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
Field of Dreams
(Buck Weaver - 3B)
Crimson Tide
(Chief of the Watch Hunsicker)
Multiplicity
(Irate Football Parent)
Anywhere but Here
(Cop)
Early Bird Special
(Rodney)
Dirty Deeds
(Officer Dill)
Lookwell
(Policeman #3)
The Rocketeer
(Jeff)
The Shot
(Henry)
Collateral Damage
(Jack)
Executive Decision
(747 First Officer)
Tales from the Old West
(Judge Boon / Lou)
Bulworth
(Cop #1)
Phenomenon
(Jimmy)
American Virgin
(Larry)
In Dark Places
(Bartender #1)
Tin Cup
(Boone)
Dream Lover
(Ray’s Lawyer)
A Loss of Innocence
(Ivor Eriksen)
Pearl Harbor
(Army Commander)
She's All That
(Principal Stickley)
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
(Capt. Ed Myerson)
First Daughter
(Agent Bock)
The Princess & the Marine
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
(Obnoxious Tourist (uncredited))
Most Wanted
(SWAT Leader)
Mind Games
(Kenny)
That '70s Show
(Coach Ferguson)
The Drew Carey Show
(Joe Lupo)
Arliss
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
(Coach Miller)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(Bartender)
Reba
Home Improvement
(Officer Guidry)
Malibu, CA
Beverly Hills, 90210
The Facts of Life
(Convict #2)
Providence
(Mr. Babbington)
Matlock
Charmed
(Arthur)
Malcolm in the Middle
(Sgt. McManus)
Mancuso, F.B.I.
The X-Files
(Dep. Arky Stevens)
8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
(Mr. Edwards)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Alien Nation
7th Heaven
(Bill Carver)
Do Over
(Bill Larsen)
Family Law
Something So Right
(Dante)
3rd Rock from the Sun
(Coach Strickland)
Seinfeld
(Security Guard)
Grey's Anatomy
(Doug Thomas)
A Different World
(Fireman)
Renegade
(Whitey Hampton)
3rd Rock from the Sun
(Coach)
God, the Devil and Bob
Without a Trace
(Kurt Woodson)
Touched by an Angel
(Alex Waters)
Coach
(Jack Newley)
Murder, She Wrote
(Security Guard)