[After more'n fifty years in the business--the last seventeen in Europe, mostly in France, mostly in Paris--I got too much game left to just sit on the bench and run out the clock. Time to play some serious catch-up. "Put me in, Coach" -J. Fogerty.]
MICHAEL JAMES COLLINS
SAG/AFTRA/AEA
HAIR: Grey HEIGHT: 6’ 1”
EYES: Blue WEIGHT: 240 lbs.
FILM:
AUGUST LUCEY Max (Lead) K&L Prods/Dir. Dylan Latimer
GENEOLOGIE D'UNE CRIME Supporting Gemini Prods/Dir. Raoul Ruiz
SINGLE WHITE FEMALE Supporting MGM/Dir. Barbet Schroeder
GENEOLOGIE D'UNE CRIME Supporting Gemini Prods/Dir. Raoul Ruiz
SINGLE WHITE FEMALE Supporting MGM/Dir. Barbet Schroeder
DEFENSELESS Supporting CAROLCO/Dir. M.Campbell
BARFLY Supporting CANNON/Dir. B.Schroeder
AMERICATHON Supporting MGM/Dir. Neal Israel
TV:
NITTI: THE ENFORCER Co-Star ABC/Dir. Michael Switzer
SHARK KILL Co-Star ABC/Dir. Wm Graham
DYNASTY Co-Star NBC
LA LAW Guest Star NBC/Dir. Helaine Head
HILL ST. BLUES (2 eps) Guest Star NBC/Dirs. S.Latham, T.Carter
THE TONIGHT SHOW Co-Star NBC/Dir. Fred de Cordova
REMINGTON STEELE Co-Star NBC/Dir. Don Weis
MATT HOUSTON Co-Star ABC/Dir. Wm. Crain
HARDCASTLE & McCormack Co-Star ABC/Dir. Ron Satlof
TRAPPER JOHN, MD (2 eps) Co-Star CBS/Dirs. B.McEveety, B.Crane
QUINCY, M.E. Co-Star NBC/Dir. Robert Loggia
MAUDE Co-Star CBS/Dir. Hal Cooper
HAWAII FIVE-O Guest Star CBS/Dir. Joe Manduke
THEATER: [partial list]
CUT TO THE BRAINS LEAR (in English) THE POLISH NATL FILM
(Tri-lingual adaptation of SCHOOL ACTORS THT, Lødz
Shakespeare’s King Lear)
TEENAGE WEDDING SPICEY/Lead THÉÂTRE DE NÈSLE, Paris
HOME, NYC
HOME, NYC
SEA OF CORTEZ DR. FRENCH/Sup THE CAST, LA
WORKHOUSE, NYC
WORKHOUSE, NYC
THE DREAM COAST DREW/Lead THE WHITE BEAR, London
MARK TAPER, LA
PLEDGING MY LOVE ROBERT/Lead LOYOLA MARYMOUNT, LA
MAGIC THEATRE, SF
AS YOU LIKE IT JACQUES NEW SHAKESPEARE CO., SF
Dir. Margrit Roma
COMMERCIALS/VOICE-OVERS: LIST UPON REQUEST
TRAINING:
UC Berkeley, California State University at Chico and San Francisco, MA English
SKILLS:
BILINGUAL-FRENCH/ENGLISH; DIRECTOR OF INTERDISCIPLINARY (Acting/Writing/Directing)
WORKSHOPS, CIRCUS MINIMUS (LA), CIRQUE MINIME (Paris); LECTURED ON ACTING AT THE
ACTORS STUDIO (NYC) AND THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS (London); EDITOR IN
CHIEF OF THE CM/P BLOG CONTAINING AN EXTENSIVE BODY OF GEOPOLITICAL WORKS
PERSONALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH; INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL & LABOR
ORGANIZER; ACCOMPLISHED COMPETITIVE SWIMMER. US PASSPORT.
LEGAL RESIDENCY & RIGHT TO WORK IN FRANCE (EU).