Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 30, 1963
Place of Birth:
West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
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Michael Beach
Biography
Michael Anthony Beach is an American actor. He has appeared in films Lean on Me (1989), One False Move (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Waiting to Exhale (1995), A Family Thing (1996), Soul Food (1997), Aquaman (2018), and Saw X (2023). On television, he played Al Boulet on the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 2005, Beach was a regular cast member in another NBC drama series, Third Watch, as Monte Parker, and as T.O. Cross in FX's Sons of Anarchy.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shelby Oaks | Detective Burke |
| 2024 | I'll Be Right There | Albert |
| 2023 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Jesse Kane (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | God's Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story | Dillard |
| 2023 | Saw X | Henry Kessler |
| 2022 | The Devil You Know | Greg Hansen |
| 2022 | The Royal | |
| 2022 | Immanence | Jonah |
| 2021 | Real Talk | Father Daniels |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Mr. Love |
| 2021 | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Detective Yarbrough |
| 2020 | Superintelligence | Saul Gomez |
| 2020 | Inheritance | Harold Thewlis |
| 2019 | #Truth | Kenneth Little |
| 2019 | Canal Street | Ronald Morgan |
| 2019 | Rim of the World | General Khoury |
| 2019 | Sunny Daze | Mickey |
| 2019 | Foster Boy | Bill Randolph |
| 2018 | Aquaman | Jesse Kane (Manta's Father) |
| 2018 | Deep Blue Sea 2 | Carl Durant |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Frank Hunt |
| 2018 | No Postage Necessary | Harry |
| 2018 | Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer | DA Dan Molinari |
| 2017 | Parker's Anchor | Clinton |
| 2016 | The Submarine Kid | Marc |
| 2016 | The Bounce Back | Lester |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Gov. Deval Patrick |
| 2015 | Megachurch Murder | Clay King |
| 2015 | CSI: Immortality | Harbor Patrol SD Scinta |
| 2013 | Broken City | Tony Jansen |
| 2013 | Assassins Tale | Roman |
| 2013 | Things Never Said | Will Jackson |
| 2013 | Notes from Dad | Manny Gauza |
| 2013 | Scrapper | Hollis Wallace |
| 2013 | 500 MPH Storm | Simon Caprisi |
| 2013 | Insidious: Chapter 2 | Detective Sendal |
| 2013 | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Black Manta (voice) |
| 2013 | The Exchange | Howard |
| 2012 | Red Dawn | Mayor Jenkins |
| 2012 | David E. Talbert's: A Fool and His Money | |
| 2012 | Sparkle | Rev. Bryce |
| 2011 | Justice for Natalee Holloway | Agent Delaney |
| 2009 | Play Dead | Devon |
| 2009 | Pastor Brown | Avery Callagan |
| 2009 | Relative Stranger | James Clemons |
| 2008 | Hell Ride | Goody Two Shoes |
| 2008 | First Sunday | Deacon |
| 2008 | Stargate: The Ark of Truth | Col. Abe Ellis |
| 2006 | Like Mike 2: Streetball | Senior |
| 2006 | Lenexa, 1 Mile | Paddy |
| 2002 | Crazy As Hell | Ty Adams |
| 1999 | Made Men | Miles |
| 1998 | Asunder | Michael Hubbs |
| 1998 | Ruby Bridges | Abon Bridges |
| 1998 | Johnny Skidmarks | Mike |
| 1997 | Soul Food | Miles |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Reverend Luke |
| 1997 | Casualties | Clark Cooper |
| 1996 | A Family Thing | Virgil |
| 1996 | Dr. Hugo | Hobbs |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Legrand |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | John, Sr. |
| 1995 | Bad Company | Tod Stapp |
| 1995 | Sketch Artist II: Hands That See | George |
| 1994 | Knight Rider 2010 | Marshal Will McQueen |
| 1994 | Midnight Run for Your Life | Pemberton |
| 1993 | The Hit List | Det. Akin |
| 1993 | True Romance | Wurlitzer |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Jim Stone |
| 1993 | Final Appeal | Det. Thorne |
| 1991 | One False Move | Pluto |
| 1991 | Guilty As Charged | Hamilton |
| 1991 | Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor | Perez |
| 1990 | Cadence | Edward James Webb |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs | Dorian Fletcher |
| 1990 | Dangerous Passion | Steve |
| 1989 | The Abyss | Barnes |
| 1989 | Lean On Me | Mr. Darnell |
| 1989 | Taking A Stand | Jake |
| 1988 | In a Shallow Grave | Quintus Pearch |
| 1988 | Open Admissions | Calvin Jefferson |
| 1988 | Weekend War | Wiley |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Alvin |
| 1987 | Suspect | Parking Lot Attendant |
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Rudolph Tyner |
| 1986 | Streets of Gold | |
| Dirty Hands |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dead Boy Detectives | Tragic Mick |
| 2024 | The Perfect Couple | Dan Carter |
| 2024 | Secret Level | Nik Hanson (voice) |
| 2022 | Kingdom Business | Calvin Jordan |
| 2022 | DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Det. Dennis Murphy |
| 2022 | Tulsa King | Mark |
| 2021 | Mayor of Kingstown | Captain Moore |
| 2020 | Cherish the Day | Ben |
| 2019 | Truth Be Told | Ingram Rhoades |
| 2019 | All Rise | Rick Kramer |
| 2019 | Stumptown | Major Elders |
| 2019 | Swamp Thing | Nathan Ellery |
| 2019 | Swamp Thing | Nathan Ellery (uncredited) |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Percy West |
| 2018 | For The People | Douglas Delap |
| 2018 | Barry | Police Detective |
| 2017 | SEAL Team | Chaplain Ryan Walker |
| 2017 | S.W.A.T. | Leroy Henderson |
| 2016 | Pitch | Bill Baker |
| 2016 | Lethal Weapon | Bryan Graves |
| 2015 | Secrets and Lies | Arthur Fenton |
| 2014 | Crisis | FBI Director Olsen |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Darius Walker |
| 2014 | Scorpion | Sandhog Chief |
| 2014 | The 100 | Charles Pike |
| 2012 | The Client List | Harold Clemens |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy | Taddarius Orwell 'T.O.' Cross |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Noah Guare |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Mr. Baker |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Father Marks |
| 2005 | The Closer | Coach Rich Carr |
| 2004 | Stargate Atlantis | Colonel Abe Ellis |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Commander (voice) |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Devil Ray (voice) |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Mr. Terrific (voice) |
| 2003 | NCIS | Robert Flowers |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Chuck Barr |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Monte Parker |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Andy Abbott |
| 1997 | Spawn | Terry Fitzgerald (voice) |
| 1994 | Under Suspicion | Det. Desmond Beck |
| 1994 | ER | Al Boulet |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Sam Mitchell |
| 1990 | Shannon's Deal | Monty Coles |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Brian Harris |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Mr. Elliot |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Nathaniel Simpson |