Michael Emerson Biography

Michael Emerson (* September 7, 1954 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actor.

After completing his studies at Drake University in Iowa Emerson 1976 went to New York to there as an actor foothold. Since it first but failed to get a commitment, he worked in various jobs, including as a freelance illustrator, until he mid-1980s moved to Florida. Until 1993, he was in Jacksonville as a drama teacher, director and actor in some theater productions.

His breakthrough as an actor had Emerson in 1997, when he was the role of Oscar Wilde in one of the critics praised off-Broadway piece played. Emerson, in addition to its theatrical engagement mitspielte more often in television, received in 2001 an Emmy for best guest star in a drama series for his role in Practice - The attorneys. In addition, he also had a guest appearance in Act X. Since 2006 Emerson plays the role of Benjamin Linus in the television series Lost. There should he initially only three episodes involved, the producers were impressed by his performances but so impressed that they included it for another five under contract took effect and the only role as a guest planned figure of Ben Linus finally become one of the main characters in the series redesigned . Since the third season belongs to Emerson solid cast of Lost.

Since 1998, Michael Emerson in second marriage with actress Carrie Preston married, with whom he including in the films Straight-Jacket, Grace & Gloria and The Journey to see together. Preston also took a guest role in the TV series Lost, in which the mother

  Filmography

     * 1997: The Journey
     * 1998: The Impostors
     * 1998: Life and love in LA (Playing by Heart)
     * 1999: For Love of the Game
     * 2002: The Laramie Project
     * 2002: The Unfaithful
     * 2004: Saw
     * 2004: Straight-Jacket
     * 2005: The Legend of Zorro (The Legend of Zorro)
     * Since 2006: Lost
     * 2006: Jumping Off Bridges
     * 2008: Ready? Ok!

Theater

     * 1990: The Importance of Being Earnest, Arkansas Repertory Theatre
     * 1993: Players-By-The-Sea Theatre, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
     * 1995: Amadeus, Arkansas Repertory Theatre
     * 1997-98: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde), Minetta Lane Theatre, off-Broadway
     * 1998: The misanthrope, Classic Stage Company
     * 1999: The Iceman Cometh (as Willie Oban), Brooks Atkinson Theatre
     * 1999-2000: Give Me Your Answer, Do! (David Knight), Gramercy Theatre, off-Broadway
     * 2000: Hedda Gabler (as George Tesman), Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage
     * 2001-2002: Hedda Gabler (as George Tesman), Ambassador Theatre, Broadway
     * 2002: Only the End of the World (Louis), Theatre 3, off-Broadway
     * 2002: Frequency Hopping (as George Antheil), Hour Glass Group
     * 2003: Tartuffe (Cleante), American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
     * 2003: Measure for Measure (as Duke Vincentio), California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, California
     * 2004: Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts
     * 2005: Hamlet (as a ghost, Claudius and Osric of Deira), McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, New Jersey
     * 2005: Bach at Leipzig (Scotland), New York Theatre Workshop
     * 11 February 2008: Likeness, Primary Stages Studio

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