Michael Jeter

Jeter at the 1992 Emmy Awards

Michael Jeter (born August 26, 1952 in Lawrenceburg , Tennessee , † March 30, 2003 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Michael Jeter graduated from Memphis State University . After off-Broadway engagements, he played in Once in a lifetime on Broadway in 1978 . The following year he won the Theater World Award and had a role in the film Hair, based on the musical of the same name . In the course of his career he had other roles in films as diverse as Jacob the Liar , Waterworld , The Green Mile and Terry Gilliam's King of the Fishermen . In addition to guest appearances in television series such as Lou Grant and Picket Fences , he had a recurring role as assistant coach in Daddy Creates Us All with Burt Reynolds in the lead role, for which he was awarded an Emmy Award in 1992 . In 1990 he had already received a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical Grand Hotel .

Jeter was openly gay . In 1997 he was diagnosed as HIV positive and died in 2003 of an epileptic seizure .

Filmography (selection)

• 1979: Hair
• 1983: Zelig
• 1986: A gift is still too expensive (The Money Pit)
• 1989: Dead Bang - Short Trial (Dead Bang)
• 1989: Tango and Cash (Tango & Cash)
• 1990: Miller's Crossing
• 1991: The Fisher King (The Fisher King)
• 1993: Sister Act 2 - In divine Mission (Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit)
• 1994: Drop Zone
• 1995: Waterworld
• 1997: Air Bud - Champion on four paws (Air Bud)
• 1997: Mouse Hunt (Mousehunt)
• 1998: Thursday - A Murderous Day (Thursday)
• 1998: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
• 1998: Patch Adams
• 1999: True Crime (True Crime)
• 1999: Jakob the Liar (Jakob the Liar)
• 1999: The Green Mile
• 2000: The Gift - The Phantom gift (The Gift)
• 2001: Jurassic Park III
• 2002: Safecrackers or thieves have a hard time (Welcome to Collinwood)
• 2003: Open Range - Weites Land (Open Range)
• 2004: The Polar Express (The Polar Express)

Awards

• 1990: Clarence Derwent Award for Grand Hotel
• 1990: Tony Award for Grand Hotel
• 1991: Emmy nomination for Daddy Makes Us All
• 1992: Emmy Award for Daddy creates us all
• 1992 : Golden Globe nomination for Daddy makes us all
• 1993: Emmy nomination for Picket Fences
• 1993: Emmy nomination for Daddy makes us all
• 1996: Emmy nomination for Chicago Hope
• 2000 : SAG Award nomination for Green Mile

Web links

Commons : Michael Jeter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Michael Jeter in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Michael Jeter in the Internet Broadway Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Jeter, 50, Dies; Won Acting Prizes. In: The New York Times . April 2, 2003, accessed December 3, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Film and Television Awards of Michael Jeter (English)
3. ↑ Theater awards from Michael Jeter  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)