Michael J. Anderson
Acting
Born 1953-10-31
Denver, Colorado, USA
42 credits
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Michael John Anderson was born in Denver, Colorado, at 10:30 P.M., on Halloween night. Subject to a genetic anomaly known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, he grew up in a wheelchair. After graduating high school, he traveled America, singing for tips and living in his car. For six years, he attended the University of Colorado where he majored in numerous subjects ranging from philosophy to microbiology. After college, he began working for Martin Marietta, trouble-shooting the N.A.S.A. computers in the ground-support system of the space shuttle. During this time, he made the documentary "Little Mike," which won a silver medal in the International Film and Television Awards. Soon thereafter, he moved to New York City, where his film and television career began. For many years, Anderson was most well-known among fans of director David Lynch for his work as a backwards-talking dream figure on the cult favorite T.V. series Twin Peaks (1990). Anderson also worked with Lynch for the experimental performance piece Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) and the T.V.-pilot-turned-feature film Mulholland Drive (2001). Anderson gained further recognition and success in recent years for his work on the H.B.O. series Carnivàle (2003). He retired from acting in 2014. His last role was in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13).
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Filmography
Acting
39 credits
The X-Files
Saturday Night Live
Charmed
Twin Peaks
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
American Playhouse
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Monsters
Mulholland Drive
Carnivàle
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Twin Peaks
Snow White
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Tiptoes
Warriors of Virtue
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
This is how the world ends...
In the Soup
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Caged Hearts
Fool's Fire
Screwed
Postcards From The Cast
Club Vampire
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
The Great Land of Small
Ava's Magical Adventure
The Phantom Eye
An Introduction to David Lynch
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
Suffering Bastards
Little Mike: A Videoportrait of Michael Anderson
Learning to Speak in the Red Room
Specter's Rock
No Such Thing as Gravity
Minimum Wage
Silent But Deadly
Other credits
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Producing
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