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Michael Weston

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This article is about the actor. For the character from Burn Notice, see Michael Westen.
Michael Weston
Weston in 2016
Born
Michael Rubinstein[1]

(1973-10-25) October 25, 1973 (age 51)
New York, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2010)​
Children2
Parent(s)John Rubinstein
Judi West

Michael Weston (born Michael Rubinstein; October 25, 1973) is an American television and film actor. His best-known roles are the private detective Lucas on House, the deranged and sadistic kidnapper Jake in the HBO serial drama Six Feet Under, and Private Dancer on Scrubs, as well as Harry Houdini in Houdini & Doyle.

Early life

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Michael Rubinstein was born in New York City, the son of actors John Rubinstein and Judi West. His paternal grandfather was Polish-Jewish piano virtuoso Arthur Rubinstein. He is also the great-grandson of Polish conductor Emil Młynarski, the founding conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and principal conductor of the Scottish Orchestra.[2]

He holds a degree in Theater and Arts from Northwestern University. In 2000 he changed his surname to "Weston" as there was already a "Michael Rubinstein" in the Screen Actors Guild.

Acting career

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Weston is a good friend and former roommate of actor Zach Braff and has appeared in several features with him including Getting to Know You (1999), Garden State, Wish I Was Here and The Last Kiss, and in a multi-episode arc as a injured soldier on Braff's television show, Scrubs. Weston has also appeared as Simon Marsden, Olivia Benson's half-brother on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[3]

Weston appeared in the fifth season of House as a private investigator named Lucas Douglas hired by Dr. Gregory House; he reappeared in season six.[4] Series creator David Shore planned a spin-off show[5] with Weston's character as the lead in 2008, but the show never went into production.

In 2009, Weston appeared in the Gerard Butler action film Gamer. He made a guest appearance on White Collar[6] and Burn Notice (in which the main character, Michael Westen, has a name very similar to his). In 2012, he starred in the A&E television movie, Coma.[3]

In 2016, he appeared as Harry Houdini in Houdini & Doyle.[7]

Personal life

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Weston has been married to musician Priscilla Ahn since 2010.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Coyote Ugly Danny
Sally Bugs Credited as Michael Rubinstein
Lucky Numbers Larry
Cherry Falls Ben
2002 Wishcraft Brett Bumpers
Hart's War Pfc. W. Roy Potts
Evil Alien Conquerors Kenny
2004 Helter Skelter Bobby Beausoleil Television movie
Garden State Kenny
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Deputy Enos Strate
2006 The Last Kiss Izzy
2007 Wedding Daze Ted
2008 Pathology Dr. Gallo
2009 State of Play Hank
Crank: High Voltage Paramedic
Gamer The producer
2010 Love, Wedding, Marriage Gerber
2011 The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Jim
2012 Liberal Arts Miles
2013 Expecting Casey
2014 Wish I Was Here Jerry
2015 See You in Valhalla Don Burwood
Gravy Anson
2017 The Mad Whale Tobias
2018 Speed Kills Shelly Katz
2020 Adam Ross

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Night Man Episode: 1.17 "Chrome II"
2003 Frasier Ice Sculptor Episode: 10.14 "Daphne Does Dinner"
2004 Monk Morris Episode: 3.7 "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month"
2004–2005 Six Feet Under Jake Episodes:
4.5 "That's My Dog"
4.8 "Coming And Going"
4.12 "Untitled"
5.10 "All Alone"
2006 ER Rafe Hendricks Episodes:
12.22 "Twenty-One Guns"
13.1 "Bloodline"
2006 Saved Tim Reston Episode: 1.2 "The Lady & the Tiger"
2007, 2014 Psych Counselor Adam Hornstock Episode:
1.12 "Cloudy...Chance of Murder"
8.3 "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement"
2007 Scrubs Private Brian Dancer Episodes:
6.7 "His Story IV"
6.9 "My Perspective"
6.10 "My Therapeutic Month"
6.12 "My Fishbowl"
2007, 2012, 2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Simon Marsden Episodes:
8.13 "Loophole"
8.16 "Philadelphia"
8.19 "Florida"
8.22 "Screwed"
13.16 "Child’s Welfare"
21.6 "Murdered at a Bad Address"
2008–2010 House Lucas Douglas Episodes:
5.2 "Not Cancer"
5.3 "Adverse Events"
5.5 "Lucky Thirteen"
6.7 "Known Unknowns"
6.8 "Teamwork"
6.9 "Ignorance Is Bliss"
6.12 "Remorse" (cameo)
6.13 "Moving the Chains"
6.14 "5 to 9"
6.18 "Knight Fall"
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Ryan Morton; Tripp Linson; Carsten Episode: 9.15 "Kill Me If You Can"
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles LAPD Detective John Quinn Episode: 3.10 "The Debt"
2009 Supernatural (young) Charlie Episode: 4.12 "Criss Angel is a Douche Bag"
2009 Burn Notice Spencer Episode: 3.5 "Signals and Codes"
2010 The Good Guys Carson Episode: 1.17 "The Getaway"
2011 CSI: NY Frank Waters Episode: 8.9 "Means to an End"
2012 White Collar David Cook Episode: 4.3 "Diminishing Returns"
2012 Coma Peter Arno 4 hour TV movie
Based on the 1977 novel by Robin Cook
2013 The Office Roger Episode: 9.16 "Moving On"
2014 Those Who Kill Space Cowboy Episodes:
1.8 "Insomnia"
1.9 "Untethered"
1.10 "Surrender"
2015 Elementary Oscar Episodes:
3.16 "For All You Know"
3.24 "A Controlled Descent"
2016 Houdini & Doyle Harry Houdini Season 1
2017 Rosewood Owen Panitch Episode: 2.10 "Bacterium & the Brothers Panitch"
2017 Hawaii Five-0 Oliver Mathus Episode: "Mohala I Ka Wai Ka Maka O Ka Pua"
2018–2019 The Resident Gordon Page Season 2
2019 Into the Dark Lonnie Episode: "Treehouse"
2020–Present Home Before Dark Frank Briggs Jr. Main Role

References

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  1. ^ "Michael Weston". TV Guide.
  2. ^ Michael Weston profile, filmreference.com; accessed October 8, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Michael Weston at IMDb[unreliable source?]
  4. ^ DiNunno, Gina (January 11, 2010). "Michael Weston On House-Cuddy-Lucas Love Triangle: "It's an Intellectual Menage a Trois"". TVGuide.com. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (2008-08-07). "House creator reveals spinoff plans". Digital Spy. Digital Spy. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  6. ^ Jeffery, Morgan (April 18, 2012). "Michael Weston for 'White Collar' role". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  7. ^ Power, Vicki (March 12, 2016). "Michael Weston and Stephen Mangan stars in new ITV crime drama Houdini & Doyle". The Express. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
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