Michael Landes

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Michael Landes
Born
Michael Christopher Landes

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

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

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Personal life

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

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. [1] According to Tribute, as of May 2021 they lived in Los Angeles with their two children. [3]

Career

Landes made guest appearances on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , The New Lassie , and Blossom. [3] 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. [4] 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 . [3]

Television credits

YearTitleRoleEpisode(s)Citation(s)
19881989 The Wonder Years Kirk McCray [5]
1989 thirtysomething Young Michael [5]
19911992 The Torkelsons Riley Roberts [3] [5]
19931994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Jimmy Olsen Season one [6]
1995 Courthouse [5]
19951996 Too Something [3]
1996 The Drew Carey Show [5]
19971998 Union Square Michael Weiss13 episodes [2]
20012002 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]
20192020 Silent Witness Matt Garcia4 episodes [12]
2020 The Liberator [13]
2021 Cruel Summer Greg Turner [5]

Film credits

YearTitleRoleCitation(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]
2024 Arthur the King [17]

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