Michael Beach
Michael Beach (born October 30, 1963 in Roxbury , Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American actor with roots in Cape Verde .
Life
Beach first came into contact with acting in high school, when a friend persuaded him to audition for a school play. He got the role and a little later moved to the Juilliard School in New York . During his time there he took part in numerous plays. Eventually he moved to Los Angeles and starred in the theater productions Ascension Day and Much Ado About Nothing .
His work at the theater slowly introduced him to the film business. At the beginning he was only offered smaller roles. He celebrated his first major success with Abyss - The Abyss of Death , directed by James Cameron . After shooting the film One False Move with Billy Bob Thornton , he was later able to land a role in Robert Altman's film Short Cuts . His final breakthrough came with the film Waiting to Exhale , in which he played alongside Angela Bassett and Whitney Houston . In the film Soul Food , alongside Vanessa Lynn Williams and Vivica A. Fox , he played a husband who was cheating on his wife, just like in Waiting for Mr. Right . In 2006 he starred in the film Lenaxa, 1 Mile , directed by his former colleague from Third Watch , Jason Wiles .
In addition to his films, he has also made numerous guest appearances on television series such as Back to the Past , New York Cops - NYPD Blue , Law & Order , Emergency Room - The Emergency Room and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . He played a leading role in the television series Third Watch - Einsatz am Limit from 1999 to 2004.
Michael Beach married his wife Tracy in 1989. The marriage was divorced in 2006. The marriage resulted in four children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1987 Suspect - Suspect (Suspect)
- 1987: Full steam ahead to Chicago (End of the Line)
- 1989: Abyss - The Abyss
- 1989: The tough principal (Lean on Me)
- 1990: A Strange Sound (Cadence)
- 1990: Internal Affairs - Trust him, he's a cop (Internal Affairs)
- 1992: One False Move
- 1993: True Romance
- 1993: short cuts
- 1993: The Sister on Death Row ( Final Appeal , TV movie)
- 1995: Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale)
- 1995: Bad Company
- 1995–1997: Emergency Room ( ER , TV series, 18 episodes)
- 1996: A Family Thing - brothers against their will (A Family Thing)
- 1997: Soul Food
- 1997: Abused by the rescuer (Casualties)
- 1998: Skidmarks - Traces of Blood (Johnny Skidmarks)
- 1999: Made Men
- 1999–2005: Third Watch - Operation at the Limit ( Third Watch , TV series, 104 episodes)
- 2004: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode 5x20 Lowdown )
- 2006: Lenaxa, 1 mile
- 2006: Without a Trace ( Without a Trace , TV series, episode 5x06 The Calm Before )
- 2007: Criminal Minds (TV series, episode 3x08 Lucky )
- 2007–2009: Stargate Atlantis (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2008: First Sunday
- 2008: Stargate: The Ark of Truth (Stargate: The Ark of Truth)
- 2010: Lie to Me (TV series, episode 2x15 Teacher and Pupils )
- 2010–2014: Sons of Anarchy (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2011: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, episode 7x16 Not Responsible )
- 2011–2015: The Game (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2012: Navy CIS ( NCIS , TV series, episode 9x13 A Desperate Man )
- 2012: Red Dawn
- 2013: Broken City
- 2013: Insidious: Chapter 2
- 2014: Crisis (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2015: Battle Creek (TV Series, Episode 1x12 Homecoming )
- 2015: Megachurch Murder
- 2015: Secrets and Lies (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2015: The Blacklist (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2016: The 100 (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2016: Pitch (TV series, episode 1x01)
- 2016: Boston (Patriots Day)
- 2018: If Beale Street Could Talk
- 2018: Aquaman
- since 2018: The Rookie (TV series)
- 2019: Barry (TV series, episode 2x02 The Power of No )
- 2020: Inheritance
Web links
- Michael Beach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Beach, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Roxbury , Boston , Massachusetts |