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Michael J. Anderson
Denver, Colorado, USA
Michael John Anderson was born in Denver, Colorado, at 10:30 P.M., on Halloween night. Subject to a genetic anomaly known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, he grew up in a wheelchair. A…
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Michael John Anderson was born in Denver, Colorado, at 10:30 P.M., on Halloween night. Subject to a genetic anomaly known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, he grew up in a wheelchair. After graduating high school, he traveled America, singing for tips and living in his car. For six years, he attended the University of Colorado where he majored in numerous subjects ranging from philosophy to microbiology. After college, he began working for Martin Marietta, trouble-shooting the N.A.S.A. computers in the ground-support system of the space shuttle. During this time, he made the documentary "Little Mike," which won a silver medal in the International Film and Television Awards. Soon thereafter, he moved to New York City, where his film and television career began. For many years, Anderson was most well-known among fans of director David Lynch for his work as a backwards-talking dream figure on the cult favorite T.V. series Twin Peaks (1990). Anderson also worked with Lynch for the experimental performance piece Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) and the T.V.-pilot-turned-feature film Mulholland Drive (2001). Anderson gained further recognition and success in recent years for his work on the H.B.O. series Carnivàle (2003). He retired from acting in 2014. His last role was in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13).
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2025
Clutch
Movie Co-Executive Producer
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2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Movie Man From Another Place
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2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV show Professor Horatio Kharon (voice)
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2003
Carnivàle
TV show Samson
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2003
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Movie Self
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2003
Specter's Rock
Movie The Interrogator
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2002
Tiptoes
Movie Bruno
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2001
Postcards From The Cast
Movie Self
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2001
An Introduction to David Lynch
Movie Self
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2001
Learning to Speak in the Red Room
Movie Self
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2001
Snow White
Movie Sunday
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2001
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Movie Self
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2001
Mulholland Drive
Movie Mr. Roque
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2000
This is how the world ends...
TV show Noise Robber
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1999
The Phantom Eye
Movie Carl
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1999
Minimum Wage
Movie Zeke Bleak
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1998
Club Vampire
Movie Kiddo
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1998
Charmed
TV show Leprechaun
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1998
Ava's Magical Adventure
Movie Stretch
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1997
Port Charles
TV show
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1997
Warriors of Virtue
Movie Mudlap
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1997
Screwed
Movie himself
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1995
Caged Hearts
Movie John
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1993
The X-Files
TV show Mr. Nutt
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1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV show Rumpelstiltskin
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1992
In the Soup
Movie Little Man
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1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Movie Man From Another Place
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1992
Fool's Fire
Movie Hopfrog
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1991
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Movie Jewel Box Bearer
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1990
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Movie Woodsman (Twin A)
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1990
Twin Peaks
TV show The Arm
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1990
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
Movie Sushi Chef
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1989
Suffering Bastards
Movie Little Elvis
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1989
Twin Peaks
Movie The Man From Another Place
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1989
No Such Thing as Gravity
Movie The Botanist
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1988
Monsters
TV show Holly
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1988
Silent But Deadly
Movie Dr. Bunson
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1987
Little Mike: A Videoportrait of Michael Anderson
Movie Himself
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1987
The Great Land of Small
Movie Fritz / The King
