Michael Medeiros
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Art of Diversion as Theo
2019
2018
- Manifest as Gordon Landon
- New Amsterdam as Russian Ambassador
2017
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 as Mismatched Eyes
2014
- She's Lost Control as Officer Smith
2013
- The Blacklist as Colin Anglim
- Tiger Lily Road as Deputy Bob
2012
- Elementary as Joe Bey
2011
- Person of Interest as Solnick
- X-Men: First Class as Political Officer
2009
- The Good Wife as Server
2008
- Synecdoche, New York as Eric
2007
- The Warrior Class as Sid Kline
- Margot at the Wedding as Karaoke Singer
2006
- Original Intent: The Battle for America as Narrator (voice)
2005
- Jonny Zero as Curt Bells
2003
- Nola as Mike Flanders
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Dimitri
1997
- Drunks as Charlie
1993
- Ticks as Jerry
- Sunset Grill as Mule
1990
- Law & Order as Mike Dolci
- RoboCop 2 as Catzo
1989
- The Revenge of Al Capone as Coletti
1986
- Matlock as Jim Beck
- L.A. Law as Stan Vlasic
- Parting Glances as Tall Muscleman - Pool Dream
1985
- The Equalizer as Angel Fiskus
1984
- New York Nights as Porno Director
1982
- Alone in the Dark as Club Manager
1973
- The Garden Party as Bert