Miguel Ferrer

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Miguel José Ferrer (born February 7, 1955 in Santa Monica , California - † January 19, 2017 in Los Angeles , California) was an American actor .

Life

Miguel Ferrer was the eldest son of five children of Oscar winner José Ferrer and singer and actress Rosemary Clooney .

As a teenager he took an interest in music and started a career as a studio musician . He played drums on Keith Moon's album Two Sides of the Moon . His bandmate Bill Mumy got him his first TV role in the series Sunshine . Miguel Ferrer played a drummer and only accepted the role because Bill Mumy persuaded him.

In 1983, Ferrer got a small role as a waiter in the film Wedding with Obstacles . In the Star Trek film Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock , he played the navigator of the spaceship Excelsior . Since then he has appeared in many films, usually in the role of villain, including RoboCop (1987) and My Wonderful Cadillac (1988), in which he played a sinister motorcyclist. In Deep Star Six (1989) he was seen as a mad scientist, in Revenge as a companion Kevin Costner and alongside Bridget Fonda in the agent thriller code name: Nina (1993). He played Commander Harbinger in Hot Shots! The second attempt (1993) and starred in Stephen King's The Stand (1994) in the role of Lloyd Henreid . In the thriller Stephen King's The Night Flier (1997), also based on Stephen King , he was also seen. In The Manchurian Candidate (2004), he played a US Army officer who challenges the main character ( Denzel Washington ). His best-known film was Traffic - Power of the Cartel (2000) by Steven Soderbergh , which was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Picture" .

The many television series he has guested on include: Magnum , Miami Vice , CHiPs , Will & Grace , Superman: The Animated Series , Tales from the Crypt, and Twin Peaks . In the episode Return from the Dead of the series Magnum (season 1, episode 10), he plays with his father, José Ferrer. He embodies the young character his father portrays as an old man. From 2001 to 2007 he played the role of Dr. in Crossing Jordan - Pathologist with Profile. Garret Macy . In 2003 he made his stage debut in the off-Broadway production The Exonerated . In 2005 his film Cool & Fool - My partner with the big mouth came out in American cinemas. He had a recurring supporting role in the series NCIS: Los Angeles from 2012 and was one of the leading actors from 2014.

At the 1999 Grammy Awards he was nominated in the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category for Disney's The Lion King II, Simba's Pride Read-Along . Ferrer played golf and enjoyed skiing. Every year he co-organized a charity golf tournament for UCLA Children's Hospital . With Bill Mumy , Bill Murray and their common band The Jenerators , he occasionally played club concerts.

Miguel Ferrer was divorced and has two sons from his marriage to Leilani Sarelle . His cousin is the actor George Clooney . His brother Gabriel Ferrer is married to the singer Debby Boone , and their daughter is the actress Tessa Ferrer . On the other hand, there was no relationship to the actor Mel Ferrer . He was a close friend of actress Dominique Dunne and one of her pallbearers at her funeral.

His last role was in Teen Titans: The Judas Mission , where he spoke Deathstroke .

Ferrer died of throat cancer in his home on January 19, 2017 .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US actor Miguel Ferrer (61) is dead . Report on T-online.de , January 20, 2017, accessed on January 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Miguel Ferrer, 'NCIS: Los Angeles' actor, dies at 61 . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Ferrer, Miguel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferrer, Miguel José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Monica , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH 19th January 2017
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States