Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
OverviewAI-generated
Michael Chiklis is an American actor, voice actor, stage actor, and television actor. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1963, he is a male human who speaks and writes in English. He received his education at Boston University and began his work period in 1989.
Chiklis has received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His professional contributions are categorized under the acting department.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film & TV
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Michael Charles Chiklis (/ˈtʃɪklɪs/; born August 30, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield (2002–2008), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002 and was nominated in 2003. Other starring television roles of his include…
Known for
- The Senior — Mike Flynt2025
- Hotel Cocaine — Agent Zulio2024
- Accused — Dr. Scott Corbett2023
- Accused — Justin2023
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty — Red Auerbach2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Don't Look Up — Dan Pawketty2021
- John Bronco Rides Again2021
- Coyote — Ben Clemens2021
- Hubie Halloween — Father Dave2020
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Michael Charles Chiklis , ( 1963-08-30 ) August 30, 1963 (age 62) , Lowell, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Boston University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor, television producer, television director
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Spouse
- Michelle Moran ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 )
- Children
- 2, including Autumn
- Website
- michaelchiklis .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lowell
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.michaelchiklis.com
- Image
- Mchikie headshot.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Michael Chiklis
- date of birth
- 1963-08-30
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Michael Charles Chiklis (/ˈtʃɪklɪs/; born August 30, 1963) is an American actor, television producer, and director. He is known for his roles as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield (2002–2008), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002 and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 2003, and as superhero Ben Grimm / the Thing in Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).
Other notable television roles of his include Commissioner Tony Scali on The Commish (1991–1996), Dell Toledo on American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014–2015), Nathaniel Barnes on Gotham (2015–2017), and Red Auerbach on Winning Time (2022–2023). He has appeared in films such as Eagle Eye (2008), Hubie Halloween (2020), and Don't Look Up (2021).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Chiklis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
Available in 35 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Afrikaans
- azb
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Catalan
- Central Kurdish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Finnish
- Haitian Creole
- Hebrew
Show 16 more
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0