Anderson, Michael J. 1953– (Michael Anderson, Michael John Anderson)

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ANDERSON, Michael J. 1953
(Michael Anderson, Michael John Anderson)

PERSONAL

Born October 31, 1953, in Denver, CO. Education: Attended Electronics Technical Institute, Denver, CO.

Addresses: Manager The Marshak/Zachary Company, 8840 Wilshire Blvd., 1st Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Actor and producer. MartinMarietta, computer specialist, c. mid1980s; Wayward Gene and the Natural Selection, leader of band; earned living as singer/guitarist on street corners.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Michael Anderson) Thai buyer, Buddies, JD Productions, 1983.

Fritz/Le roi, The Great Land of Small (also known as C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas etre grand, Contes pour tous #5, and Tales for All #5 ), New World Pictures, 1987.

Suffering Bastards (also known as Liars Club ), 1989.

The botanist, No Such Thing As Gravity (short film), 1989.

Mike, Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (short film), 1990.

Jewel box bearer, Mannequin: On the Move (also known as Mannequin 2: On the Move ), Twentieth CenturyFox, 1991.

Man from another place (The Dream Dwarf), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, New Line Cinema, 1992.

(As Michael Anderson) Police officer, Night Trap (also known as Mardi Gras for the Devil ), Prism Pictures, 1993.

Harry the Huckster, Murder Too Sweet, 1994.

John, Caged Hearts, PM Entertainment Group, 1995.

Himself, Screwed (documentary), Cinema Village, 1996.

(As Michael Anderson) Lamar, Street Gun (also known as Thugs ), Ardustry Home Entertainment LLC, 1996.

Mudlap, Warriors of Virtue, MetroGoldwynMayer, 1997.

Kiddo, Club Vampire, Concorde, 1998.

Zeke Bleak, Minimum Wage, 1999.

Mr. Roque, Mulholland Dr. (also known as Mulholland Drive ), Universal, 2001.

Irate man, Sticky Fingers (short film), 2003.

Henri Blunderbore, Big Time, 2004.

Film Work:

Associate producer, Minimum Wage, 1999.

Television Appearances; Series:

The man from another place, a recurring role, Twin Peaks, ABC, 19901992.

Peter Zorin, Port Charles, ABC, 1999.

Hour Hand, Black Scorpion (also known as Roger Corman Presents Black Scorpion ), SciFi Channel, 2001.

Samson, Carnivale, HBO, 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Michael Anderson) Doll Man/Carl, The Phantom Eye (also known as Roger Corman's The Phantom Eye ), AMC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted, 1990.

Sunday (Violet) Snow White (also known as BlancheNeige and Snow White: The Fairest of Them All ), ABC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

The man from another place (European ending only), Twin Peaks, ABC, 1990.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Little Mike: A Videoportrait of Michael Anderson (documentary), PBS, 1986.

HopFrog, Fool's Fire, PBS, 1992.

Himself, Making "Carnivale ": The Show behind the Show (documentary), 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Peter Dreeb, "Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town," Picket Fences, CBS, 1992.

(As Michael John Anderson) Rumpelstiltskin, "If Wishes Were Horses," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, syndicated, 1993.

Mr. Nutt, "Humbug," The XFiles, Fox, 1995.

Chanter, "KaBoom," Maggie, CBS, 1998.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in Lacazar de Paree, Broadway production.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

(As Michael Anderson) Voice of Bartender 2, Loadster: The Legend of Tully Bodine, 1994.

Music Videos:

Appeared in Mick Jagger's "Let's Work"; Yoko Ono's "Hell in Paradise"; Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love"; Robert Palmer's "You Look Like a Woman"; Alan Parsons Project's "Stereotomy."

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