Michael Medeiros
Biography
Raised in Hawaii, Michael Medeiros moved to NYC to study with famed acting teacher and coach, Uta Hagen and has been working as a writer, director, actor and composer ever since. His feature film, Tiger Lily Road starring Tom Pelphrey (Mank, Ozark) played U.S. and international film festivals, winning the Audience Award at Woods Hole. It was the opening night film at Orlando FF and subsequently ran at NYC's Quad Cinema. He wrote and directed 3 Minutes, a film about a mass shooting which premiered at Soho International Film Festival and is the writer/composer/lyricist of A Wild Thing, a '60s rock musical that was partly developed at The Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals and was a finalist for a 2024 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship. As an actor he has appeared in big budget films and award winning indies, including X-Men First Class, RoboCop 2, Synecdoche New York, and Margot At The Wedding. On television, he starred in the Custer mini-series Son of the Morning Star and guest-starred in many TV series, including Manifest and seven episodes of Law & Order. On stage, he won critical acclaim in Goodman Theatre's radical reconstruction of Williams' Camino Real and has sung the title roles in Sweeney Todd and Man of La Mancha. He has also appeared at City Center Encores, The Public Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Long Wharf, Huntington, Kennedy Center and many others. He was lucky enough to spend ten summers at New River Dramatists, a writer's retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Known For
All Movies (21)
- Art of Diversion2024 · as Theo
- The Wisdom Tooth2019
- Brawl in Cell Block 992017 · as Mismatched Eyes
- She's Lost Control2014 · as Officer Smith
- Tiger Lily Road2013 · as Deputy Bob
- X-Men: First Class2011 · as Political Officer
- Synecdoche, New York2008 · as Eric
- Margot at the Wedding2007 · as Karaoke Singer
- The Warrior Class2007 · as Sid Kline
- Original Intent: The Battle for America2006 · as Narrator (voice)
- Nola2003 · as Mike Flanders
- Drunks1997 · as Charlie
- Ticks1993 · as Jerry
- Sunset Grill1993 · as Mule
- RoboCop 21990 · as Catzo
- The Revenge of Al Capone1989 · as Coletti
- Parting Glances1986 · as Tall Muscleman - Pool Dream
- New York Nights1984 · as Porno Director
- Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number1983
- Alone in the Dark1982 · as Club Manager
- The Garden Party1973 · as Bert
All TV Shows (18)
- New Amsterdam2018 · as Russian Ambassador
- Manifest2018 · as Gordon Landon
- The Blacklist2013 · as Colin Anglim
- Elementary2012 · as Joe Bey
- Person of Interest2011 · as Solnick
- The Good Wife2009 · as Server
- Jonny Zero2005 · as Curt Bells
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Dimitri
- Law & Order1990 · as Mike Dolci
- Law & Order1990 · as Detective Harding
- Law & Order1990 · as I.A.B. Detective Reynolds
- Law & Order1990 · as Matthew O'Dell
- Law & Order1990 · as Vince Renalfi
- Law & Order1990 · as Defense Attorney Stewart Griffin
- L.A. Law1986 · as Stan Vlasic
- Matlock1986 · as Jim Beck
- The Equalizer1985 · as Angel Fiskus
- The Equalizer1985 · as Rapist