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Biography

Al Michaels is an American television sportscaster who is best known for his years on Monday Night Football. He is currently signed with NBC…more

Born

11/12/1944, Brooklyn, New York

Birth Name

Alan Richard Michaels

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (17)

Role
- 2012 Summer Olympic Games
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 17 Day 15
    8/10/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 Day 1 and Opening Ceremony
    7/27/12
- Super Bowl
  Play-By-Play Announcer
  - S 46: Ep 1 Super Bowl XLVI - New York Giants vs. New England Patriots
    2/5/12
- Football Night in America
  Contributor
  - S 6: Ep 19 Super Bowl XLVI
    2/5/12
  - S 6: Ep 17 Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
    1/1/12
  - S 6: Ep 16 Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
    12/25/11
  - S 6: Ep 15 Baltimore Ravens at San Diego Chargers
    12/18/11
  - S 6: Ep 14 New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
    12/11/11
  - + 95 More Credits
- Sunday Night Football
  Play-By-Play Announcer
  - S 6: Ep 7 Week 6: Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears
    10/16/11
  - S 6: Ep 6 Week 5: Green Bay Packers vs. Atlanta Falcons
    10/9/11
  - S 6: Ep 5 Week 4: New York Jets vs. Baltimore Ravens
    10/2/11
  - S 6: Ep 4 Week 3: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Indianapolis Colts
    9/25/11
  - S 6: Ep 3 Week 2: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Atlanta Falcons
    9/18/11
  - + 2 More Credits
- Sunday Night Football
  Play by play Announcer
  - S 5: Ep 18 Week 17: St. Louis Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks
    1/2/11
- Sunday Night Football
  Play by play announcer
  - S 5: Ep 17 Week 16: Minnesota Vikings vs. Philadelphia Eagles
    12/28/10
  - S 5: Ep 1 Week 01: Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints
    9/9/10
  - S 4: Ep 3 Week 02: New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
    9/20/09
  - S 4: Ep 2 Week 01: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
    9/13/09
  - S 3: Ep 13 Week 13: Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
    11/30/08
  - + 18 More Credits
- 2010 Winter Olympic Games
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 2 Day 2
    2/13/10
- Super Bowl
  Play-by-Play Announcer
  - S 43: Ep 1 Super Bowl XLIII - Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals
    2/1/09
  - S 40: Ep 1 Super Bowl XL - Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks
    2/5/06
  - S 37: Ep 1 Super Bowl XXXVII - Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Oakland Raiders
    1/26/03
  - S 34: Ep 1 Super Bowl XXXIV - St. Louis Rams vs. Tennessee Titans
    1/30/00
  - S 29: Ep 1 Super Bowl XXIX - San Francisco 49ers vs. San Diego Chargers
    1/29/95
  - + 2 More Credits
- Sunday Night Football
  Commentator
  - S 3: Ep 16 Week 16: Carolina Panthers at New York Giants
    12/21/08
  - S 3: Ep 15 Week 15: New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
    12/14/08
  - S 3: Ep 14 Week 14: Washington Redskins at Baltimore Ravens
    12/7/08
  - S 3: Ep 12 Week 12: Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Chargers
    11/23/08
  - S 3: Ep 11 Week 11: Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins
    11/16/08
- Monday Night Football
  Play by play announcer
  - S 38: Ep 8 Week 7: Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars
    10/22/07
  - S 38: Ep 7 Week 6: New York Giants at Atlanta Falcons
    10/15/07
  - S 36: Ep 17 Week 16: New England Patriots at New York Jets
    12/26/05
  - S 36: Ep 16 Week 15: Green Bay Packers at Baltimore Ravens
    12/19/05
  - S 36: Ep 15 Week 14: New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons
    12/12/05
  - + 587 More Credits
- Sunday Night Football
  Self
  - S 2: Ep 2 Week 01: New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
    9/9/07
  - S 2: Ep 1 Week 01: New Orleans Saints at Indianapolis Colts
    9/6/07
- NBA on ABC
  Play-By-Play Announcer
  - S 2: Ep 29 NBA Finals 2004: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons Game 5
    6/15/04
- MLB World Series
  Play-By-Play Announcer
  - S 48: Ep 5 Game 5 - Atlanta at Cleveland (1995)
    10/26/95
  - S 48: Ep 4 Game 4 - Atlanta at Cleveland (1995)
    10/25/95
  - S 48: Ep 1 Game 1 - Cleveland at Atlanta (1995)
    10/21/95
  - S 43: Ep 4 Game 4 - Oakland at San Francisco (1989)
    10/28/89
  - S 43: Ep 3 Game 3 - Oakland at San Francisco (1989)
    10/27/89
  - + 11 More Credits
- MLB World Series
  Play-by-Play Announcer
  - S 43: Ep 2 Game 2 - San Francisco at Oakland (1989)
    10/15/89
  - S 43: Ep 1 Game 1 - San Francisco at Oakland (1989)
    10/14/89
  - S 41: Ep 7 Game 7 - St. Louis at Minnesota (1987)
    10/25/87
  - S 41: Ep 6 Game 6 - St. Louis at Minnesota (1987)
    10/24/87
  - S 41: Ep 4 Game 4 - Minnesota at St. Louis (1987)
    10/21/87
  - + 11 More Credits
- MLB World Series
  Announcer
  - S 26: Ep 7 Game 7 - Oakland at Cincinnati (1972)
    10/22/72
  - S 26: Ep 6 Game 6 - Oakland at Cincinnati (1972)
    10/21/72
  - S 26: Ep 2 Game 2 - Oakland at Cincinnati (1972)
    10/15/72
  - S 26: Ep 1 Game 1 - Oakland at Cincinnati (1972)
    10/14/72
- MLB on NBC
  Play-By-Play Announcer
- NFL on CBS
  Play-By-Play Announcer
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- The Herd – Radio Simulcast
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1005 February 13, 2012
    2/13/12
- The Rich Eisen Podcast
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 5 February 2, 2012
    2/2/12
- NFL Preseason
  Play-By-Play Announcer
  - S 1: Ep 1 2010 Hall of Fame Game
    8/8/10
- Access Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 34 January 27, 2009
    1/27/09
Guest Star (37)

