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Michael J. Anderson
Born: 31st Oct 1953 Denver, Colorado, USA
Dept: Acting
Michael Anderson was born in Huron, South Dakota, 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).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 39
Film: 29 (74%)
Television: 10 (26%)
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Filmography
2014
A feature-length compilation of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the ... view
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Man From Another Place
Jul 2010 (first aired)
This incarnation of the popular cartoon series finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, ... view
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Professor Horatio Kharon (voice) (2 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate ... view
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Samson (24 ep.)
2003
A look behind the story and production of the HBO dramatic series Carnivàle. ... view
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2003
Geneva awakens in terror as she discovers her boyfriend, Halbert, standing in the corner of her bedroom. The following morning she learns that he was ... view
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The Interrogator
2002
A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs. ... view
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Bruno
2001
"An Introduction to David Lynch" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It features interviews wi ... view
Character:
Self
2001
"Learning to Speak in the Red Room" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It features Michael J. ... view
Character:
Self
2001
"Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the B ... view
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Self
2001
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's ... view
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Sunday
2001
"Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks" is a featurette originally released on the 2001 DVD release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It feature ... view
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Self
2001
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two s ... view
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Mr. Roque
Jul 2000 (first aired)
This Is How The World Ends was a TV Pilot episode for a series that revolved around a group of sexually active teenagers in Los Angeles. ... view
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Noise Robber (1 ep.)
1999
Two film students must find a movie in the AMC vault. They have until midnight. If they survive and find the film they can leave the vault. If not the ... view
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Carl
1999
Indie romantic comedy was the winner of Best Actress and Best Cinematography at the No Dance Film Festival (2000). ... view
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Zeke Bleak
1998
Enter the club where your wildest desire and most frightening dreams come true. The price of admission is your soul. ... view
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Kiddo
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose p ... view
Character:
Leprechaun (1 ep.)
O'Brien (1 ep.)
1998
10-year-old Eddie runs away from home with her best friend Ava, a two-ton circus elephant. They're pursued by everyone from the police to the circus' ... view
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Stretch
Jun 1997 (first aired)
Port Charles is an American television. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital
In the first few years, Port Charles got a reputation for foc ... view
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Unknown/various (1624 ep.)
1997
A young boy is whisked away to the mythical land of Tao where he becomes the center of a conflict between an evil lord and a group of animal warriors. ... view
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Mudlap
1997
A raw, rough-hewn look at the life of Screw publisher Al Goldstein. ... view
Character:
himself
1995
Kate and Sharon kill a man in self defense and are framed by the justice system. They are put in prison and forced into prostitution. With the help of ... view
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John
1994
This is an ultra-rare film that was never officially distributed and is hardly even mentioned anywhere on the internet, even though it features some l ... view
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Sep 1993 (first aired)
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mu ... view
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Mr. Nutt (1 ep.)
Jan 1993 (first aired)
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alie ... view
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Rumpelstiltskin (1 ep.)
1992
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film. ... view
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Little Man
1992
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The ... view
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Man From Another Place
1992
A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jeste ... view
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Hopfrog
1991
Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil ... view
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Jewel Box Bearer
1990
After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads ... view
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Woodsman (Twin A)
Apr 1990 (first aired)
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to inv ... view
Character:
The Arm (2 ep.)
Man From Another Place (1 ep.)
1990
One of the early short films of director Brett Ratner. ... view
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Sushi Chef
1989
Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother. ... view
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Little Elvis
1989
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the ... view
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The Man From Another Place
1989
Set in the future, this tells of an Earth run by a conglomerate called the LaFont Corporation, which uses machines to rule its subjects. "Troublemaker ... view
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The Botanist
Oct 1988 (first aired)
Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. Similarly to ... view
Character:
Holly (1 ep.)
Household God (1 ep.)
1987
A half-hour film about three-feet, six-inch Michael Anderson, born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or “glass bones” disease, and the positive attitu ... view
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Himself
Original title: C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand!
1987
While visiting their grandparents in the Québec countryside, two children enter a fantasy kingdom and are confronted by evil forces. ... view
Character:
Fritz / The King
Oct 1975 (first aired)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture a ... view
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New Years Baby 1953 (uncredited) (1 ep.)
Ed McMahon's little helper (uncredited) (1 ep.)