Michael T. Weiss

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Recent Role:
Adam Strange on Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Gender:
Male
Born:
2-2-1962
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name:
Michael Terry Weiss
AKA:
Michael Weiss
Michael T. Weiss was born under the sign of Aquarius in Northbrook, a suburb of Chicago. The "T" stands for Terry. "I think parents get together and say, 'Let's stick this kid with a really awful name,' you know what I mean?" He's 6'3" tall, has dark brown hair and brown eyes (btw, he's short-sighted). His father worked in the steel industry and his mother is a homemaker. Michael has two sisters: one is a make-up artist and the other one is in advertising.

Michael began acting as a child, appearing in local TV commercials. A friend of his mother, working in the acting

… More industry, suggested young Michael try out for a local tv commercial. He got the part and Michael continued doing other local commercials while growing up.

Later, Michael attended Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois. He also studied acting at Second City workshop during this time. As a Freshman he was on Glenbrook's swim team and later on the basketball team, as well as serving on the student council.

While still living in Chicago, Michael had a barage of odd jobs e.g. in an electronics store and a zipper factory. Once he worked as a costumed singing telegram deliveryman, with costumes such as a pregnant nun and a leprechaun.

At 18, he got his first movie part as an extra in the movie Ordinary People by Robert Redford, for which he was paid $30.00.

In 1980 Michael moved to California, where he still lives, but he considers Chicago his home and tries to get back there as often as he can. He attended the University of Southern California's prestigious School of Drama, where he obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the same class as Anthony Edwards, Ally Sheedy and Forrest Whitaker in 1984. During this time, Michael got a role in the musical Hair in Northern California. Along with his other cast members, he played his role completely naked. His parents always supported his acting ideals, coming "to every bad piece of theatre" he played in.

Michael hosted the Playboy channel as a V-Jay, saying "Welcome to the Playboy channel". But this didn't last long, cause he started squinting "like a mole" to see the teleprompter, not realizing he needed glasses. The result: he was fired. Michael also worked as physical trainer at Beverly Hills' 'in' fitness center Matrix One with clients such as Pierce Brosnan and James Brolin.

His television career started shortly after he graduated from USC. He landed a role in the Soap Opera Days of our Lives, playing Dr. Mike Horton.

In early 1990 Michael developed a strong interest in writing and wrote a play entitled Streams of Consciousness. He likes writing and wants to do more, but he has not enough time for it.

To stay in shape Michael works out regularly and keeps up his fitness level while traveling by visiting local gyms. He also avoids eating red meat.

Michael has a strong interest in environmental issues and is on the board of directors for the Earth Communications Office.. "I believe that everybody on the planet, should take responsibility for their own little planet-- their home. If everybody would change one or two things about their life, we could make a drastic change, so that we could have a sustainable future for our planet." Michael "can't stand people who have no regard for the environment" and to show his concern, he once drove an electric Toyota RAV4 in 1999, which was later replaced by a Toyota Prius, an electric-gas hybrid vehicle.

In his sparetime, Michael enjoys the outdoors, travelling, swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving (he is a certified diver). He also enjoys leisurely reading.

He has some quirky talents, also he can change his voice pattern to reflect certain accents or dialects and he can wiggle his ears.

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    10 Perfect
    Another case of neglect by the industry in the US. hide show

    Yet another example of a wonderfully talented, versatile young actor disappearing from our screens after a highly sucessful run as the lead in a much loved television series, only to be ignored by the US TV/Film Industry...sigh At least I can enjoy The Pretender on DVD. Keep those disks coming.
    Cheers

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    janeprince Added Jan 17, 2006 All my reviews
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    10 Perfect
    MTW has graced me since his days on 'Days of our lives' trust me the stale story lines of soaps have never caught my full attention, but he did. May there be roles in the future for MTW so sites like this one will remain fresh.
    God speed everyone/h hide show

    MTW has graced me since his days on 'Days of our lives' trust me the stale story lines of soaps have never caught my full attention, but he did. So when the Pretender made it's way onto TV with him as the main charactor gave me cause to watch TV. "CSI" I think is the only TV show I presently watch. Recording the show when it became mandatory that I work every Saturday night, now I can toss out or reuse those tapes since the tP has been released on DVD after some demanding from fans. Hopefully MTW will get his big break sometime in the near future so sites like this one will remain fresh.
    God speed everyone and happy Thanksgiving.

    Tatiana

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    Raven07801 Added Nov 24, 2005 All my reviews
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    10 Perfect
    Michael T. Weiss is a great television actor. While staring in one of my favorite shows of all time, The Pretender, he was awesome in his role. hide show

    Michael T. Weiss is a great television actor. While staring in one of my favorite shows of all time, The Pretender, he was awesome in his role. Playing Jarod, the genious who could become anyone and do anything that he wanted, he brillantly played the highly intelligent and intreaging character.

    I have not seen Michael T. Weiss in many other roles, but based mainly upon Jarod in The Pretender, he is a great actor, who really could get his own show at any time.

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    mgreen789 Added Oct 13, 2005 All my reviews
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    9.6 Superb
    He's a kicken actor hide show

    Lets face he rocks Jarod was one of the best characters to ever hit TV and they stopped the show far to soon. This guy was made to act which is why i'm very suprised we haven't heard from him much in the past few years a guy with that much talent should be recognized.

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    MissAJ Added Sep 29, 2005 All my reviews
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    9.6 Superb
    Seen the tv series The Pretender, if you haven't why not ? Its worth watching to see what a great actor this guy is hide show

    I first came across Michael in a film called Jeffrey. Okay not the kind of film i would normally watch but i fell in love with the way he acted on screen
    But things finally exploded in my head when i saw the tv series The Pretender, this guy can act unbelieveably well !!!! He gets to play a different character in each episode and does with ease. The span of emotions he can put across is awesome. He is a real pleasure to watch. I just wish since The Pretender ended he had done more mainstream matereial. Nowadays he does a lot of Independant films which are hard to get in the Uk.
    If you ever get a chance to see Michael on stage, screen or in a rerun of The Pretender do so and im sure that you wont be disapointed.

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    MrPsAngel Added Sep 4, 2005 All my reviews
 
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