Summary
Michael Anthony Beach (born October 30, 1963) is an American actor. He has appeared in films Lean on Me (1989), One False Move (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Waiting to Exhale (1995), A Family Thing (1996), Soul Food (1997), Aquaman (2018), and Saw X (2023). On television, he played Al Boulet on the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 2005, Beach was a regular cast member in another NBC drama series, Third Watch, as Monte Parker, and as T.O. Cross in FX's Sons of Anarchy.[2]
Michael Beach | |
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 Beach in 2017 | |
| Born | Michael Anthony Beach October 30, 1963 Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouses | |
Early life edit
Beach was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on October 30, 1963. He graduated from Juilliard School with a degree for the Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Career edit
Beach's big screen debut was in End of the Line in 1987, and he went on to appear opposite Morgan Freeman and Beverly Todd in Lean on Me (1989). Beach also co-starred in films including Internal Affairs, Cadence (both 1990), One False Move (1992) with Cynda Williams, Short Cuts and True Romance (both 1993).
Beach's big break came in 1995, playing Angela Bassett's unfaithful husband in the comedy-drama film Waiting to Exhale. In 1997, he played Vanessa L. Williams's unfaithful husband in the comedy-drama film Soul Food. On television, he played a recurring role as Al Boulet, the ex-husband of physician assistant Jeanie Boulet (Gloria Reuben) in the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 2005, Beach was a regular cast member in the NBC drama series Third Watch, playing FDNY paramedic Monte 'Doc' Parker.
Beach has had guest-starring roles on Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Brothers & Sisters, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, and The Blacklist. He was also a regular on the short-lived NBC series Crisis in 2014, and had recurring roles on Stargate Atlantis, Sons of Anarchy, The Client List, The Game, Secrets and Lies, S.W.A.T. and The 100.[3] Most recently he has had a guest-starring role in seasons 6 and 7 of Chicago P.D. as Darius Walker, a drug dealer and community philanthropist turned confidential informant. In December 2022, Beach was confirmed by Deadline Hollywood to have signed on to appear in Saw X, the tenth installment of the Saw film series, for release in October 2023.[4]
Personal life edit
Beach married Tracey Beach in 1990, and their marriage lasted until their divorce in 2006. The following year, he was married to Elisha Wilson.[5]
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Streets of Gold | Sonny | |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Alvin | |
| Suspect | Parking Lot Attendant | ||
| 1988 | In a Shallow Grave | Quintus Pearch | |
| 1989 | Lean on Me | Mr. Darnell | |
| The Abyss | Barnes | ||
| 1990 | Internal Affairs | Dorian Fletcher | |
| Cadence | Webb | ||
| 1991 | Guilty as Charged | Hamilton | |
| Late for Dinner | Dr. David Arrington | ||
| 1992 | One False Move | Lane 'Pluto' Franklin | |
| 1993 | The Hit List | Detective Akin | |
| Another Round | Tyrell | Short | |
| Short Cuts | Jim Stone | ||
| True Romance | Detective Wurlitzer | ||
| 1995 | Bad Company | Tod Stapp | |
| White Man's Burden | Policeman | ||
| Waiting to Exhale | John Harris Sr. | ||
| 1996 | A Family Thing | Virgil Murdoch | |
| Dr. Hugo | Hobbs | Short | |
| 1997 | Casualties | Clark Cooper | |
| Soul Food | Miles Jenkins | ||
| 1998 | Johnny Skidmarks | Mike | |
| A Room Without Doors | Dee | Short | |
| 1999 | Asunder | Michael Hubbs | |
| Made Men | Miles/The Skipper | ||
| 2002 | Crazy as Hell | Ty Adams | |
| 2006 | Lenexa, 1 Mile | Paddy | |
| Like Mike 2: Streetball | Jerome "Double J" Jenkins, Sr. | Video | |
| 2008 | First Sunday | Deacon | |
| Hell Ride | Goody Two Shoes | ||
| Stargate: The Ark of Truth | Colonel Abe Ellis | Video | |
| Pastor Brown | Avery Callagan | ||
| Play Dead | Devon | Video | |
| 2012 | David E. Talbert Presents: A Fool and His Money | - | Video |
| Sparkle | Reverend Bryce | ||
| Red Dawn | Mayor Jenkins | ||
| 2013 | Broken City | Tony Jansen | |
| 500 MPH Storm | Simon Caprisi | ||
| Scrapper | Hollis Wallace | ||
