Michael Adler
Known For: Acting
Biography
Michael Adler – American actor and producer, with no publicly recorded birthplace or birthday. Son of novelist Warren Adler. Earned a B.A. from the University of Southern California and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre (alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Miranda Richardson) and RADA in London, and studied improvisation with The Groundlings. Active since 1988, based in Calabasas, California. He is also VP of Creative Affairs and partner for Adler Entertainment Trust, a production company dedicated to bringing his father's library of books to film, television, and Broadway. His most notable film roles include Schloss in Stand and Deliver (1988), Dr. Hillerman in The War of the Roses (1989), a Conference Room Attorney in Liar Liar (1997), Dr. Alex Dupree in I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Bank Manager in Peppermint (2018), Anderson in A Million Miles Away (2023), and Senator Tobey in The Alto Knights (2025). On television he has appeared in Criminal Minds (2009) as Patrick Meyers, True Detective (2015) as Cliggot, Brothers & Sisters (2008) as Doug Manning, The O.C. (2005) as Jeff Frenkel, NCIS (2003) as CPT Burger, House (2007), NYPD Blue (2004), and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) as Judge Lawrence Gram.
Filmography
2025
- The Roses ... (Executive Producer)
- The Alto Knights as Senator Tobey
2023
- A Million Miles Away as Anderson
2022
- DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story as Judge Lawrence Gram
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber as Michael Wolfe
2018
- Peppermint as Bank Manager
2011
- Suburgatory as Dr. Roger
2010
- The Defenders as Dr. Pitts
- Anderson's Cross as Coach McCarthy
2007
- I Know Who Killed Me as Alex Dupree
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as Doug Manning
- Shark as Dr. Dan Millman
2005
- Bones as Pastor Rick
2004
- House as ER Patient
2002
- Without a Trace as Stuart Rosenthal
2001
- Crossing Jordan as A.D.A. Willis
2000
- Boston Public as Joel Berenger
1999
- Stark Raving Mad as Toupee Guy
1998
- V.I.P. as Doctor
- Letters from a Killer as Building Manager
1996
- 3rd Rock from the Sun as Handler
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Man in White Coat
1995
- NewsRadio as Guy Pretending to Be Scott Adams
1994
- ER as Rick
- Bad Nauheim: Looking for The King ... (Producer)
1993
- NYPD Blue
- Diagnosis: Murder as Ezra Langdon
1992
- Chaplin as Party Guest
1990
- Ferris Bueller as Fred Worthman
- Hard to Kill as Desk Clerk
1989
- The War of the Roses as Dr. Hillerman
1982
- American Playhouse as Schloss