Michael J. Anderson
Acting
Born 1953-10-31
Denver, Colorado, USA
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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
Saturday Night Live
The X-Files
Charmed
Twin Peaks
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Mulholland Drive
American Playhouse
Monsters
Carnivàle
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Twin Peaks
Snow White
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Tiptoes
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Warriors of Virtue
In the Soup
This is how the world ends...
Port Charles
Caged Hearts
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
An Introduction to David Lynch
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Screwed
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Postcards From The Cast
The Phantom Eye
Clutch
Club Vampire
Fool's Fire
Ava's Magical Adventure
Suffering Bastards
First You Live Then You Die
The Great Land of Small
Little Mike: A Videoportrait of Michael Anderson
Specter's Rock
Learning to Speak in the Red Room
Minimum Wage
No Such Thing as Gravity
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