Michael Landes
American actor (born 1972)
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::summary American actor (born 1972) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Michael Landes |
| birth_name | Michael Christopher Landes |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | The Bronx, New York, US |
| alma_mater | Stella Adler Studio of Acting |
| occupation | Actor |
| years_active | 1988–present |
| spouse | |
| children | 2 |
| :: |
| name = Michael Landes | birth_name = Michael Christopher Landes | birth_date = | birth_place = The Bronx, New York, US | alma_mater = Stella Adler Studio of Acting | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1988–present | spouse = | children = 2
Michael Christopher Landes (born September 18, 1972) is an American actor of television and film.
Personal life
Michael Christopher Landes was born to Patricia and Bernard Landes on September 18, 1972, in The Bronx, New York. Landes studied performing arts at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles.
He met Wendy Benson in Boston during the summer of 1999 while they were filming The Gentleman from Boston; they married on October 21, 2000, at Saint Thomas Church in Manhattan. According to Tribute, they lived in Los Angeles with their two children.
Career
Landes made guest appearances on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The New Lassie, and Blossom. In 2016, Landes told Digital Spy that when he was replaced on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman after the first season—"because I looked too much like Dean Cain, who played Clark... and Teri Hatcher, who played Lois"—it was his first time being fired. For his starring role in the television film Please God, I'm Only Seventeen, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award: Best Young Actor in a Television Movie, and in film, Landes also featured in Hart's War.
Performance credits
::data[format=table title="Television performances"]
| Year | Title | Role | Episode(s) | Citation(s) | ** | thirtysomething | ** | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Courthouse | Too Something | ** | Union Square | Special Unit 2 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Joey | CSI: Miami | Love Soup | Ghost Whisperer | ** | Boston Legal | New Tricks | Miranda | Upstairs Downstairs | Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Save Me | ** | Reckless | American Dad! | Hooten & the Lady | You Are Wanted | Traitors | Silent Witness | ** | Cruel Summer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| –1989 | Kirk McCray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Young Michael | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1992 | Riley Roberts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1994 | Jimmy Olsen | Season one | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1998 | Michael Weiss | 13 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2002 | Nick O'Malley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "4.50 from Paddington" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gil Raymond | Series 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Conlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leonard Kuziak | "The Truth Is Out There" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danny | "The New Me" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caspar Landry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Josh Hayes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ulysses Hooten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caspar Woods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2020 | Matt Garcia | 4 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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::data[format=table title="Film performances"]
| Year | Title | Role | Citation(s) | No Greater Love | Dream for an Insomniac | Final Destination 2 | ** | Gold | Arthur the King |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Winfield | |||||||||
| Rob | |||||||||
| Thomas Burke | |||||||||
| Teddy | |||||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
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References
References
- (1995-03-05). "A Younger Jimmy Joins 'Lois & Clark'". [[Sun-Sentinel]].
- (2000-10-22). "Wendy Benson, Michael Landes". [[The New York Times]].
- (2005-09-09). "Love Soup - There Must Be Some Way Out Of Here". [[BBC]].
- (2010). "Miranda".
- (2015-02-12). "Love Soup box set review: 'achingly romantic and compelling in equal measure'". [[The Guardian]].
- Jeffrey, Morgan. (2016-09-15). "Michael Landes admits he was "upset" to be fired from Lois & Clark back in the '90s". [[Digital Spy]].
- (2016-09-18). "Hooten and The Lady's Michael Landes on why he's ready to be a pin-up". [[Daily Mirror]].
- (2020-01-17). "Freeform Orders 'Last Summer' to Series from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel, Michelle Purple, Max Winkler and eOne".
- (2024-03-21). "New canine cycles into hearts as 'King'". [[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
- "BBC One - New Tricks, Series 6, The Truth Is Out There". [[BBC]].
- "Silent Witness: Who is Nikki Alexander's new love interest? Actor Michael Landes on dashing American Matt Garcia".
- "The Disappointments Room (2016)". [[Rotten Tomatoes]].
- "Dream for an Insomniac". [[Rotten Tomatoes]].
- "Michael Landes". [[Rotten Tomatoes]].
- "Union Square". [[Rotten Tomatoes]].
- "Michael Landes Biography".
- "Final Destination 2 (2003) - Cast & Crew". [[Yahoo! Movies]].
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