Weiss, Michael T. 1962–

(Michael Weiss)

PERSONAL

Full name, Michael Terry Weiss; born February 2, 1962, in Chicago, IL; father, a steel industry executive; mother, a homemaker; brother of Jamie Sue Weiss (a makeup artist). Education: University of Southern California, B.F.A., drama, 1984; attended Second City Workshop, Chicago, IL. Avocational Interests: Scuba diving.

Addresses: Agent—Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Publicist—PMK/HBH Public Relations, 700 San Vicente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069 (some sources cite 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211).

Career: Actor and director. Appeared with the ensemble group MET Theatre, Los Angeles, CA; appeared in television commercials. Earth Communications Office, Los Angeles, CA, member of board of directors and director of public service announcements. Active in environmental causes. Worked as a personal trainer.

Awards, Honors: Soap Opera Digest Award, outstanding comic performance by an actor: daytime, 1988, for Days of Our Lives; Saturn Award nomination, best genre television actor, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1998, and Golden Satellite Award nominations, best actor in a television series—drama, International Press Academy, 1998 and 1999, all for The Pretender.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Dr. Michael William "Mike" Horton, Days of Our Lives (also known as Days and DOOL), NBC, 1985–90.

Joe Haskell and Peter Bradford, Dark Shadows (also known as Dark Shadows Revival), NBC, 1991.

Roger Tabor, 2000 Malibu Road, CBS, 1992.

Jarod Russell, The Pretender, NBC, 1996–2000.

Voice of Tarzan, The Legend of Tarzan (animated; also known as Disney's "The Legend of Tarzan"), UPN and syndicated, 2001–2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Joe Blake, Take My Daughters, Please, NBC, 1988.

Larry, The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (also known as The Great Los Angeles Earthquake), NBC, 1990.

Scott Covey, Remember Me (also known as Mary Higgins Clark's "Remember Me" and Souviens-toi), CBS, 1995.

Larry, Freeway, HBO, 1996.

Jarod, The Pretender 2001 (also known as The Pretender), TNT, 2001.

Jarod, The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (also known as Island of the Haunted), TNT, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Narrator, Escape Stories, The Learning Channel, 2000.

Narrator, Escape Stories: Jail Break, The Learning Channel, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(Uncredited) Johnny, "Brooklyn Dodgers," The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (also known as Brisco County, Jr.), Fox, 1994.

The new man, "The Game," Red Shoe Diaries, Showtime, 1994, released on video as Red Shoe Diaries 18: The Game and Zalman King's "The Game: Red Shoe Diaries," 2000.

Himself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997, 1998.

Jarod, "Grand Master," Profiler, NBC, 1999.

Himself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1999.

Jarod, "Clean Sweep," Profiler, NBC, 2000.

Jarod, "Pianissimo," Profiler, NBC, 2000.

Voice of Dr. Winhelm, "Absolute Zero," The Zeta Project (animated), The WB, 2002.

Voice of Etrigan, "A Knight of Shadows: Parts 1 & 2," Justice League (animated; also known as JL and Justice League Unlimited), Cartoon Network, 2002.

James Horton, "Ockham's Razor," Crossing Jordan (also known as Untitled Tim Kring Project), NBC, 2003.

James Horton, "Pandora's Trunk: Parts 1 & 2," Crossing Jordan (also known as Untitled Tim Kring Project), NBC, 2003.

Voice of Nizam Toth (the dark Medjai), "The Dark Medjai," The Mummy: The Animated Series (animated; also known as The Mummy: Secrets of the Medjai), The WB, 2003.

Voice of Nizam Toth (the dark medjai), "Spring of Evil," The Mummy: The Animated Series (animated; also known as The Mummy: Secrets of the Medjai), The WB, 2003.

James Horton, "Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?," Crossing Jordan (also known as Untitled Tim Kring Project), NBC, 2004.

"Save Situation," Clubhouse, CBS, 2004.

Himself, "HBO," G-Spot, Movie Central Network and The Movie Network, 2005.

Voice of Jason Blood, "The Balance," Justice League (animated; also known as JL and Justice League Unlimited), Cartoon Network, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Joe Haskell and Peter Bradford, Dark Shadows (also known as Dark Shadows Revival), NBC, 1991.

Roger Tabor, 2000 Malibu Road, CBS, 1992.

Jarod Russell, The Pretender, NBC, 1996.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Ghosts from the Past," The Pretender, NBC, 2000.

Film Appearances:

Extra, Ordinary People, Paramount, 1980.

Richard, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (also known as Howling IV), Allied Entertainment, 1988.

(As Michael Weiss) Drug dealer, Amongst Friends, Fine Line Features, 1993.

Ryan Gersh, Angel 4: Undercover (also known as Angel 4: Assault with a Deadly Weapon), Corn Cobb Productions, 1994.

Steve, Jeffrey, Orion, 1995.

Larry, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (also known as Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby), Full Moon Entertainment, 1999.

Detective Lupovich, Bones, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Michael Winslow, Net Worth, Curb Entertainment, 2000.

Matthew Ransom, Written in Blood, 2002.

Voice of Tarzan, Tarzan & Jane (animated; re-edited episodes of the television series The Legend of Tarzan), Buena Vista Home Video, 2002.

Daniel, Until the Night, American World Pictures, 2004.

Peter, Marmalade, Goldheart Pictures, 2004.

Drug lord, Sledge: The Untold Story (also known as Sledge: The Story of Frank Sledge), Smashcut Films/Double Edge Entertainment, 2005.

Larry Clarkson, Iowa, Full Fathom 5, 2005, Sky Island Films, 2006.

Dr. McCabe, Fade, Klondike 5 Productions, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

Pale, Burn This, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, Boston, MA, 2004.

Valmont, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Breaking Ground Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, Diggin' up "Bones" (short), New Line Home Video, 2002.

Video Games:

Nameless one, Planescape: Torment, 1999.

Voice of Lord Kadian, Lords of Everquest, Sony Online Entertainment, 2003.

Voice of Orillion, Freelancer, Microsoft, 2003.

WRITINGS

Writings for the Stage:

Streams of Consciousness, MET Theatre, Los Angeles, 1992.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Chicago, August, 1995, pp. 31-32.

TV Guide, January 25, 1997, p. 17; March 11, 2000, pp. 28-30.

Variety, September 30, 1996, pp. 76-77.

Xpose, March, 1999, pp. 42-44.