Michael J. Anderson

Born: 1953-10-31

Michael Anderson was born in Huron, South Dakota, at 10:30 P.M., on Halloween night. Subject to a genetic anomaly known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, he grew up in a wheelchair. After graduating high school, he traveled America, singing for tips and living in his car. For six years, he attended the University of Colorado where he majored in numerous subjects ranging from philosophy to microbiology. After college, he began working for Martin Marietta, trouble-shooting the N.A.S.A. computers in the ground-support system of the space shuttle. During this time, he made the documentary "Little Mike," which won a silver medal in the International Film and Television Awards. Soon thereafter, he moved to New York City, where his film and television career began. For many years, Anderson was most well-known among fans of director David Lynch for his work as a backwards-talking dream figure on the cult favorite T.V. series Twin Peaks (1990). Anderson also worked with Lynch for the experimental performance piece Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) and the T.V.-pilot-turned-feature film Mulholland Drive (2001). Anderson gained further recognition and success in recent years for his work on the H.B.O. series Carnivàle (2003).


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Mulholland Drive

as Mr. Roque
Released: 2001-06-06

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an...

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

as Man From Another Place
Released: 1992-06-03

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears...

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Twin Peaks

as The Man From Another Place
Released: 1989-09-03

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more...

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Snow White: The Fairest of Them All

as Sunday (Violet)
Released: 2001-10-28

Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy...

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Mannequin Two: On the Move

as Jewel Box Bearer
Released: 1991-05-17

Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago,...

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Mulholland Dr.

as Mr. Rouqe
Released: 1999-01-01

Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of...

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Tiptoes

as Bruno
Released: 2003-09-08

A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.

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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

as Man From Another Place
Released: 2014-07-16

Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by...

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In the Soup

as Little Man
Released: 1992-10-23

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his...

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Club Vampire

as Kiddo
Released: 1998-10-26

Enter the club where your wildest desire and most frightening dreams come true. The price of...

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Warriors of Virtue

as Mudlap
Released: 1997-05-02

A young man, Ryan, suffering from a disability, wishes to join the other kids from his schools...

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Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted

as Woodsman (Twin A)
Released: 1990-12-01

After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through...

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The Great Land of Small

as Fritz / The King
Released: 1986-06-18

Two children enter a fantasy kingdom and are confronted by evil forces.

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Suffering Bastards

as Little Elvis
Released: 1989-12-09

Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.

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Fool's Fire

as Hopfrog
Released: 1992-03-25

A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a...

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No Such Thing as Gravity

as The Botanist
Released: 1989-01-01

Set in the future, this tells of an Earth run by a conglomerate called the LaFont Corporation,...

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Screwed

as himself
Released: 1997-01-09

A raw, rough-hewn look at the life of Screw publisher Al Goldstein.

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Minimum Wage

as Zeke Bleak
Released: 1999-01-01

Indie romantic comedy was the winner of Best Actress and Best Cinematography at the No Dance...

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The Phantom Eye

as Carl
Released: 1999-10-30

Two film students must find a movie in the AMC vault. They have until midnight. If they survive...

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First You Live Then You Die

as uncredited
Released: 1994-01-01

This is an ultra-rare film that was never officially distributed and is hardly even mentioned...

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Little Mike: A Videoportrait of Michael Anderson

as Himself
Released: 1987-08-14

A half-hour film about three-feet, six-inch Michael Anderson, born with osteogenesis imperfecta,...

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Charmed

as Leprechaun
First aired: 1998-10-07

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed...

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Charmed

as O'Brien
First aired: 1998-10-07

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed...

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The X-Files

as Mr. Nutt
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Twin Peaks

as The Arm
First aired: 1990-04-08

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin...

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Twin Peaks

as Man From Another Place
First aired: 1990-04-08

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin...

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Rumpelstiltskin
First aired: 1993-01-03

At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated...

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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

as Professor Horatio Kharon (voice)
First aired: 2010-07-12

This incarnation of the popular cartoon series finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove,...

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Carnivàle

as Samson
First aired: 2003-09-14

Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression...

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Port Charles

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-06-02

Port Charles is an American television. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital In the...

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