Emerson, Michael 1954(?)-

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Emerson, Michael 1954(?)-

PERSONAL

Some sources cite full name as Michael Emerson Kyme; born September 7, 1954 (some sources cite 1955), in Cedar Rapids, IA; married first wife (divorced, c. 1987); married Carrie Preston (an actress), September, 1998. Education: Drake University, B.F.A., theatre arts, 1978; University of Alabama and Alabama Shakespeare Festival, M.F.A., acting, 1995.

Addresses:

Agent—Abrams Artists Agency, 275 Seventh Ave., 26th Floor, New York, NY 10001 and 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1130, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Manager—Vanguard Management Group, 8060 Melrose Ave., Fourth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Publicist—Anderson Group Public Relations, 8060 Melrose Ave., Fourth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in training films and advertisements. Worked as a director and scenery designer. Freelance illustrator for publications such as the Boston Globe and the New York Times. Worked as a teacher, in retail, and in carpentry. Involved with various charities; with other members of the cast of Lost, participated in play readings to benefit the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Tenney Theatre, Honolulu, HI, 2007.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors:

Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, outstanding actor in a play, 1998, for Gross Indecency: The Trials of Oscar Wilde; Emmy Award, outstanding guest actor in a drama series, 2001, for The Practice; Screen Actors Guild Award (with others), outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, 2006, Satellite Award nominations, best actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries, or motion picture made for television, 2006 and 2007, Tater Award, best baddie, E!Online, E! Entertainment Television, Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a drama series, and Teen Choice Award nomination, choice television: villain, all 2007, and Saturn Award nominations, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best supporting actor in a television program, 2007 and 2008, all for Lost.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

William Hinks, The Practice, ABC, 2000-2001.

Benjamin "Ben" Linus (also known as Henry Gale), Lost, ABC, 2006—.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Clown, Orpheus Descending (also known as Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending"), TNT, 1990.

Reverend, The Laramie Project, HBO, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Arnold Dudley, "Grace & Glorie," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1998.

Sounds from a Town I Love (short), broadcast during The Concert for New York City, 2001.

Himself, Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde, BBC, 2004.

(In archive footage) Benjamin "Ben" Linus (also known as Henry Gale), The Lost Survival Guide, ABC, 2006.

Narrator and (in archive footage) Benjamin "Ben" Linus (also known as Henry Gale), Lost: A Tale of Survival, ABC, 2006.

(In archive footage) Benjamin "Ben" Linus (also known as Henry Gale), Lost: The Answers, ABC, 2007.

Benjamin "Ben" Linus (also known as Henry Gale), Lost: Missing Pieces, ABC, 2007.

(In archive footage) Benjamin "Ben" Linus (also known as Henry Gale), Lost Survivor Guide, ABC, 2007.

Narrator and (in archive footage) Benjamin "Ben" Linus (also known as Henry Gale), Lost: Past, Present & Future, ABC, 2008.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS, 2001.

Himself, The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Herding Cats," The Education of Max Bickford (also known as Max Bickford), CBS, 2001.

Gerald "Gerry" Rankin, "Phantom," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2002.

Oliver Martin, "Sunshine Days," The X-Files, Fox, 2002.

F. Thomas Erickson, "The Fat and the Frivolous," Whoopi, NBC, 2003.

Scarpelli, "Secrets & Lies," Skin, Fox, 2003.

Stuart Wesmar, "Victory for Humanity," Without a Trace (also known as Vanished and W.A.T.), CBS, 2003.

Allan Shaye, "Ritual," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2004.

Marty Manning, "Pre-Filer," The Inside (also known as The inside—Dans la tete des tueurs), Fox, 2005.

Himself, Best Week Ever (also known as Best Week), VH1, 2007.

Himself, eTalk Daily (also known as eTalk and e-Talk Daily), CTV (Canada), 2007, 2008.

Himself, The View, ABC, 2008.

Appeared in other programs, including an appearance as an opera patron in Encore! Encore! (also known as Bravo! and Encore!), NBC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Geoff Samson, The District (also known as Washington Police, The District—Einsatz in Washington, Mannions distrikt, and Poliisipaeaellikkkoe Mannion), CBS, 2000.

Stage Appearances:

The Importance of Being Earnest, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 1990.

Parts Unknown, Players-By-the-Sea Theatre, Jacksonville Beach, FL, 1993.

Amadeus, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 1995.

Oscar Wilde, Gross Indecency: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (also known as Gross Indecency and Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde), Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1997-98.

John, The Misanthrope, Classic Stage Company, New York City, 1999.

Willie Oban, The Iceman Cometh, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1999.

David Knight, Give Me Your Answer, Do!, Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000.

George Tesman, Hedda Gabler, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, Williamstown, MA, 2000, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 2000-2001, and Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 2001-2002.

Louis, Only the End of the World, Theatre 3, New York City, 2002.

George Antheil, Frequency Hopping, Hourglass Group, c. 2002.

Cleante, Tartuffe, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Duke Vincentio, Measure for Measure, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2003.

Hostage, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Westport Country Playhouse, Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and Performing Arts, Ridgefield, CT, 2004.

Georg Balthasar Schott, Bach at Leipzig, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 2005.

Ghost, Claudius, Osric, and Guildenstern, Hamlet, McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, NJ, 2005.

Likeness, Primary Stages Studio, New York City, 2008.

Appeared as Macmorris, Lefer, and Ely, Henry V, as Ferdinand, The Tempest, and in Much Ado about Nothing, all Alabama Shakespeare Festival; and appeared in Othello, the University of North Florida. Appeared as Parolles, All's Well That Ends Well; as Rosenscrantz, Hamlet; as Iago and the understudy for the title role, Othello; as a steward, Saint Joan; and as Lady Wishfort, The Way of the World; appeared in other productions, including Androcles and the Lion, A Christmas Carol, The Crucible, and Henry IV, Part I.