Christopher Michael
Christopher Michael is an actor who appeared as acoalition lieutenant in theStar Trek: The Next Generationfourth season episode "Legacy" and aDefiant helm officer in theStar Trek: Deep Space Ninefourth season episode "Rules of Engagement".
Television work[]
Prior to his work onThe Next Generation, Michael had guest roles in episodes ofJake and the Fatman (1988),Hunter (1989, withScott Jaeck,William Frankfather,Michael Canavan andKathryn Graf), andKnots Landing (1990, withMelinda Culea). Further appearances includeAmen (1990 & 1991, withRenata Scott andBumper Robinson) andGabriel's Fire (1991, starringJames Earl Jones andMadge Sinclair), andA Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991, withJames Black).
Throughout the 1990s he appeared in episodes ofBabylon 5 (1995, withWalter Koenig,Judy Levitt,Brian Cousins andDiane DiLascio),Family Matters (1995),Step by Step (1995, withTommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.),The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1995, starringJames Avery),Courthouse (1995, withBob Gunton,Dan Gauthier,Jacqueline Kim,Leslie Jordan andRay Wise),Diagnosis: Murder (1996, withKathleen Garrett),Baywatch (1996),Baywatch Nights (1996, withGreg Barnett,Steven Culp,Vaughn Armstrong andMark Wilson),Pacific Blue (1996, withDavid L. Lander andWilliam Lucking),The Pretender (1996, withGregg Henry,Paul Eiding andKara Zediker),Murphy Brown (1996),Fired Up (1997, starringSharon Lawrence, withJonathan Banks andJ.D. Hall),Melrose Place (1997, withDeborah Lacey,Dey Young,Barry Wiggins,Skip Stellrecht,Ken Thorley andLeslie Hoffman),The Practice (1997, withJohn Larroquette andTracy Middendorf),Total Security (1997, withTony Plana,Kristin Bauer,John Billingsley,Dennis Creaghan andBarbara Bosson),Cracker (1997, starringCarolyn McCormick andRobert Wisdom,Don McManus,Matt Malloy andKeene Curtis),Saved by the Bell (1997, withRichard Lee Jackson andShannon Cochran),Prey (1998, withLarry Drake andBart McCarthy),Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998, withMark Sheppard),The Wayans Bros. (1998),Any Day Now (1998, withDion Anderson andAnne Haney),Malibu, CA (1998),Ally McBeal (1998 and 1999, withAdrian Sparks,Renee E. Goldsberry,Gina Philips,Albert Hall,Jim O'Heir,Ron Taylor,Cindy Sorensen andJoe Gieb),Profiler (1999, withDennis Christopher,Mark Rolston andMatthew Kimbrough),V.I.P. (1999, withGregory Itzin,Jay Underwood and Dell Yount), andCrusade (1999, starringGary Cole,Daniel Dae Kim andMarjean Holden, withJohn Vickery).
Michael also had supporting parts inVirus (1995, withDakin Matthews,Brian Brophy andGreg Gault),Co-ed Call Girl (1996, withJeri Ryan,Dell Yount,Herta Ware andMarlene Sosebee), and the television dramaBorder Line (1999, withJohn de Lancie,Mikael Salazar,Len Cariou,Michelle C. Bonilla andJosh Cruze).
In 1996 he started to appear as recurring guest star Sergeant Michaels in7th Heaven, starringStephen Collins andCatherine Hicks and with recurring guest starsMaureen Flannigan,Ed Begley, Jr. andGraham Jarvis. Between 1996 and 2007 he appeared in 45 episodes. Another recurring role over several years was the part of a security guard in five episodes ofER (1997-2004, working withClancy Brown,Lily Mariye,John Pyper-Ferguson,Jenette Goldstein,Scott MacDonald,Joanna Miles, Skip Stellrecht,Bruce Wright,Megan Cole,Derek Mears,Gwen Van Dam,Jeannetta Arnette, Michelle C. Bonilla,Lisa Kaminir,Scott Grimes, Daniel Dae Kim,Daniel Roebuck andGregory Wagrowski).
