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Michael T. Weiss

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Michael T. Weiss
Born
Michael Terry Weiss

(1962-02-02) February 2, 1962 (age 62)[1]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

Michael Terry Weiss (born February 2, 1962)[1] is an American actor known for his role as Jarod in the television series The Pretender and for his role in Days of Our Lives.

Early life

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Weiss was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 2, 1962.[1] His father was a steel industry executive, and his mother was a homemaker.[1] His sister, Jamie Sue Weiss, became a make-up artist for television and films.

He attended Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Southern California.[2]

Career

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Weiss began acting when he was a child, where he appeared in local TV commercials in Chicago.

In 1980, at age 18, he appeared as an extra in the film Ordinary People. Shortly after his college graduation, he was cast as Mike Horton on Days of Our Lives. He performed in the 1991 series Dark Shadows, as well as in the film Jeffrey and a recurring role in Crossing Jordan. He voiced "The Nameless One", the protagonist of the computer game Planescape: Torment.

Weiss also had several voice acting roles in the 2000s and 2010s. He voiced Tarzan in The Legend of Tarzan, Etrigan in the DC Animated Universe, Adam Strange in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and Captain Atom in Young Justice.

Weiss starred in the NBC-TV prime time drama The Pretender for four seasons as the lead character Jarod.

In February 2006, Weiss attended a benefit with his former Pretender co-stars Andrea Parker and James Denton for Cure Autism Now.[3]

Weiss joined the cast of Impressionism, a play by Michael Jacobs and directed by Jack O'Brien.[4] It opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 12, 2009.

Weiss appeared in A Perfect Future, Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. The production was directed by Wilson Milam.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1980 Ordinary People Extra Uncredited
1988 Howling IV: The Original Nightmare Richard Adams
1994 Angel 4: Undercover Ryan Gersh
1994 Jeffrey Steve Howard
1996 Freeway Larry
1999 Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby Drifter
2000 Dinosaur Creto Voice
2001 Net Worth Michael Winslow
2001 Bones Lupovich
2002 Tarzan & Jane Tarzan Voice[6]
2003 Written in Blood Matthew Ransom
2004 Until the Night Daniel
2004 Marmalade Peter
2005 Confessions of an Action Star Drug Lord
2005 Iowa Larry Clarkson
2006 Razor Sharp Dex Short film
2007 Fade Doctor McCabe
2010 Sex and the City 2 Handsome Man at Wedding
2017 Sunset Park Duane

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1985–1990 Days of Our Lives Mike Horton 468 episodes
1988 Take My Daughters, Please Joe Blake Television film
1990 The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake Larry Television film
1991 Dark Shadows Joe Haskell/Peter Bradford (1791 Storyline) 11 episodes
1992 2000 Malibu Road Roger Tabor 6 episodes
1994 Red Shoe Diaries The New Man Episode: "The Game"
1995 Remember Me Scott Covey Television film
1996–2000 The Pretender Jarod 86 episodes
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1998–99)
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
1999–2000 Profiler Jarod 3 episodes
2000 Men in Black: The Series Unknown role Voice, episode: "The Baby Kay Syndrome"
2001 The Pretender 2001 Jarod Television film
2001 The Zeta Project Dr. Wilhelm Voice, episode: "Absolute Zero"[6]
2001 The Pretender: Island of the Haunted Jarod Television film
2001–2003 The Legend of Tarzan Tarzan Voice, main role
2002 Jackie Chan Adventures Giles Episode: "Pleasure Calls"
2002 Justice League Etrigan the Demon/Jason Blood Voice, episode: "A Knight of Shadows"[6]
2003 The Mummy Nizam Toth Voice, 3 episodes
2003–2004 Crossing Jordan James Horton 4 episodes
2005 Justice League Unlimited Etrigan the Demon/Jason Blood Voice, episode: "The Balance"[6]
2005 Clubhouse Jackie Tambler Episode: "Save Situation"
2005–2007 Higglytown Heroes Mountain Rescue Hero Voice, 3 episodes
2009–2011 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Adam Strange Voice, 2 episodes[6]
2011 Blue Bloods Sonny Malevsky 4 episodes
2011 Burn Notice Holcomb Episode: "Army of One"
2012–2013 Young Justice Captain Atom Voice, 7 episodes[6]

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Scarcity Herb Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
2009 Impressionism Douglas Finch
2010 The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Everett K. Olson
2011 A Perfect Future John Hudson

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Planescape: Torment The Nameless One
2003 Freelancer Orillion
2011 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Dormammu

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Michael T. Weiss Biography (1962-)". filmreference.com.
  2. ^ "Michael T. Weiss pulls weight in 'Bones'". jaehakim.com. Jae-Ha Kim. October 21, 2001. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "News & Updates". cureautismnow.org. Cure Autism Now. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2007.
  4. ^ "Impressionism: NY Times reports Marsha Mason, Andre DeShields, Michael T. Weiss, Aaron Lazar and Margarita Levieva join cast". newyorktheatreguide.com. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on September 11, 2010.
  5. ^ Gans, Andrew (February 17, 2011). "Donna Bullock, Scott Drummond, Daniel Oreskes, Michael T. Weiss Explore A Perfect Future, Opening Feb. 17". playbill.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Michael T. Weiss (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 21, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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