Michael Christopher Landes (born September 18, 1972) is an American actor of television and film.
Personal life Michael Christopher Landes was born to Patricia and Bernard Landes on September 18, 1972, in The Bronx, New York. Landes studied performing arts at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles.
He met Wendy Benson in Boston during the summer of 1999 while they were filming The Gentleman from Boston; they married on October 21, 2000, at Saint Thomas Church in Manhattan. According to Tribute, they lived in Los Angeles with their two children.
Career Landes made guest appearances on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The New Lassie, and Blossom. In 2016, Landes told Digital Spy that when he was replaced on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman after the first season—"because I looked too much like Dean Cain, who played Clark... and Teri Hatcher, who played Lois"—it was his first time being fired. For his starring role in the television film Please God, I'm Only Seventeen, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award: Best Young Actor in a Television Movie, and in film, Landes also featured in Hart's War.
Performance credits + Television performances Year Title Role Episode(s) Citation(s) –1989 Kirk McCray thirtysomething Young Michael –1992 Riley Roberts –1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Jimmy Olsen Season one Courthouse –1996 Too Something –1998 Union Square Michael Weiss 13 episodes –2002 Special Unit 2 Nick O'Malley Agatha Christie's Marple Bryan Eastley "4.50 from Paddington" Joey CSI: Miami Love Soup Gil Raymond Series 1 Ghost Whisperer David Conlon Boston Legal Leo Morris New Tricks Leonard Kuziak "The Truth Is Out There" Miranda Danny "The New Me" Upstairs Downstairs Caspar Landry Don't Trust the B— in Apartment 23 Scott (Chloe's Father) Save Me Tom Josh Hayes Reckless American Dad! Hooten & the Lady Ulysses Hooten You Are Wanted Traitors Caspar Woods –2020 Silent Witness Matt Garcia 4 episodes Cruel Summer Greg Turner
+ Film performances Year Title Role Citation(s) No Greater Love George Winfield Dream for an Insomniac Rob Final Destination 2 Thomas Burke Teddy Gold Glen Binkert 2024 Arthur the King The Sacrifice
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