Michael Beach

Birthday: Oct 30, 1963
Birthplace: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

Bio: Trained at Juilliard, actor Michael Beach worked in regional theater and off-Broadway productions before moving to Los Angeles to work on television and film. His stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing and Ascension Day. Though he appeared on television a lot in the late '80s, his film breakthrough came in Carl Franklin's 1991 crime thriller One False Move.… More Bio: Trained at Juilliard, actor Michael Beach worked in regional theater and off-Broadway productions before moving to Los Angeles to work on television and film. His stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing and Ascension Day. Though he appeared on television a lot in the late '80s, his film breakthrough came in Carl Franklin's 1991 crime thriller One False Move. He played the ex-con Pluto opposite Billy Bob Thornton, who also co-wrote the script. Thornton later wrote the role of Virgil for Beach in the 1996 drama A Family Thing, starring James Earl Jones. In 1993, he was a part of the ensemble cast in Robert Altman's award-winning feature Short Cuts. After playing opposite Laurence Fishburne in the crime thriller Bad Company (1995), Beach went on to play several unfaithful husbands. He cheated on Angela Bassett in Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vanessa Williams in Soul Food (1997), and Gloria Reuben on ER. Fellow ER cast member Eriq La Salle cast Beach in his sports drama Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) for HBO. Back on television, Beach earned an Image Award for his role of Monte 'Doc' Parker on the NBC dramatic series Third Watch. In 2002, he re-teamed with actor/director La Salle for the lead role of Dr. Ty Adams in the thriller Crazy as Hell. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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One False Move

Short Cuts

True Romance

The Abyss

Filmography

500 MPH Storm (2013)
- Actor
Red Dawn (2012)
- Major Jenkins
- 13%
Sparkle (2012)
- Rev. Bryce
- 58%
Things Never Said (2012)
- Actor
Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie (2011)
- Actor
Justice For Natalee Holloway (2011)
- Actor
Relative Stranger (2009)
- Actor
Pastor Brown (2009)
- Actor
Play Dead (2009)
- Actor
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
- Actor
First Sunday (2008)
- Deacon Randy
- 13%
Full Count (2007)
- Actor
Like Mike 2 (2006)
- Actor
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
- Barnes
- 80%
Crazy As Hell (2002)
- Dr. Ty Adams
- 50%
Made Men (1999)
- Actor
Asunder (1999)
- Actor
Asunder (1999)
- Michael Hubbs
Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
- Actor
Ruby Bridges (1998)
- Abon Bridges
- 80%
Soul Food (1997)
- Miles
- 80%
Casualties (1997)
- Actor
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
- Actor
Rebound: The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault (1996)
- Actor
A Family Thing (1996)
- Virgil
- 73%
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
- John Sr.
- 52%
White Man's Burden (1995)
- Actor
- 24%
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (A Feel for Murder) (1995)
- Actor
Bad Company (1995)
- Tod Stapp
- 27%
Knight Rider 2010 (1994)
- Actor
Short Cuts (1993)
- Jim Stone
- 94%
True Romance (1993)
- Wurlitzer
- 91%
Hit List (1993)
- Det. Akin
One False Move (1992)
- Pluto
- 98%
Guilty as Charged (1992)
- Hamilton
Late For Dinner (1991)
- Dr. David Arrington
- 58%
Dangerous Passion (1990)
- Steve
Internal Affairs (1990)
- Dorian Fletcher
- 88%
Cadence (1990)
- Webb
- 42%
The Abyss (1989)
- Barnes
- 88%
Lean on Me (1989)
- Mr. Carnell
- 67%
The Abyss (Special Edition) (1989)
- Actor
Vengeance (1989)
- Rudolph Tyner
In a Shallow Grave (1988)
- Quintas Pearch
End of the Line (1988)
- Alvin
- 60%
Weekend War (1988)
- Wiley
Suspect (1987)
- Parking Lot Attendant
- 69%
Streets Of Gold (1986)
- Sonny
- 31%
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Michael Beach Videos
                        
Waiting To Exhale3 minutes 37 seconds

Soul Food1 minutes 28 seconds

Sparkle3 minutes 33 seconds

Crazy As Hell1 minutes 29 seconds

Casualties1 minutes 22 seconds

Red Dawn3 minutes 33 seconds

The Abyss30 seconds

Made Men1 minutes 17 seconds

Rebound The Legend Of Earl The Goat Manigault2 minutes 6 seconds

A Family Thing3 minutes 54 seconds

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