Michael Weston

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Michael Weston
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Weston in 2016
Born
Michael Rubinstein [1]

(1973-10-25) October 25, 1973 (age 50)
OccupationActor
Years active1998present
Spouse
(m. 2010)
Children3
Parent(s) John Rubinstein
Judi West

Michael Weston (born Michael Rubinstein; October 25, 1973) is an American television and film actor. His best-known roles are the private detective Lucas on House , the deranged and sadistic kidnapper Jake in the HBO serial drama Six Feet Under , and Private Dancer on Scrubs , as well as Harry Houdini in Houdini & Doyle .

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Early life

Michael Rubinstein was born in New York City, the son of actors John Rubinstein and Judi West. His paternal grandfather was Polish-Jewish piano virtuoso Arthur Rubinstein. He is also the great-grandson of Polish conductor Emil Młynarski, the founding conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and principal conductor of the Scottish Orchestra. [2]

He holds a degree in Theater and Arts from Northwestern University. In 2000 he changed his surname to "Weston" as there was already a "Michael Rubinstein" in the Screen Actors Guild.

Acting career

Weston is a good friend and former roommate of actor Zach Braff and has appeared in several features with him including Getting to Know You (1999), Garden State, Wish I Was Here and The Last Kiss , and as a guest star on Braff's television show, Scrubs . Weston has also appeared as Simon Marsden, Olivia Benson's half-brother on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . [3]

Weston appeared in the fifth season of House as a private investigator named Lucas Douglas hired by Dr. Gregory House; he reappeared in season six. [4] Series creator David Shore planned a spin-off show [5] with Weston's character as the lead in 2008, but the show never went into production.

In 2009, Weston appeared in the Gerard Butler action film Gamer . He made a guest appearance on White Collar [6] and Burn Notice (in which the main character, Michael Westen, has a name very similar to his). In 2012, he starred in the A&E television movie, Coma . [3]

In 2016, he appeared as Harry Houdini in Houdini & Doyle . [7]

Personal life

Weston has been married to musician Priscilla Ahn since 2010. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Coyote Ugly Danny
Sally BugsCredited as Michael Rubinstein
Lucky Numbers Larry
Cherry Falls Ben
2002 Wishcraft Brett Bumpers
Hart's War Pfc. W. Roy Potts
Evil Alien Conquerors Kenny
2004 Helter Skelter Bobby Beausoleil Television movie
Garden State Kenny
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Deputy Enos Strate
2006 The Last Kiss Izzy
2007 Wedding Daze Ted
2008 Pathology Dr. Gallo
2009 State of Play Hank
Crank: High Voltage Paramedic
Gamer The producer
2010 Love, Wedding, Marriage Gerber
2011 The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Jim
2012 Liberal Arts Miles
2013 Expecting Casey
2014 Wish I Was Here Jerry
2015 See You in Valhalla Don Burwood
Gravy Anson
2017 The Mad Whale Tobias
2018 Speed Kills Shelly Katz
2020 Adam Ross

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Night Man Episode: 1.17 "Chrome II"
2003 Frasier Ice SculptorEpisode: 10.14 "Daphne Does Dinner"
2004 Monk MorrisEpisode: 3.7 "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month"
2004–2005 Six Feet Under JakeEpisodes:
4.5 "That's My Dog"
4.8 "Coming And Going"
4.12 "Untitled"
5.10 "All Alone"
2006 ER Rafe HendricksEpisodes:
12.22 "Twenty-One Guns"
13.1 "Bloodline"
2006 Saved Tim RestonEpisode: 1.2 "The Lady & the Tiger"
2007, 2014 Psych Counselor Adam HornstockEpisode:
1.12 "Cloudy...Chance of Murder"
8.3 "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement"
2007 Scrubs Private Brian DancerEpisodes:
6.7 "His Story IV"
6.9 "My Perspective"
6.10 "My Therapeutic Month"
6.12 "My Fishbowl"
2007, 2012, 2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Simon MarsdenEpisodes:
8.13 "Loophole"
8.16 "Philadelphia"
8.19 "Florida"
8.22 "Screwed"
13.16 "Child’s Welfare"
21.6 "Murdered at a Bad Address"
2008–2010 House Lucas DouglasEpisodes:
5.2 "Not Cancer"
5.3 "Adverse Events"
5.5 "Lucky Thirteen"
6.7 "Known Unknowns"
6.8 "Teamwork"
6.9 "Ignorance Is Bliss"
6.12 "Remorse" (cameo)
6.13 "Moving the Chains"
6.14 "5 to 9"
6.18 "Knight Fall"
2009 Crime Scene Investigation Ryan Morton; Tripp Linson; CarstenEpisode: 9.15 "Kill Me If You Can"
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles LAPD Detective John QuinnEpisode: 3.10 "The Debt"
2009 Supernatural (young) CharlieEpisode: 4.12 "Criss Angel is a Douche Bag"
2009 Burn Notice SpencerEpisode: 3.5 "Signals and Codes"
2010 The Good Guys CarsonEpisode: 1.17 "The Getaway"
2011 CSI: New York Frank WatersEpisode: 8.9 "Means to an End"
2012 White Collar David CookEpisode: 4.3 "Diminishing Returns"
2012 Coma Peter Arno4 hour TV movie
Based on the 1977 novel by Robin Cook
2013 The Office RogerEpisode: 9.16 "Moving On"
2014 Those Who Kill Space CowboyEpisodes:
1.8 "Insomnia"
1.9 "Untethered"
1.10 "Surrender"
2015 Elementary OscarEpisodes:
3.16 "For All You Know"
3.24 "A Controlled Descent"
2016 Houdini & Doyle Harry Houdini Season 1
2017 Rosewood Owen PanitchEpisode: 2.10 "Bacterium & the Brothers Panitch"
2017 Hawaii Five-0 Oliver MathusEpisode: "Mohala I Ka Wai Ka Maka O Ka Pua"
2018–2019 The Resident Gordon PageSeason 2
2019 Into the Dark LonnieEpisode: "Treehouse"
2020–Present Home Before Dark Frank Briggs Jr.Main Role

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