Michael James Burg (born December 28, 1963) is an American actor. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

Career

Michael J. Burg is a film, television and stage actor and a longtime member of the Actors Studio. A native of

Rock Port, Missouri Rock Port is a city in, and the county seat of, Atchison County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,278 at the 2020 census. History Rock Port was laid out in 1851. The city, which is eight miles east of the Missouri River in the ...

, he has resided in

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since age 19. After graduating from

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a private performing arts conservatory with two locations, one in Manhattan and one in Los Angeles. The academy offers an associate degree in occupational studies and teaches drama and related art ...

, he studied acting privately for a number of years with Estelle Parsons. Michael's career dates back to high school, when he worked as a commercial radio announcer, initially with local FM station

KTRX KTRX (92.7 FM) is a radio station in Dickson, Oklahoma, serving the Lake Texoma region with an adult top 40 format. The station is owned by Stephens Media Group. History The station signed on in June 2001 with a classic rock format. By May 1 ...

. He quickly moved into the regional market by working with stations

KKJO-FM KKJO-FM is a radio station in St. Joseph, Missouri, broadcasting at 105.5 on the FM dial. The station airs a Hot AC format with the brand name K-Jo 105-5. The transmitter is located across the border south of Troy, Kansas. History of KKJO-AM ...

and

KSFT-FM KSFT-FM (107.1 MHz) - branded as "107.1 KISS FM" - is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to the suburb of South Sioux City, Nebraska, the station serves Sioux City, Iowa. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, In ...

, which broadcast to the Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas areas. Over the past 20-plus years Michael has worked with some of the finest directors in the industry, including

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and

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. Michael has depicted

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three times, most notably opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in

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. He also appeared in Capote opposite

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, playing

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, a distant cousin of

's. His scenes as Capote were not in the final cut of

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. Lastly he played Capote in the

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series

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. Michael is also active in the world of independent film producing. Having served as executive producer for the 2011 feature film, "Turbine" and the 2016 feature film "The Eyes". Some of Burg's recent credits include the feature film ''

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'' appearing opposite

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and John Lithgow,

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, the role of Detective Charley Griggs in Gotham, HBO's

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directed and written by Steve Zaillian and HBO's 2016 series

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, created by

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and

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Personal life

He is the only child of James K. Burg, a farmer and LaVerta (Lane), a nurse. Burg lived in Missouri until the age of 19, working in radio, at stations KTRX 93.5 and KKJO, until moving to New York City to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Burg resides in the Columbus Circle area of

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. As well as being an actor and film producer, Burg occasionally directs NY theatre pieces. After his father's death, when he was still in high school, Burg inherited his paternal family's 6th generation farmland in

Atchison County, Missouri Atchison County is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 5,305. Its county seat is Rock Port. It was originally known as Allen County when it was detached from Holt C ...

, which sits in one of America's

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belts. He still owns and manages Burg farms in Atchison County. He visits

regularly throughout the year and is a member of

The United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelica ...

there.

References

External links

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