Michael was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. He spent most of his youth studying jazz music and attended North Texas State University on a scholarship. He played lead trumpet with Stan Kenton's 1979 Tour and appeared with Woody Herman and his Thundering Heard. After a car accident left him unable to play, Michael re-directed his creativity into acting. On the small screen, Michael starred in the series Something So Right, landed the leads in two television movies The Princess And The Marine and A Loss Of Innocence and recurred on 3rd Rock From The Sun as the high school gym coach. He has also made a number of guest starring appearances in series including That 70's Show, X-Files, Arli$$, The Drew Carey Show, Home Improvement, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Two Guys And A Girl, and 7th Heaven, where he played the father of a child with Tourette's Syndrome. An avid golfer, Michael is most recognizable for his role as Boone in Tin Cup with Kevin Costner. Additional big screen credits include Pearl Harbor, Collateral Damage, Anywhere But Here, Crimson Tide, Executive Decision, Phenomenon, Dreamweaver as James Spader's lawyer, and as Chicago White Sox third baseman Buck Weaver in Field Of Dreams. When not working, Michael spends every free minute golfing. Set on achieving one of his goals, playing on a PGA Senior tour. IMDb Mini Biography By: Christy Lawson
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-12-19
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
Field of Dreams
1989
7.10
Crimson Tide
1995
7.20
Multiplicity
1996
5.78
Anywhere but Here
1999
6.10
Early Bird Special
2001
0.00
Dirty Deeds
2005
5.60
Lookwell
1991
0.00
The Rocketeer
1991
6.47
The Shot
1993
2.00
Collateral Damage
2002
5.80
Executive Decision
1996
6.30
Tales from the Old West
2023
0.00
Bulworth
1998
6.30
Phenomenon
1996
6.44
American Virgin
2000
3.50
In Dark Places
1997
5.00
Tin Cup
1996
6.10
Dream Lover
1993
5.92
A Loss of Innocence
1996
2.50
Pearl Harbor
2001
6.93
She's All That
1999
6.32
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
5.26
First Daughter
2004
6.17
The Princess & the Marine
2001
6.60
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
6.55
Most Wanted
1997
5.40
Mind Games
2021
5.80