (2001) (TV Movie) - Jarod
• Bones (2001) - Det. Lupovich
• The Pretender 2001 (2001) (TV Movie) - Jarod
• Diggin' Up "Bones" (2002) (Video) - Himself
• Tarzan & Jane (2002) (Video) (voice) - Tarzan
• Written in Blood (2002) - Matthew Ransom
• Marmalade (2004) - Peter
• Until the Night (2004) - Daniel
• Iowa (2005) - Larry Clarkson
• Sledge: The Untold Story (2005) - Drug Lord
• Razor Sharp (2006) - Dex
• Confessions of an Action Star (2007) - Drug Lord
• Fade (2007) - Doctor McCabe
• Sex and the City 2 (2010) - Man at Bar

Television

• Days of our Lives - Michael William 'Mike' Horton - (522 episodes, 1985–1990, 1992–1993)
• Dark Shadows - Joe Haskell/Peter Bradford - (11 episodes, 1991)
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - Johnny - (1 episode, 1994)
• Red Shoe Diaries - The New Man - (1 episode, 1994)
• The Pretender - Jarod - (86 episodes, 1996–2000)
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show - Himself (2 episodes, 1997–1998)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien - Himself (1 episode, 1999)
• Profiler - Jarod (3 episodes, 1999–2000)
• The Legend of Tarzan - Tarzan (voice) - (24 episodes, 2001–2003)
• The Zeta Project - Dr. Winhelm (voice) - (1 episode, 2002)
• Justice League - Etrigan/Jason Blood (voice) - (3 episodes, 2002–2005)
• The Mummy: The Animated Series - Dark Medjai /Nizam Toth (voice) - (2 episodes, 2003)
• Crossing Jordan - James Horton - (4 episodes, 2003–2004)
• Clubhouse - (1 episode, 2004)
• Higglytown Heroes - Mountain Rescue Hero (voice) - (1 episode, 2005)
• G-Spot - Himself (1 episode, 2005)
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Adam Strange (voice) - (1 episode, 2009)
• Burn Notice (TV Series) - Army of One (2011)
• Blue Bloods - Sonny Malevsky - (4 episodes, 2011)
• Young Justice: Invasion - Captain Atom - (3 Episodes, 2012)

Theatre

• A Perfect Future - John Hudson
• The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity- EKO
• Of Equal Measure - Edward Christianson
• Scarcity - Herb Lawrence
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Valmont
• Burn This - Pale
• Hair - Berger
• The Taming of the Shrew - Tranio
• Little Bastards Fun Day - Multiple Roles
• Brush with Fate - Director
• Streams of Consciousness - Writer/Director

Video Games

• Planescape: Torment (1999)(voice) - The Nameless One
• Freelancer (2003)(voice) - Orillion
• Lords of EverQuest (2003)(voice) - Lord Kadian
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011) - Dormammu

References

External links

• Michael T. Weiss at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael T. Weiss at the Internet Broadway Database
• [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&keyword=name&first=Michael&last=Weiss&middle=T. Michael T. Weiss] at the Internet Off-Broadway Database