Michael A. Goorjian
| Michael A. Goorjian | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Antranig Goorjian February 4, 1971 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor/Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Michael Antranig Goorjian born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an Armenian-American actor, filmmaker, and writer. He is also known for his role as Justin, Neve Campbell’s love interest on the Golden Globe-winning series Party of Five (1994 – 2000), as well as Heroin Bob in the film SLC Punk! and its sequel, Punk's Dead. As a director, Michael achieved recognition for his first major independent film, Illusion, which he wrote, directed and starred in alongside Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.
Goorjian grew up in Oakland, and attended Bishop O'Dowd High School, which had a strong drama program. At the age of 14 he decided to audition for a local theatre company thinking it was a ‘cool way’ to skip class. After landing the lead role in a 'not-so-cool play called Computer Crazy, Michael soon found out that the rest of the cast were all senior citizens and that he would have to perform the play at his own junior high. Despite this rather humiliating experience, Michael stuck with acting and eventually trained at UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television.
Goorjian won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in the TV movie David's Mother starring Kirstie Alley. Ray Loynd commented that Goorjian contributed "a wealth of physical and emotional detail that underscores the familial havoc".
Michael’s first big Hollywood break came as a dancer when in 1992 he was cast as Skittery in the Disney film Newsies starring Christian Bale and Robert Duvall. What followed was roles in numerous films including Chaplin with Robert Downey Jr., Forever Young with Mel Gibson, the Oscar-nominated Leaving Las Vegas, Hard Rain with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater, SLC Punk!, The Invisibles with Portia de Rossi, Broken with Heather Graham and Conversations with God.
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