Michael Jeter ( born Michael Jeter , August 26, 1952 - March 30, 2003) is an American actor.
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| Profession | actor |
| Career | 1979-2003 |
| Awards | Emmy (1992) |
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Biography
Michael Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee , on August 26, 1952 in a dentist's family. [5] In his youth, he dreamed of becoming a doctor and entered the University of Memphis in the Department of Medicine, but after studying there for some time, he became more interested in acting. He took part in the productions of several plays at the local theater, and then, leaving Memphis , moved to Baltimore , where he continued his career on the stage. He did not immediately try to make happiness in New York , as he believed that it was rather difficult without membership in a labor union of actors. [6]
His perseverance and acting professionalism eventually brought him to New York after he was noticed by theater director Tommy Tun and invited him to play in the play The Ninth Cloud. Jeter achieved success in a short time, and by the end of 1989 he had already made his Broadway debut in the musical Grand Hotel, for which he won the Tony Award the next year.
On television, he began to appear in the early 1980s in small roles in films and television series. On the screens, he usually played cranks or scammers, like in the films King Fisher (1991), Landing Zone (1994) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). Sometimes he got even more serious roles, such as in the films King of the Air (1997), The Green Mile (1999), Jurassic Park III (2001) and Open Space (2003). In 1992, he won an Emmy Award for his role in the sitcom Evening Shadow. He was known to a younger audience as Mr. Noodle in the children's show Sesame Street , which starred from 2000 to 2003.
Michael Jeter was gay , not hiding his orientation. [7] His regular partner was Sean Bleu, whom he had met since 1995. After he was infected with HIV , he started having problems with drugs and alcohol. For a fairly short period of time, the actor almost completely wilted and stopped appearing on the screens. His last work in the cinema was the scoring of two engineers in the animated film " Polar Express ", which was released after his death and was dedicated to the memory of the actor. [8] Michael Jeter died of an epileptic seizure [9] on March 30, 2003 in Los Angeles at the age of 50.
Filmography
- 1979 - Hair
- 1986 - Debt Pit - Ernie
- 1989 - Tango and Cash
- 1989 - Mortal Shot
- 1990 - Miller Crossroads
- 1991 - Fisher King - Homeless Cabaret Singer
- 1993 - Sister, act 2 - father Ignatius
- 1994 - Landing Area - Earl Lidi
- 1995 - Water World - Old Man Gregor
- 1997 - King of the Air - Norm Snivley
- 1997 - Mouse Hunt - Quincy Thorpe
- 1998 - Healer Adams - Patient
- 1998 - The Naked Man - Styx Varon
- 1998 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Dr. Blomkvist
- 1998 - Bloody Thursday - Dr. Jervis
- 1999 - The Real Crime
- 1999 - The Green Mile - Edouard Delacroix
- 2001 - Jurassic Park III - Mr. Youdeschi
- 2001 - Welcome to Collinwood
- 2003 - Open Space - Percy
- 2004 - Polar Express - dubbing
Rewards
- 1990 - Tony - Best Actor in a Musical (Grand Hotel)
- 1992 - Emmy - Best Supporting Actor in the Comedy Series (Evening Shadow)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 143583263 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Michael Jeter Biography . filmreference (2008). Date of treatment July 6, 2008.
- ↑ Lawrence Ferber . Michael Jeter: though he was small in stature, Michael Jeter is remembered as an acting giant by his costars , The Advocate (13 May 2003). Date of treatment July 10, 2008.
- ↑ Accessmy library : Michael Jeter: though he was small in stature, Michael Jeter is remembered as an acting giant by his costars.
- ↑ The Polar Express film credits.
- ↑ Biography at imdb.com . Archived on April 10, 2012.