Michael Bowen (actor)

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Michael Bowen
Born1958 (age 6566)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1982present
Parent(s) Michael Bowen and Sonia Sorel
Relatives

Michael Bowen (born 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Nicolas Cage's romantic rival, Tommy, in the cult classic Valley Girl (1983), Danny Pickett on the ABC series Lost , and Jack Welker on the AMC series Breaking Bad . [1]

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Early life

Bowen is the only son of Beat painter Michael Bowen Sr. and actress Sonia Sorel (née Henius; 1921–2004) who was Bowen's first wife. His maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, a Danish immigrant to America who himself was of Polish-Jewish descent, and his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg. [2] He grew up in San Francisco knowing "interesting characters—revolutionary-type people," which inspired his portrayal of Uncle Jack on the AMC series Breaking Bad . [3] Through his mother's other marriage he is the half-brother of actors Robert and Keith Carradine of the Carradine family. [4] He is the half-uncle of actresses Martha Plimpton and Ever Carradine. [4]

Career

Besides his TV work and his appearance as Tommy in Valley Girl, Bowen has more than 130 film credits to his name as of 2022,[ citation needed ] including The Godfather Part III (1990), [5] Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), [5] Jackie Brown (1997), [5] Magnolia (1999), [5] Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003), [5] Walking Tall (2004), and Django Unchained (2012). On November 30, 2015, Fox announced he would play Matches Malone on Gotham . [6] His most recently released film is A Soldier's Revenge , which was released in 2020. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Forbidden World Jimmy Swift
1983 Valley Girl Tommy
1984 The Wild Life Vince
1984 On the Line Customs Officer
1984 Night of the Comet Larry Dupree
1985 Private Resort Scott
1986 Echo Park August
1986 Iron Eagle Knotcher
1986The Check Is in the Mail...Gary Jackson
1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck Hot Dog
1987 Less than Zero Hop
1989 Season of Fear Mick Drummond
1989 Mortal Passions Berke
1989 The Ryan White Story Harlan
1990 The Godfather Part III Mask #2
1991 The Taking of Beverly Hills L.A. Cop At Roadblock
1992 The Waterdance Biker #1
1992 The Player Himself
1992 Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story Buck Barrow
1992Adventures in SpyingSlater
1994 Beverly Hills Cop III Fletch
1994 Love and a .45 Ranger X
1995 Real Ghosts Bobby Mackey
1997CupidMike Logan
1997 Excess Baggage Gus
1997 Jackie Brown Detective Mark Dargas
1998 Letters from a Killer Parker
1998 Gideon Billy Ray Turner
1999Natural SelectionWillie Dickenson
1999 Me and Will George
1999 Magnolia Rick Spector
2001Final PaybackSteve Ghallagher
2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1 Buck
2004 Walking Tall Sheriff Stan Watkins
2004 Kill Bill: Volume 2 Buck
2004 After the Sunset FBI Driver
2005Lethal EvictionLewis
2005 Self Medicated Dan Jones
2005Chandler HallRichard
2005 The Work and the Glory: American Zion Robert Johnson
2006 The Lost Detective Charlie Schilling
2006The Work and the Glory III: A House DividedRobert Johnson
2008 Autopsy Travis
2008 Deadgirl Clint
2009 The Hessen Affair Ben Cassidy
2009 Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever Principal Sinclair
2009 The Last House on the Left Officer Morton
2011 Brawler Rex Baker
2011Echo Park Love StoryThe Guitar Maker
2011 Apart Teddy Berg
2011The Perfect StudentDetective Walker
2012 Django Unchained Tracker
2012Slumber Party SlaughterMod Man
2012Soda SpringsLarry
2013 Deep Dark Canyon Randy Cavanaugh
2013 All Cheerleaders Die Larry
2013 Duke Sergeant Roman
2017 House by the Lake Harry
2020 A Soldier's Revenge Feldman

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Highway to Heaven Jack HarmEpisode: "Plane Death"
1989 21 Jump Street Charlie SharpEpisode: "High High"
1990 China Beach StepakoffEpisode: "One Small Step"
1992 Matlock Jay ReynoldsEpisodes: "The Assassination: Part 1" and "Part 2"
1994 ER Dante ValerioEpisode: "The Gift"
1996 NYPD Blue David TierneyEpisode: "A Tushful of Dollars"
1997 JAG DennyEpisode: "Full Engagement"
2001 The X-Files Dwight CooperEpisode: "Surekill"
2003–2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Marty Cooperman / Jason RichterEpisodes: "Jackpot" and "Cold Blooded"
2006–2007 Lost Danny Pickett 7 episodes
2009 Criminal Minds Tommy AndersonEpisode: "Haunted"
2009 Dark Blue Dan KempEpisode: "Ice"
2010 Scoundrels Charlie5 episodes
2012 Revolution Ray KinseyEpisode: "The Plague Dogs"
2012–2013 Breaking Bad Jack Welker 7 episodes
2014 Raising Hope MulletEpisode: "How I Met Your Mullet"
2016 Gotham Matches Malone Episode: "This Ball of Mud and Meanness"
2016, 2022 Animal Kingdom Vin3 episodes
2020 Beef House BradEpisode: "Army Buddy Brad"
2021 Grey's Anatomy Roy DavisEpisode: "With a Little Help from My Friends"
2022 Law & Order: Organized Crime GuardEpisode: "Spirit in the Sky"

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References

  1. Hochberg, Mina (September 26, 2013). "Breaking Bad's Michael Bowen on Uncle Jack and Todd, and Guitar-Playing With Jesse Plemons". Vulture . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  2. "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time". J. T. White. June 22, 1971 via Google Books.
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