Michael Bacall (born Michael Stephen Buccellato;: "Le petit Michael Bucellato qui a choisi le pseudo de Michael Bacall..." April 19, 1973) is an American screenwriter and actor, known for having co-written the films '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', ''

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'', and '' Project X''.

Life and career

Bacall was born in

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to a family of Sicilian descent. He acted in movies and television from an early age. Turning to writing in the 2000s, he co-wrote and co-starred in '' Manic''. As of 2007, Bacall has sold a number of scripts to major studios, including ''Psycho Funky Chimp'' and ''In Search of Captain Zero''. In June 2007,

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announced that Bacall would be writing a feature adaptation of the documentary ''

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''. He co-wrote the adaptation of the

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series '' Scott Pilgrim'', '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', with its director,

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Filmography

Acting

*1985: ''

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'' as Jimmy Patterson *1989: ''

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'': " Columbo Goes to the Guillotine" as Tommy *1989: '' Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' as Arturo Bandini *1991: '' Shout'' as Big Boy *1993: '' Irresistible force as Jesse Delvechio *1993: ''

Free Willy ''Free Willy'' is a 1993 American family drama film, directed by Simon Wincer, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jennie Lew Tugend, written by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman from a story by Walker and distributed by Warner Bros. Picture ...

'' as Perry *1993: '' This Boy's Life'' as Terry Taylor *1993: ''

The Nanny ''The Nanny'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from November 3, 1993, to June 23, 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashionista from Flushing, Queens, New York, who becomes the nanny of three ch ...

'' as Tommy *1997: ''

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'': " Some Assembly Required" as Eric Gittleson *2000: '' Urban Legends: Final Cut'' as Dirk Reynolds *2001: '' Manic'' as Chad * 2002: ''

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'' as Casey Whitner * 2002: ''

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'' as Gene *2004: '' Undertow'' as Jacob *2007: '' Grindhouse'' – ''

Death Proof ''Death Proof'' is a 2007 American action-thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Kurt Russell as a stuntman who murders young women with modified cars he purports to be "death-proof". Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito ...

'' as Omar *2009: ''

Inglourious Basterds ''Inglourious Basterds'' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an altern ...

'' as Pfc. Michael Zimmerman *2012: ''

Django Unchained ''Django Unchained'' () is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Walton Goggins, Dennis C ...

'' as Smitty Bacall (uncredited) * 2013: ''

The End of Love ''The End of Love'' is a drama film written and directed by Mark Webber. It stars Michael Cera, Amanda Seyfried and Mark Webber. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on March 1, 201 ...

'' as himself * 2013: '' Gangster Squad'' as Comanche *2018: '' Spivak'' as Wally Spivak

Screenwriting

*2001: '' Manic'' *2003: ''

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'' *2010: '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' *2012: '' Project X'' *2012: ''

'' *2014: '' 22 Jump Street'' *TBA: '' Weird Science'' *TBA: '' The Running Man''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacall, Michael 1973 births Living people American male child actors American male film actors American male screenwriters American writers of Italian descent Male actors from Los Angeles Writers from Los Angeles 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Screenwriters from California