Further television work includes episodes ofThe X-Files (2000, starringGillian Anderson, withGene LeBell),Rude Awakening (2000, withSalli Elise Richardson andBiff Yeager),Titans (2000, withClement von Franckenstein),Family Law (2000, starringChristopher McDonald, Salli Elise Richardson,Julie Warner,Michelle Horn andOrla Brady, withNicholas Cascone,Denise Crosby,Faran Tahir),Even Stevens (2000, withTom Virtue),The Division (2001, starringLisa Vidal),Six Feet Under (2001, withLindsey Parks andJenna Z. Wilson),Friends (2001, withMichael G. Hagerty andAmanda Carlin),Providence (2001, withRobert Costanzo),NYPD Blue (2001, starringGordon Clapp, withFranc Ross andJohn Prosky),V.I.P. (2002, withJeff Cadiente andDarlene Ava Williams),All That (2002),The West Wing (2002, starringMartin Sheen, withTimothy Davis-Reed andDavid Gautreaux),The District (2001-02, starringLynne Thigpen andRoger Aaron Brown, withWilliam Windom,Tim Thomerson,Erick Avari,Al Foster,J. Patrick McCormack,Spencer Garrett,Ken Feinberg andHenry Kingi, Sr.),Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2002),Dharma & Greg (2001-02, withMitchell Ryan andAndy Milder),Robbery Homicide Division (2002, withDon Fischer andWade Andrew Williams),The Practice (2003, withKaren Hensel),She Spies (2003, withSamantha Eggar),Threat Matrix (2003, withBrad Greenquist,Bennet Guillory,Gregg Daniel,Colby French andDendrie Taylor),Karen Sisco (2003, withTina Lifford andBenito Martinez),Line of Fire (2003, withLeslie Hope,Patrick Fischler andWilliam Lucking),Drake & Josh (2004),Medium (2005, starringJake Weber, withNeil C. Vipond),Crossing Jordan (2005, starringMiguel Ferrer andJerry O'Connell, withSaxon Trainor),The War at Home (2006, withJack Shearer andJoel Brooks),24 (2009, withAnnie Wersching,Bob Gunton andJeffrey Nordling),Knight Rider (2009), andiCarly (2007 & 2009) and the television moviesThe David Cassidy Story (2000, withAndrew Kavovit,Malcolm McDowell, Dey Young,Steven Anderson,Olivia Hack andPatrick Kerr) andJust Ask My Children (2001, starringVirginia Madsen and Jeffrey Nordling, withBarbara J. Tarbuck,Casey Biggs, John Billingsley, Adrian Sparks,Kitty Swink, Spencer Garrett,John Mahon, Jack Shearer, Amanda Carlin andArmin Shimerman).
Later credits areMiami Medical (2010, withMike Vogel),Pretty Little Liars (2010),Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011, withRaphael Sbarge), and a recurring role as coach inThe Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008-11, withSteve Schirripa).
Film work[]
Michael started his film career with featured parts inThe Escapist (1983), the dramaSouth Bronx Heroes (1985, withBarry Lynch),Heartbreak Ridge (1986, withTom Villard,Mike Gomez,John Hostetter andNicholas Worth),New Jack City (1991, withBill Cobbs,Thalmus Rasulala and Tina Lifford),House Party 2 (1991, withIman,William Schallert andWhoopi Goldberg),Wishman (1992, withNancy Parsons,Tony Amendola andMark Phelan), the comedyThere Goes the Neighborhood (1992, withHarris Yulin, Jonathan Banks,W. Morgan Sheppard,Lee Arenberg,Leonard Kelly-Young and Ron Taylor),Posse (1993, with Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Salli Elise Richardson,Robert Hooks,Bob Minor andDavid Jean Thomas),Gunmen (1993, withPatrick Stewart andBrenda Bakke),Guyver: Dark Hero (1994, withBrian Simpson andWyatt Weed), and the dramaCalifornia Convertible (1995, withChuck Borden andDyanna Lynn).
Further film credits includeTimemaster (1995, withDuncan Regehr,Michael Dorn,L.L. Ginter,Keith Campbell andChris Durand), the video productionLimp Fangs (1996) which he also wrote and directed,The Cable Guy (1996, withAndy Dick,Tommy Hinkley,Lloyd Kino,Michael Rivkin,Charles Napier,Leonard O. Turner andDavid Bowe),Solo (1996, withWilliam Sadler), the action filmSworn to Justice (1996, withBrad Dourif, Walter Koenig, Chuck Borden,Max Daniels andMarcus Young), the dramaA Time to Revenge (1997, withKen Olandt),Fools Rush In (1997, with Josh Cruze andAndrew Hill Newman),Drive (1997, with John Pyper-Ferguson,Tracey Walter,Johnny Martin,Warren A. Stevens and Chuck Borden), the thrillerShades of Gray (1997, withGranville Ames),Switchback (1997, with Ken Thorley),Born Champion (1998, withAlise Phelan),Storm (1999, withMark Chaet,J.P. Hubbell,andAmanda Foreman), the short filmThe Deformation of Myrna Brown (1999), the thrillerLove Her Madly (2000, withRende Rae Norman,Ric Sarabia andMichael Bailey Smith), the dramaPlastic Boy and the Jokers (2000),In Pursuit (2001, withDean Stockwell,Kim Rhodes andDavid Graf),New Alcatraz (2001, with Mark Sheppard,Craig Wasson andRichard Tanner), the comedyStrange Hearts (2002),Baadasssss! (2003, withSaul Rubinek andVincent Schiavelli), the short filmBring Your 'A' Game (2009), andWake (2009).
He also worked on the dramaCutback (2010),We the Party (2011, with Salli Elise Richardson and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.), andHardflip (2012).