Michael Worth

Michael Troy Worth (born January 13, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, martial artist, screenwriter, and director.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia in 1965, Worth is from German and Delaware Indian Native American heritage. As a child, he grew up near the Chesapeake Bay before moving to Northern California with his parents. At the age of 11, he directed his first film titled The Tire with a super 8mm camera he had spent his allowance on. He continued making short films and experimental video projects during his youth including The Toad Warriors and The Berkeley Junk Food Massacre.

Sometime later, he moved to Los Angeles, and earned a handful of bit parts in film and television including Pacific Blue and Alien Nation. He lived with his dog in his truck for 6 months in Venice, California while trying to save money. Surviving on odd jobs and construction work, Michael accepted whatever small parts he could as he climbed the Hollywood ladder including personal martial arts trainer to people like James Bond actor George Lazenby.

His first leading role was in the independent action film Final Impact. Variety magazine labeled him a "promising newcomer". Signed to several films with PM Entertainment, he worked through a series of low-budget films before landing the role of "Tommy" on the TV series Acapulco H.E.A.T.. He was also one of the front-runners for the role of Robin in Batman Forever, although the role ultimately went to Chris O'Donnell. Worth ended up having a cameo alongside O'Donnell in one of the film's fight scenes (throwing the final kick at Robin in the alleyway). He also appeared in "The Storytellers" alongside Tippi Hedren.

In 2004, he wrote and directed a micro-budget experimental film, titled Killing Cupid. It earned him a Best Director nomination at the Action On Film Film Festival in 2005 as well as "Best Fiction Film" at the "Hollywood Documentary and Fiction Film Festival" in 2006. He continued to act in a variety of small independent films while honing his skills as a filmmaker, ghostwriting for film and television, as well as directing second unit. Worth wrote the screenplays for and starred in the psychological thriller/western film Dual (2005) and the sci-fi/horror film Devil On The Mountain (2006). He also appeared in an episode of the CBS sitcom The King of Queens in 2005.

In 2008, Worth was given the opportunity to write and direct a feature film. "God's Ears" was released in March 2008 at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival. Besides writing and directing the film, Worth also starred in it, playing a boxer with autism who falls in love with a dancer. Worth was nominated for a Breakout Acting Award at MethodFest 2008 for his performance as Noah Connely. Worth won the Best Director award at "The Las Vegas Film Festival" and God's Ears was the only US entry into the Skip City D-Cinema Film Festival in Japan, in 2009. He also won two awards at New York's Visionfest, "The Jack Nance Breakout Performance Award" and "The Domani Emerging Talent Award". Worth also directed the acclaimed world war 2 drama with Eric Stoltz, Fort Mccoy.

Michael continues to act, write screenplays and direct films. His recent slate includes the anticipated comedy, Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen, Our Father, Broken Memories and the indie romance, The Sugar Moon Tribe.

Worth recently completed the films The Butterfly Guard (an MMA drama) and the final film of actor Rance Howard, Apple Seed, described as a "personal road trip movie about growing up and letting go" from Worth.

Filmography
  • Final Impact (1992) - Danny Davis
  • Street Crimes (1992) - Tony
  • To Be the Best (1993) - Eric Kulhane
  • Saved by the Bell: The New Class (tv series) (1993-2000) - Sergeant Schilling
  • Acapulco H.E.A.T (tv series) (1993-1999) - Tommy Chase
  • Diagnosis Murder (tv series) (1993-2001) - Pvt. Hansen
  • Marker (tv series) (1995) - Clint
  • Fists of Iron (1995) - Dale Hartwell
  • Pacific Blue (tv series) (1996-2000) - Mike Thacker
  • Sue (1997) - Man in Gallery
  • Conan (tv series) (1997-1998) - Drakk
  • The King of Queens (tv series) (1998-2007) - Owen
  • The Storytellers (1999) - Kristopher Krengle
  • U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force (2001) - Lt. Casey Sheppard
  • The Contract (2002) - Detective McGuiness
  • Essence of Echoes (2002) - FBI Agent Kyle McShinsky
  • Ghost Rock (2003) - John Slaughter
  • CSI: NY (tv series) (2004-2013) - Lucius Woods
  • Desperate Housewives (tv series) (2004-2012) - Self Defense Instructor
  • Demon Hunter (2005) - Cop
  • Lethal (2005) - Eugene, Security Guard
  • The Closer (tv series) (2005-2012) - Jason Murphy
  • Killing Cupid (2005) - Marion
  • The Unit (tv series) (2006-2009) - Second Man
  • Sasquatch Mountain (2006) - Vin Stewart
  • Left in Darkness (2006) - Celia's Father
  • Twenty Good Years (tv series) (2006-2008) - Frank
  • Dual (2008) - Luke Twain
  • God's Ears (2008) - Noah Connely
  • War Wolves (2009) - Jake Gabriel
  • Jabberwock (2011) - Alec
  • Fort McCoy (2011) - Drunk Soldier
  • Girls! Girls! Girls! (2012) - Ben
  • Complacent (2012) - Eugene York
  • Jurassic Attack (2012) - Professor Roxton
  • West of Thunder (2012) - Kippy
  • Seeking Dolly Parton (2013) - Josh
  • Our Father (2014) - Jared
  • Broken Memories (2015) - Buck
  • Devil Dogs (2015) - Riley
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