Michael Christopher Landes(born September 18, 1972) is an American actor of television and film.

Michael Landes
Born
Michael Christopher Landes

(1972-09-18)September 18, 1972(age 52)
Alma materStella Adler Studio of Acting
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present
Spouse
(m.2000)
Children2

Personal life

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Michael Christopher Landes was born to Patricia and Bernard Landes[1]on September 18, 1972, inThe Bronx,New York.[2]Landes studied performing arts at theStella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles.[1]

He metWendy BensoninBostonduring the summer of 1999 while they were filmingThe Gentleman from Boston;they married on October 21, 2000, atSaint Thomas Church in Manhattan.[1]According toTribute,as of May 2021they lived inLos Angeleswith their two children.[3]

Career

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Landes madeguest appearancesonThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,The New Lassie,andBlossom.[3]In 2016, Landes toldDigital Spythat when he was replaced onLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Supermanafterthe first season— "because I looked too much likeDean Cain,who playedClark... andTeri Hatcher,who playedLois"—it was his first time being fired.[4]For his starring role in thetelevision filmPlease God, I'm Only Seventeen,he was nominated for aYoung Artist Award:Best Young Actor in a Television Movie, and in film, Landes also featured inHart's War.[3]

Television credits

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Year Title Role Episode(s) Citation(s)
1988–1989 The Wonder Years Kirk McCray [5]
1989 thirtysomething Young Michael [5]
1991–1992 The Torkelsons Riley Roberts [3][5]
1993–1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Jimmy Olsen Season one [6]
1995 Courthouse [5]
1995–1996 Too Something [3]
1996 The Drew Carey Show [5]
1997–1998 Union Square Michael Weiss 13 episodes [2]
2001–2002 Special Unit 2 Nick O'Malley [5]
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple "4.50 from Paddington" [5]
2004 Joey [5]
2005 CSI: Miami [5]
2005 Love Soup Gil Raymond Series 1 [7][8]
2006 Ghost Whisperer [5]
2007 The Wedding Bells David Conlon [5]
2008 Boston Legal Leo Morris [5]
2009 New Tricks Leonard Kuziak "The Truth Is Out There" [9]
2010 Miranda Danny "The New Me" [10]
2012 Upstairs Downstairs Caspar Landry [5]
2012 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 [5]
2013 Save Me Tom [5]
2013 The Crazy Ones Josh Hayes [5]
2014 Reckless [5]
2016 American Dad! [5]
2016 Hooten & the Lady Ulysses Hooten [11]
2018 You Are Wanted [5]
2019 Traitors Caspar Woods [5]
2019–2020 Silent Witness Matt Garcia 4 episodes [12]
2020 The Liberator [13]
2021 Cruel Summer Greg Turner [5]

Film credits

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Year Title Role Citation(s)
1996 No Greater Love George Winfield [5]
1996 Dream for an Insomniac Rob [14]
2003 Final Destination 2 Thomas Burke [15]
2016 The Disappointments Room Teddy [16]
2017 Gold [3]
c. 2023 Arthur the King [17]

References

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  1. ^abc"Wendy Benson, Michael Landes".The New York Times.October 22, 2000. p. 10.ISSN0362-4331.OCLC1645522.
  2. ^ab"Union Square".Rotten Tomatoes.Archivedfrom the original on May 26, 2021.RetrievedMay 26,2021.
  3. ^abcdef"Michael Landes Biography".Tribute.Archivedfrom the original on May 26, 2021.RetrievedMay 26,2021.
  4. ^Jeffrey, Morgan (September 15, 2016)."Michael Landes admits he was" upset "to be fired from Lois & Clark back in the '90s".Digital Spy.Archivedfrom the original on July 3, 2020.RetrievedMay 23,2022.The show's first Jimmy Olsen was axed for the strangest reason.
  5. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv"Michael Landes".Rotten Tomatoes.Archivedfrom the original on March 16, 2022.RetrievedAugust 26,2022.
  6. ^Winslow, Harriet (March 5, 1995)."A Younger Jimmy Joins 'Lois & Clark'".Sun-Sentinel.ISSN0744-8139.Archivedfrom the original on June 17, 2019.RetrievedMay 26,2021.
  7. ^"Love Soup - There Must Be Some Way Out Of Here".BBC.September 9, 2005.Archivedfrom the original on September 13, 2024.RetrievedSeptember 30,2024.
  8. ^Bass, George (February 12, 2015)."Love Soup box set review: 'achingly romantic and compelling in equal measure'".The Guardian.ISSN1756-3224.OCLC60623878.Archivedfrom the original on May 10, 2022.RetrievedSeptember 11,2024.Moments of comic brilliance wash away the taste of heartbreak: Alice and Gil's will-they-won't-they romance makes perfect viewing for Valentine's Day
  9. ^"BBC One - New Tricks, Series 6, The Truth Is Out There".BBC.Archivedfrom the original on August 14, 2021.RetrievedAugust 20,2021.
  10. ^"Miranda".Radio Times.2010.Archivedfrom the original on January 14, 2022.RetrievedFebruary 12,2022.
  11. ^Rodger, Jennifer (September 18, 2016)."Hooten and The Lady's Michael Landes on why he's ready to be a pin-up".Daily Mirror.OCLC223228477.Archivedfrom the original on December 4, 2020.RetrievedMay 23,2022.The American actor's new action-adventure seems him tackle stunts and being tied upside down... ooh-er
  12. ^"Silent Witness: Who is Nikki Alexander's new love interest? Actor Michael Landes on dashing American Matt Garcia".Radio Times.Archivedfrom the original on May 11, 2021.RetrievedFebruary 12,2022.
  13. ^"Freeform Orders 'Last Summer' to Series from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel, Michelle Purple, Max Winkler and eOne".The Futon Critic.January 17, 2020.Archivedfrom the original on November 6, 2022.RetrievedNovember 6,2022.The series stars Chiara Aurelia, Mika Abdalla, Michael Landes, Froy Gutierrez, Harley Quinn Smith, Allius Barnes, Blake Lee, Nathaniel Ashton and Brooklyn Sudano.
  14. ^"Dream for an Insomniac".Rotten Tomatoes.Archivedfrom the original on March 10, 2022.RetrievedAugust 26,2022.
  15. ^"Final Destination 2 (2003) - Cast & Crew".Yahoo! Movies.Archived fromthe originalon March 9, 2013.RetrievedApril 1,2022.
  16. ^"The Disappointments Room (2016)".Rotten Tomatoes.Archivedfrom the original on November 12, 2020.RetrievedMay 26,2021.
  17. ^Landwehr, Amanda (January 3, 2022)."Mark Wahlberg & Simu Liu Set Image Reveals First Look At Their New Movie".Screen Rant.Archivedfrom the original on September 9, 2023.RetrievedSeptember 9,2023.Simu Liu recently took to Instagram to share a photo of him and co-star Mark Wahlberg on the set of their upcoming adventure flick, Arthur the King.
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