| Assassins Tale | Roman | ||
| Things Never Said | Will Jackson | ||
| Insidious: Chapter 2 | Detective Sendal | ||
| The Exchange | Howard | Short | |
| 2014 | Only Light | Roy | Short |
| 2015 | Megachurch Murder | Clay King | |
| The Submarine Kid | Marc | ||
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Governor Deval Patrick | |
| The Bounce Back | George | ||
| 2017 | No Postage Necessary | Harry | |
| 2018 | Parker's Anchor | Clinton | |
| Deep Blue Sea 2 | Carl Durant | Video | |
| Canal Street | Ronald Morgan | ||
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Frank Hunt | ||
| Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer | DA Dan Molinari | ||
| Aquaman | Jesse Kane | ||
| 2019 | #Truth | Kenneth Little | |
| Sunny Daze | Mickey | ||
| Rim of the World | General Khoury | ||
| Soliloquy or The Goose | Father Duck (voice) | Short | |
| Foster Boy | Bill Randolph | ||
| 2020 | Inheritance | Harold Thewlis | |
| Superintelligence | General Saul Gomez | ||
| 2021 | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Detective Yarbrough | |
| Real Talk | Father Daniels | ||
| The Harder They Fall | Nat Love's Father | ||
| Unspoken | Dr. Berman | Short | |
| 2022 | Immanence | Jonah | |
| The Devil You Know | Greg Hansen | ||
| The Royal | - | ||
| 2023 | Saw X | Henry Kessler | [4] |
| TBA | Shelby Oaks | Detective Burke | [6] |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Rudolph Tyner | Television film |
| 1988 | Weekend War | Wiley | Television film |
| Open Admissions | Calvin Jefferson | Television film | |
| The Street | Officer Sheppard Scott | Main Cast | |
| 1989 | ABC Afterschool Special | Jake | Episode: "Taking a Stand" |
| 1990 | Shannon's Deal | Monty Coles | Episode: "Inside Straight" |
| Dangerous Passion | Steve | Television film | |
| 1991 | Gabriel's Fire | Michael Austin | Episode: "Birds Gotta Fly" |
| Quantum Leap | Nathaniel Simpson | Episode: "Justice: May 11, 1965" | |
| Veronica Clare | - | Episode: "Deadly Minds" | |
| Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor | Perez | Television film | |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Randy Warren | Episode: "Night of the Gladiator" |
| Final Appeal | Detective Thorne | Television film | |
| 1994 | South Central | Isaiah | Recurring Cast |
| NYPD Blue | Officer Frank Quint | Recurring Cast: Season 2 | |
| Sweet Justice | Jonah | Episode: "In the Name of the Son" | |
| Knight Rider 2010 | Marshal Will McQueen | Television film | |
| Midnight Run for Your Life | Pemberton | Television film | |
| 1994–95 | Under Suspicion | Detective Desmond Beck | Main Cast |
| 1995 | Law & Order | Mr. Elliot | Episode: "Purple Heart" |
| Touched by an Angel | Sam Mitchell | Episode: "Reunion" | |
| Sketch Artist II: Hands That See | George | Television film | |
| 1995–97 | ER | Al Boulet | Recurring Cast: Season 2–4 |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl Manigault | Legrand | Television film |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Reverend Luke | Television film |
| 1998 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Abon Bridges | Episode: "Ruby Bridges" |
| 1999 | Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Terry Fitzgerald (voice) | Recurring Cast |
| 1999–2005 | Third Watch | Paramedic Monte "Doc" Parker | Main Cast: Season 1–5, Guest: Season 6 |
| 2002 | Critical Assembly | FBI Agent Winston | Television film |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Andy Abbott | Episode: "Lowdown" |
| 2004–06 | Justice League Unlimited | Mister Terrific (Michael Holt) (voice) | Guest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters | Noah Guare | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| Without a Trace | Chuck Barr | Episode: "The Calm Before" | |
| 2007 | Shark | Lester Space | Episode: "Student Body" |
| Criminal Minds | Father Marks | Episode: "Lucky" | |
| 2007–09 | Stargate Atlantis | Colonel Abe Ellis | Guest: Season 3 & 5, Recurring Cast: Season 4 |
| 2009 | Numbers | Len Walsh | Episode: "Jacked" |
| Soul | Isaiah | Recurring Cast | |
| The Cleaner | Lonnie Simon | Recurring Cast: Season 2 | |
| Relative Stranger | James Clemons | Television film | |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | James | Episode: "Teacher and Pupils" |