Role
- Costas Tonight
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Live From The Super Bowl
    2/2/12
- Access Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 23 February 1, 2012
    2/1/12
- Mike & Mike in the Morning
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 23 February 1, 2012
    2/1/12
- NFL Total Access
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 18 January 25, 2012
    1/25/12
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 20: Ep 215 Al Michaels; Cris Collinsworth; Elle Fanning; Robin Thicke
    12/15/11
  - S 19: Ep 77 Al Michaels; Cris Collinsworth; Steve Buscemi; Herbie Hancock; Susan Tedeschi
    9/2/10
  - S 14: Ep 1010 2006 Olympic #10 - Al Michaels
    2/24/06
- The Rich Eisen Podcast
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 31 December 15, 2011
    12/15/11
  - S 1: Ep 9 August 4, 2011
    8/4/11
- The Herd – Radio Simulcast
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 899 September 7, 2011
    9/7/11
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 2 Episode #5.002
    9/6/11
  - S 4: Ep 289 Episode #4.289
    8/8/11
  - S 4: Ep 278 Episode #4.278
    7/26/11
  - S 3: Ep 104 Episode #3.104
    1/5/10
  - S 3: Ep 52 Episode #3.052
    11/5/09
  - + 3 More Credits
- Thursday Night Baseball
  Announcer
  - S 3: Ep 183 New York Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
    7/8/11
- The Talk
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 132 Episode 132
    5/9/11
- Studio 42 with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 3 Al Michaels
    12/10/10
- NHL on NBC
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 1 2010 Winter Classic
    1/1/10
- The Jay Leno Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 8 8
    9/23/09
- Costas Now
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 1 Episode 401 - Town Hall Meeting
    4/29/08
- CMT Giants
  Presenter
  - S 1: Ep 2 CMT Giants: Hank Williams Jr.
    11/17/07
- Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 1 November 6, 2007
    11/6/07
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 114 Al Michaels, Van Stone, & Tony Yayo featuring Joe
    8/31/05
  - S 2: Ep 137 9/15/04
    9/15/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Al Michaels, & 50 Cent
    1/27/03
- ESPN25: Who's #1?
  ABC Sportscaster
  - S 1: Ep 13 Best Games
    9/7/04
  - S 1: Ep 9 Biggest Chokes
    8/10/04
  - S 1: Ep 1 Best Teams
    6/15/04
- SportsCentury
  ABC Sportscaster [1983 footage]
  - — Cal Ripken Jr.
    10/10/01
- SportsCentury
  Interviewee
  - — Frank Gifford
    7/23/01
- Dennis Miller Live
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 14 The Stock Market
    5/4/01
- Two Guys and a Girl
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 3 15 Minutes of Shame
    10/20/00
- SportsCentury
  Reds Announcer
  - — Johnny Bench
    10/18/00
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 26: Ep 0 August 21, 2000
    8/21/00
- SportsCentury
  ABC Sportscaster
  - — Gene Mauch
    8/3/00
- Classic Wide World of Sports
  Himself/Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    9/22/99
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    9/8/99
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    9/1/99
- Brother's Keeper
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Kick Ball, Get Check
    11/6/98
- Arli$$
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 2 My Job Is to Get Jobs
    6/14/98
  - S 1: Ep 3 Athletes Are Role Models
    8/21/96
- Spin City
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 An Affair to Remember
    2/18/97
- Coach
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 8 You Win Some, You Lose Some
    12/18/96
  - S 6: Ep 11 The Pioneer Bowl
    12/7/93
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Pineapple Bowl (2)
    12/17/91
- Coach
  Announcer
  - S 8: Ep 13 The Tight End
    12/19/95
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 33 Show #0252
    10/12/94
- Later with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 0 Dick Enberg, Al Michaels
    11/9/93
  - S 2: Ep 0 Al Michaels
    4/3/89
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 114 Show #1698
    10/13/92
  - S 10: Ep 141 Show #1569
    12/17/91
  - S 8: Ep 130 Show #1215
    10/31/89
  - S 7: Ep 70 Show #1045
    10/18/88
- Who's the Boss?
  Announcer
  - S 8: Ep 8 Death and Love (2)
    11/16/91
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 155 August 30, 1989
    8/30/89
- Hawaii Five-O
  Dave Bronstein
  - S 2: Ep 17 Run, Johnny, Run
    1/14/70
Cameo (1)

Role
- Inside the NFL
  Self
  - S 31: Ep 14 NFL '07 - '08, Week 14
    12/12/07

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Trivia
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- He was the announcer for Super Bowl XXII (1988), XXV (1991), XXIX (1995), XXXIV (2000), XXXVII (2003), and XL (2006).
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- Michaels has appeared on "ESPN SportsCentury" Sandy Koufax, "ESPN SportsCentury" Jim Brown and "ESPN SportsCentury" Hank Aaron.
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- Michaels was an announcer for Monday Night Baseball on ABC from 1976 to 1988.
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- Al: There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.
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- Al: The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling.
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- Al: Living here in southern California, I'll miss hearing Rocky Top for an entire week at the end of December. I was actually looking forward to it. Tennessee has a better fight song than Nebraska.
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