Michael Landes

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Michael Landes
Born
Michael Christopher Landes

(1972-09-18) September 18, 1972 (age 51)
The Bronx, New York, US
Alma mater Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Occupation Actor
Years active1988–present
Spouse
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(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: Mimi and Dominic. [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)
1988–1989 The Wonder Years Kirk McCray [5]
1989 thirtysomething Young Michael [5]
1991–1992 The Torkelsons Riley Roberts [3] [5]
1993–1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Jimmy Olsen Season one [6]
1995 Courthouse [5]
1995–1996 Too Something [3]
1996 The Drew Carey Show [5]
1997–1998 Union Square Michael Weiss13 episodes [2]
2001–2002 Special Unit 2 Nick O'Malley [5]
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple "4.50 from Paddington" [5]
2004 Joey [5]
2005 CSI: Miami [5]
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" [7]
2010 Miranda Danny"The New Me" [8]
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 [9]
2018 You Are Wanted [5]
2019 Traitors Caspar Woods [5]
2019–2020 Silent Witness Matt Garcia4 episodes [10]
2020 The Liberator [11]
2021 Cruel Summer Greg Turner [5]

Film credits

YearTitleRoleCitation(s)
1996 No Greater Love George Winfield [5]
1996 Dream for an Insomniac Rob [12]
2003 Final Destination 2 Thomas Burke [13]
2016 The Disappointments Room Teddy [14]
2017 Gold [3]
c. 2023 Arthur the King [15]

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