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Michael Chiklis

Michael Chiklis

Acting
Born: Aug 30, 1963
From: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Michael Charles Chiklis (/ˈtʃɪklɪs/; born August 30, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield (2002–2008), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002 and was nominated in 2003. Other starring television roles of his include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish (1991–1996), Chris Woods in Daddio (2000), Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama No Ordinary Family (2010–2011), Vincent Savino in the CBS crime drama Vegas (2012), Dell Toledo in American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014), and Nathaniel Barnes in Gotham (2015–2017). In film, he is best known for his roles as The Thing in two Fantastic Four films (2005–2007), George Callister in Eagle Eye (2008), Terry Eidson in When the Game Stands Tall (2014), and Father Dave in Hubie Halloween (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chiklis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
The Senior Mike Flynt 2025 6.87
1985 Dale 2018 6.2
Fallen Narration (voice) 2017 6.0
Rupture Bald Man 2016 4.877
The Do-Over Carmine 2016 5.71
We the People: The Market Basket Effect Narrator 2016
When the Game Stands Tall Terry Eidson 2014 6.675
Parker Melander 2013 6.078
Pawn Derrick 2013 5.526
High School Dr. Leslie Gordon 2010 5.7
The Legend of Secret Pass Calabar (voice) 2010 5.7
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story Self 2010 6.839
Eagle Eye Defense Secretary Callister 2008 6.488
Rise: Blood Hunter Clyde Rawlins 2007 5.342
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Ben Grimm / The Thing 2007 5.6
Fantastic Four Ben Grimm / The Thing 2005 5.8
Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino Himself 2004 10.0
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special Self 2003 8.5
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina Roman / King Webster (voice) 2003 5.333
The Curse of the Bambino Himself 2003 9.0
Last Request Victim 2001 9.0
The Three Stooges Curly Howard 2000 6.2
Body and Soul Tiny O'Toole 2000 2.8
Carlo's Wake Marco 1999 10.0
Taxman Andre Rubakov 1999 4.2
Do Not Disturb Hartman 1999 5.051
Soldier Jimmy Pig 1998 6.4
Nixon TV Director 1995 6.858
The Rain Killer Reese 1990 4.385
Wired John Belushi 1989 3.571
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1963
FromLowell, Massachusetts, USA