Michael J. Anderson

Known for ActingBorn 1953-10-31 (age 72)Denver, Colorado, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Specter's Rock

Twin Peaks

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

The X-Files

Clutch

Twin Peaks

Charmed

The Phantom Eye

Carnivàle

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Mulholland Drive

Port Charles

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Minimum Wage

Monsters

Ava's Magical Adventure

The Great Land of Small

Saturday Night Live

In the Soup

American Playhouse

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

This is how the world ends...

Screwed

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

Snow White

Mannequin Two: On the Move

Suffering Bastards

Fool's Fire

First You Live Then You Die

Warriors of Virtue

No Such Thing as Gravity

An Introduction to David Lynch

Tiptoes

Caged Hearts

Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

Club Vampire

Silent But Deadly

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

Learning to Speak in the Red Room

Postcards From The Cast

Little Mike: A Videoportrait of Michael Anderson