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Michael Emerson
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Michael Emerson is an American actor who has worked in film, television, and on stage since 1986. Born on September 7, 1954, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. He attended Drake University and is married to Carrie Preston. His acting career has been recognized with Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
While primarily known for his acting, records also list him as an author with 48 works, including titles such as *Albert Einstein* and *Redrawing the Map of Europe*. Other data sources associate the name Michael Emerson with scientific research in medicine and biology, as well as musical genres like crossover prog and film score, though these may refer to different individuals.
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, OpenAlex, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 48
Top works
- Albert Einstein
- Redrawing the Map of Europe
- Democratisation in the European Neighbourhood
- Appraisal of the EU's Trade Policy Towards Its Eastern Neighbours
- Interculturalism
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Linus on Lost as well as fictional serial killer William Hinks in The Practice.
Known for
- Getting LOST — Self2024
- Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps — The Evil Wizard2024
- Elsbeth — Milton Crawford2024
- Fallout — Wilzig2024
- My Adventures with Superman — Brainiac (voice)2023
- Glimpse — Reg2022
- Dead Talk Live — Self - Guest2020
- The Name of the Rose — Abo of Fossanova - The Abbot2019
- Evil — Dr Leland Townsend2019
- The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements — Narrator2015
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1944-11-02
- Active to
- 2016-03-10
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 37
- Total plays
- 273
Michael Emerson (born 7 September 1954) is an American actor of the stage and screen. He won an "Outstanding Guest Actor" Emmy in 2001 for a part on The Practice and played Zep Hindle in the 2004 film Saw, but he is best known for his role as Benjamin Linus in the television series Lost. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Emerson">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 99
- Cited by
- 40,262
Research areas
Most cited works
- Improving Bioscience Research Reporting: The ARRIVE Guidelines for Reporting Animal Research2010 · 7,269 cit
- Improving bioscience research reporting: The ARRIVE guidelines for reporting animal research2010 · 6,340 cit
- The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research2020 · 5,445 cit
- Animal research: Reporting <i>in vivo</i> experiments: The ARRIVE guidelines2010 · 3,615 cit
- The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research2020 · 3,538 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,595x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,861x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,845x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,656x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,574x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-09-07 ) September 7, 1954 (age 71) , Cedar Rapids , Iowa , U.S.
- Education
- Drake University ( BA ), University of Alabama ( MFA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Spouse
- Carrie Preston ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cedar Rapids
- Spouse
- Carrie Preston
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Drake University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- michaelemerson.tv
- Image
- Michael Emerson SDCC 2013.jpg
- Height
- 173
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Michael Emerson
- date of birth
- 1954-09-07
- Commons gallery
- Michael Emerson
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- social media followers
- 50705
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Michael Emerson
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost (2006–2010) and as Harold Finch in the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016). Other prominent roles include Zep Hindle in the horror film Saw (2004) and as Dr. Leland Townsend in the Paramount+ thriller series Evil (2019–2024).
He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, one Guest Actor in a Drama Series award for portraying William Hinks on The Practice (2000–2001), and the second a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series award for his role in Lost, for which he also received three other Primetime Emmy nominations. Emerson has also worked extensively in theatre, notably originating the role of Oscar Wilde in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde from 1997 to 1998, portraying Willie Oban in the 1999 Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh, and playing Guy in the debut production of Will Eno's Wakey, Wakey in 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Emerson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.