Michael Monks

Known for ActingIndiana, USA

Michael Monks is an American actor, director, and producer born in Indiana, who grew up in Colorado. He graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Industrial Construction Management before studying acting with Sanford Meisner at The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. He previously worked as a project engineer before transitioning to full-time acting in the early 1990s. His best-known television role is George Vogelman on The Practice (1997–1999). His notable film credits include What's Love Got to Do with It (1993, with Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne), Air Force One (1997, with Harrison Ford), Hard Rain (1998, with George Clooney and Nicolas Cage), Harsh Times (2005, with Charlize Theron and Forest Whitaker), Street Kings (2008, with Whitaker and Kevin Bacon), End of Watch (2012, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña), Sabotage (2014, with Arnold Schwarzenegger), and Doctor Sleep (2019, dir. Mike Flanagan, with Ewan McGregor).Read more

Movies & web series

The Mentalist

Malcolm in the Middle

Friends

Bones

The Weber Show

Family Law

Third Watch

Ice: The Movie

ER

NCIS

Boston Public

All Rise

The Practice

End of Watch

Entourage

Code 3

Doctor Sleep

Nip/Tuck

Without a Trace

Truth Be Told

The Division

LAX

What's Love Got to Do with It

Deputy

Dirty John

Profiler

Arli$$

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Street Kings

Mr. Corman

Harsh Times

Air Force One

7th Heaven

Crime of the Century

Parallels

Blossom

Holiday Engagement

Hard Rain

Winchell

Garfield

Sabotage

Puff, Puff, Pass

Clean Slate

Last Rampage

Running Mates

Bad Twin

Out on a Limb

Adverse