| 2010–14 | Sons of Anarchy | Taddarius Orwell 'T.O.' Cross | Recurring Cast: Season 3 & 7, Guest: Season 5 |
| 2011 | Grey's Anatomy | Mr. Baker | Episode: "Not Responsible" |
| Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Detective Wayne Sanderson | Episode: "Death by a Thousand Cuts" | |
| The Closer | Coach Rich Carr | Episode: "Necessary Evil" | |
| 2011 | Justice for Natalee Holloway | Agent Delaney | Television film |
| 2011–15 | The Game | Roger Keith | Recurring Cast: Season 4 & 8, Guest: Season 5-6 & 9 |
| 2012 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Himself | Episode: "Erin Moran/Pia Zadora/Michael Beach" |
| NCIS | Metro Detective Robert Flowers | Episode: "A Desperate Man" | |
| A Gifted Man | Nicky Davis | Episode: "In Case of Co-Dependants" | |
| Notes from Dad | Manny Gauza | Television film | |
| 2013 | Southland | Detective Williams | Episode: "Reckoning" |
| The Client List | Harold Clemens | Recurring Cast: Season 2 | |
| 2014 | Crisis | FBI Director William Olsen | Main Cast |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Brad Marking | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| Secrets and Lies | Arthur Fenton | Recurring Cast: Season 1 | |
| Battle Creek | Larry Duncan | Episode: "Homecoming" | |
| CSI: Immortality | Harbor Patrol SD Scinta | Television film | |
| 2016 | Hit the Floor | James Howard | Episode: "Upset" |
| Blue Bloods | FBI Agent Adam Parker | Episode: "Down the Rabbit Hole" | |
| Pitch | Bill Baker | Recurring Cast | |
| 2016–19 | The 100 | Charles Pike | Recurring Cast: Season 3, Guest: Season 6 |
| 2017 | Scorpion | Sandhog Chief | Episode: "The Hole Truth" |
| Doubt | Jacob Ward | Episode: "Top Dog/Underdog" | |
| Lethal Weapon | Bryan Graves | Episode: "Fork-Getta-Bout-It" | |
| Dynasty | Police Chief Aaron Stansfield | Recurring Cast: Season 1 | |
| 2017–22 | S.W.A.T. | Leroy Henderson | Guest: Season 1 & 5, Recurring Cast: Season 2 & 4 |
| 2018 | Unsolved | Detective Kelly Cooper | Episode: "Wherever It Leads" |
| Animal Kingdom | Smurf's Attorney | Recurring Cast: Season 3 | |
| 2018–19 | For the People | Douglas Delap | Recurring Cast |
| 2018–24 | The Rookie | Percy West | Recurring Cast: Season 1 & 3, Guest Season 6 |
| 2019 | Barry | Police Detective | Episode: "The Power of No" |
| Swamp Thing | Nathan Ellery | Recurring Cast | |
| 2019–20 | Chicago P.D. | Darius Walker | Recurring Cast: Season 7 |
| All Rise | Rick Kramer | Recurring Cast: Season 1 | |
| 2019–21 | Truth Be Told | Ingram Rhoades | Main Cast: Season 1–2 |
| 2020 | Stumptown | Major Elders | Episode: "The Dex File" |
| Cherish the Day | Ben | Recurring Cast: Season 1 | |
| Two Degrees | Mike | Episode: "Cigar Cave" | |
| SEAL Team | Chaplain Ryan Walker | Recurring Cast: Season 3, Guest: Season 4 | |
| 2021– | Mayor of Kingstown | Captain Kareem Moore | Recurring Cast |
| 2022 | Law & Order | Attorney Brian Harris | Recurring Cast: Season 21 |
| Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Detective Dennis Murphy | Recurring Cast | |
| 2022– | Tulsa King | Mark Mitchell | Recurring Cast |
| Kingdom Business | Calvin Jordan | Main Cast |
Video games edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Madden 21 | Reggie Brown | Also motion capture |
References edit
- ^ Lisa Flam. "Breast-feeding mom sparks controversy with honest photo - TODAY.com". TODAY.com. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ Levine, Daniel L. (June 10, 2021). "'Sons of Anarchy Alum Michael Beach Reacts to One of His Early Movies Now Streaming". www.popculture.com. Pop Culture. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ "The 100 season 3: Michael Beach, Sons of Anarchy star, joins cast". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ a b Grobbar, Matt (December 8, 2022). "'Saw' Alum Shawnee Smith Circling 10th Installment As Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand & Michael Beach Sign On". Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ Thompson, Stephen (June 17, 2021). "'Soul Food' Star Michael Beach's Wife Elisha Wilson Once Went Viral For a 'Mom Duties' Pic – Meet Her". www.amomama.con. AmoMama. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (May 20, 2022). "Chris Stuckmann's Kickstarter Horror Record-Breaker Shelby Oaks Begins Production, Reveals Cast — Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 20, 2022.