Michael Papajohn | |
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Born |
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
November 7, 1964
Other names | Mike Papajohn |
Occupation | Actor/Stuntman |
Years active | 1988–present |
Michael Papajohn (born November 7, 1964) is an American actor, stuntman and former college baseball player for the LSU Tigers baseball team. He plays Dennis Carradine in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.
Papajohn grew up in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from Vesta Via Hills High School in 1983 and went on to play for two years at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. Instead of signing a contract, he accepted a baseball scholarship to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Nicknamed Poppy, Papajohn was an outfielder for Skip Bertman's LSU Tigers. He was a member of the 1986 SEC Baseball Tournament All-Tournament Team and he, along with teammates Mark Guthrie, Joey Belle, Jeff Reboulet, Jeff Yurtin, Jack Voigt and Barry Manuel, among others, helped LSU make its first College World Series appearance in 1986. Papajohn helped lay the foundation for success at LSU, as future LSU teams would go on to win six national championship from 1991-2000, 2009.