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Biography:Trained at Juilliard, actor Michael Beach worked in regional theater and off-Broadway productions before moving to Los Angeles to work on television and film. His stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing and Ascension Day. Though he appeared on television a lot in the late '80s, his film breakthrough came in Carl Franklin's 1991 crime thriller One False Move. He played the ex-con Pluto opposite Billy Bob Thornton, who also co-wrote the script. Thornton later wrote the role of Virgil for Beach in the 1996 drama A Family Thing, starring James Earl Jones. In 1993, he was a part of the ensemble cast in Robert Altman's award-winning feature Short Cuts. After playing opposite Laurence Fishburne in the crime thriller Bad Company (1995), Beach went on to play several unfaithful husbands. He cheated on Angela Bassett in Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vanessa Williams in Soul Food (1997), and Gloria Reuben on ER.... Full Biography
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Michael Beach and Elisha Beach at the World Premiere of Screen Gems' "First Sunday" on...
Michael Beach and Elisha Beach at the World Premiere of Screen Gems' "First Sunday" on...
Michael Beach and Elisha Beach at the World Premiere of Screen Gems' "First Sunday" on...
Michael Beach at the Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Presents "An Evening With John Wells And...
Michael Beach at the Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Presents "An Evening With John Wells And...
Friday, May 6The NBC drama "Third Watch" (9 p.m.) ends its six-year run with an action-packed finale...
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