Michael Fairman(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Michael Fairman is a veteran of film, stage and television, with a
career spanning more than 40 years. He has portrayed Adlai Stevenson in the
political thriller Thirteen Days (2000) starring Kevin Costner, was featured in David Lynch's
Academy Award-nominated Mulholland Drive (2001) and played Ben Affleck's father in
Dreamworks' Forces of Nature (1999). This versatile actor can be seen regularly on
television, having guest appearances on popular shows such as ER (1994),
The Practice (1997), The X-Files (1993), Boston Public (2000), Family Law (1999) and Dharma & Greg (1997), to name just a few.
He started out his career as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force. While
stationed at Tachikawa Air Force Base near Tokyo, he joined a theater
group and has been acting ever since. After the Air Force, he enrolled
in the Dramatic Arts Department of New York University. Beginning with
Oedipus in Sophocles Oedipus Rex, he played leads throughout college,
including a series of classical roles at the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival. He has played everything from Stanley Kowalski in "A
Streetcar Named Desire" to Pozzo in "Waiting for Godot" to his
critically acclaimed "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" and was in
numerous productions off-Broadway.
This extensive stage experience led Michael to numerous recurring roles
in such hit TV shows as L.A. Law (1986), Hill Street Blues (1981) and Cagney & Lacey (1981), and extended runs
on the soap operas General Hospital (1963), Ryan's Hope (1975) and Love of Life (1951). Fairman is in the
soon-to-be-released feature film comedy Wheelmen (2005).
career spanning more than 40 years. He has portrayed Adlai Stevenson in the
political thriller Thirteen Days (2000) starring Kevin Costner, was featured in David Lynch's
Academy Award-nominated Mulholland Drive (2001) and played Ben Affleck's father in
Dreamworks' Forces of Nature (1999). This versatile actor can be seen regularly on
television, having guest appearances on popular shows such as ER (1994),
The Practice (1997), The X-Files (1993), Boston Public (2000), Family Law (1999) and Dharma & Greg (1997), to name just a few.
He started out his career as a navigator in the U.S. Air Force. While
stationed at Tachikawa Air Force Base near Tokyo, he joined a theater
group and has been acting ever since. After the Air Force, he enrolled
in the Dramatic Arts Department of New York University. Beginning with
Oedipus in Sophocles Oedipus Rex, he played leads throughout college,
including a series of classical roles at the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival. He has played everything from Stanley Kowalski in "A
Streetcar Named Desire" to Pozzo in "Waiting for Godot" to his
critically acclaimed "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" and was in
numerous productions off-Broadway.
This extensive stage experience led Michael to numerous recurring roles
in such hit TV shows as L.A. Law (1986), Hill Street Blues (1981) and Cagney & Lacey (1981), and extended runs
on the soap operas General Hospital (1963), Ryan's Hope (1975) and Love of Life (1951). Fairman is in the
soon-to-be-released feature film comedy Wheelmen (2005).