Michael Zorek

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Michael Zorek
Born (1960-05-25) May 25, 1960 (age 65)
New York City, New York, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active1983–1995
SpouseShelly Friedland [1]
Children2

Michael Zorek is an American film and television actor [2] who has appeared in films and television series such as Private School , [3] Family Ties , [4] The Facts of Life , [4] Hot Moves , [2] The Woman in Red , [2] Camp Nowhere [2] and Teen Wolf Too . [2]

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Personal life

In June 2002, Zorek was featured in an article in The New York Times about life as a stay-at-home father after leaving his job as an account executive at a Manhattan public relations firm. [5] In May 2013, The Huffington Post published a follow-up article by the same author of The New York Times piece, Lisa Belkin. [1]

Zorek's son Jeremy  [ d ] is also an actor and performed in a 2011 national tour of Billy Elliot , [1] and his daughter Diana has acted in an AT&T commercial. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 Private School Bubba Beauregard
1984 The Woman in Red Shelly
1984 Hot Moves Barry
1987 Teen Wolf Too Squirrely Assistant
1988 Spellcaster Harlan
1994 Camp Nowhere Chez Cheez Guy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 High School U.S.A. Chuckie DippleTV movie
1984Young HeartsBeefTV movie
1984 Diff'rent Strokes BenjaminEpisode: "Undercover Lover"
1984 The Facts of Life VictorEpisodes: "Talk, Talk, Talk", "Slices of Life"
1984–1986 Family Ties FlaumEpisodes: "Starting Over", "Best Man"
1985 Newhart Mr. DuncanEpisode: "The Prodigal Darryl"
1986 Life with Lucy Pizza Delivery ManEpisode: "World's Greatest Grandma"
1989 Matlock Cultist #2Episode: "The Cult"
1995 Can't Hurry Love ManEpisode: "Glove Story"
1995 Eek! The Cat Kopp (voice: Klutter! segment)Main role

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belkin, Lisa (May 15, 2013). "Michael Zorek, A Stay-At-Home Dad, Details The Difficulties Of Finding Work". The Huffington Post . Archived from the original on April 22, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Michael Zorek". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-10.
  3. ↑ Maslin, Janet (July 30, 1983). "Private School (1983) 'PRIVATE SCHOOL'". The New York Times . Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Michael Zorek". TV Guide .
  5. ↑ Belkin, Lisa (June 9, 2002). "LIFE'S WORK; A Pull Felt by Dads as Well: Staying Home". The New York Times .
  6. ↑ "AT&T TV Commercial, 'Faster or Slower: Werewolf' Featuring Beck Bennett". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
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