Michael J. Anderson

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Michael J. Anderson
Michael J. Anderson, October 2006
Born	October 31, 1953 (1953-10-31) (age 55) Denver, Colorado
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983—

Michael J. Anderson (October 31, 1953) is an American actor known for his roles as Samson Leonhart on the HBO series Carnivàle and as the Man from Another Place in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks.

Anderson was born in Denver, Colorado. He possesses a genetic bone condition osteogenesis imperfecta. He grew up in a wheelchair. In his late 20s, he was the subject of a 30-minute documentary called "Little Mike" (1984), directed by Norris J. Chumley, which began as an New York University student film production. He formed the New York band Wayward Gene and the Natural Selection which played in local clubs. He also worked for NASA as a computer expert.^{[citation needed]}

Acting career

Anderson appeared in four episodes of Twin Peaks. The Man from Another Place is attired in a red suit and speaks in an unusual manner. Anderson used phonetically reversed speaking as a secret language with his junior high school friends ^[1] and then played a character in Twin Peaks where he used the same method of speaking. He first appears in Special Agent Dale Cooper's cryptic dream about the murder of Laura Palmer, set in a red room. Anderson's Man also materializes in Lynch's film prequel to Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. His character expresses more malevolent intent in the film than he did in the series.

Anderson portrayed a man of average height in Lynch's Mulholland Drive, using a prosthetic body. From 2003 to 2005, Anderson played carnival manager Samson Leonhart on the HBO series Carnivàle.

Television appearances

Anderson at CarneyCon, 2006

• Twin Peaks (1990–1991) as The Man from Another Place in 4 episodes
• Fools Fire (1992) as Hopfrog
• Picket Fences (1992) as Peeter Dreeb in the episode "Mr. Dreeb comes to Town"
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Rumpelstiltskin in the episode "If Wishes Were Horses"
• Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine (1994) as Bartender #1
• The X-Files (1995) as Mr. Nutt in the episode "Humbug"
• Maggie (1998) in the episode "Ka-Boom"
• The Phantom Eye (1999) as Doll Man/Carl
• Port Charles (1999) as Peter Zorin
• Black Scorpion (2001) in the episode "Crime Time"
• Snow White (2001) as Sunday (Violet)
• Carnivàle (2005) as Samson in 22 episodes
• Charmed (2006) as O'Brian the Leprechaun in 2 episodes

Filmography

• Buddies (1983)
• The Great Land of Small (1987) as Fritz/The King
• Suffering Bastards (1989) as Little Elvis
• No such thing as Gravity (1989) as the Botanist
• Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (1990) as Sushi chef
• Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990) as Lightman
• Mannequin: On the Move (1991) as Jewel box bearer
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) as The Man From Another Place
• Night Trap (1993) as Police officer
• Caged Hearts (1995) as John
• Murder too Sweet (1994) as Harry the Huckster
• Street Gun (1996) as Lamar
• Club Vampire (1998) as Kiddo
• Minimum Wage (1999) as Zeke Bleak
• Warriors of Virtue (1997) as Mudlap
• Mulholland Drive (2001) as Mr. Roque
• Sticky Fingers (2003) as Irate Man
• Tiptoes (2003) as Bruno
• Big Time (2004) as Henri Blunderbore

Music Appearances

• (2000) Lodge Anathema (with The Nether-Carols)

References

1. ^ http://www.triplo.com/ev/reversal/

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michael J. Anderson

• Michael J. Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael J. Anderson at Allmovie
• Michael J. Anderson at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)