Michael Dolan | |
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Born |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
June 21, 1965
Occupation | Actor, director, educator |
Years active | 1985–present |
Michael Dolan (born June 21, 1965) is an American theatre and film actor, director and educator from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
Michael Dolan's interest in cinema traces back to age 10 when he filmed a remake of Summer of '42 (1971), entitled Summer of '76. He dropped out of high school when he was 17 and moved to New York to become an actor. His professional career commenced in 1985, at age 20, with an off-broadway stage debut in the Albert Innaurato play Coming of Age in Soho and a pair of TV appearances. This was followed in 1987 with roles in the films Light of Day with Michael J. Fox and the ensemble cast Hamburger Hill.
On Broadway Dolan appeared in the stage productions of Breaking the Code (1987–88) and A Few Good Men (1989–91).
In 1988 Michael Dolan won the role of Pvt. James J. Hennesey in the film version of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick and the role of Scott Thorson in the Canada-US made-for-TV movie biography Liberace: Behind the Music. Among his other film credits are Necessary Roughness (1991), The Turning (1992), Courage Under Fire (1996) and Lolita (1997); on TV three episodes of I'll Fly Away (1992), one episode of The Outer Limits (1995), and two episodes of Law & Order (1993–1995).