Michael Ensign
Michael Ensign (born February 13, 1944 in Safford , Arizona , USA ) is a British-American actor .
Life
Born in Safford , Arizona, Ensign grew up in both the United States and Great Britain. He received his training as an actor at the renowned London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and then worked on the stages of London for ten years.
As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (from 1972 to 1975) he was part of the ensemble of successful musicals and plays that were performed in London's West End theater district, among other places . He began his film career in the 1970s with supporting roles in such films as Assassin , Noon - Midnight Express and Superman . To this day he can be seen in supporting roles in commercially successful films.
As a television actor, he drew attention to himself with appearances on the series Boston Legal , Alias - The Agent and the X-Files . Ensign also gained fame as a voice actor for video games, lending the character of Dr. Nefarious Tropy in the computer game series Crash Bandicoot .
One of the highlights of his career in 1997 was the supporting role as Benjamin Guggenheim in the movie Titanic .
Filmography (selection)
- 1978: 12 noon - Midnight Express (Midnight Express)
- 1978: Superman
- 1982: Buddy Buddy
- 1982: Jekyll and Hyde - The Sharpest Transformation Ever (Jekyll and Hyde ... Together Again)
- 1982: Greetings from the afterlife
- 1982: Pink Floyd The Wall
- 1983: A judge sees red (The Star Chamber)
- 1983: WarGames - war games
- 1984: The fatal affair of Katherine G. (A Touch of Scandal)
- 1984: Ghostbusters
- 1984: Solo for 2
- 1984: TV - Totally Mad (The Ratings Game)
- 1985: Maxie
- 1986: House - the horror house
- 1988: Daddy's Cadillac (License to Drive)
- 1988: Doctor Hackenstein
- 1988: The couch trip
- 1991: life stinks
- 1993: You don't kiss blondes
- 1995: Children of the Corn III (Children of the Corn III)
- 1995: Wild magic
- 1997: Titanic
- 1997: Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager (TV series, episode 3.05)
- 1998: Madame Felicity's heirs
- 2001: Not Another Teenage Movie!
- 2002: Solaris
- 2002: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- 2003: House overhead
- 2003: Down with Love - To the devil with love!
- 2003: Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed
- 2004–2008: Boston Legal (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2006: 29 Reasons to Run
Web links
- Michael Ensign in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ensign, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Safford , Arizona , USA |