Michael Christopher Landes (born September 18, 1972) is an American actor of television and film.

Personal life

Michael Christopher Landes was born to Patricia and Bernard Landes on September 18, 1972 in

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, New York. Landes studied performing arts at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles. He met Wendy Benson in

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during the summer of 1999 while they were filming '' The Gentleman from Boston''; they married on October 21, 2000 at Saint Thomas Church in Manhattan. According to ''Tribute'', they lived in

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with their two children: Mimi and Dominic.

Career

Landes made

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s on ''

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'', '' The New Lassie'', and ''Blossom''. In 2016, Landes told

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that when he was replaced on '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' after the first season—"because I looked too much like

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, who played

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... and Teri Hatcher, who played Lois"—it was his first time being fired. For his starring role in the

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'' Please God, I'm Only Seventeen'', he was nomained for a Young Artist Award: Best Young Actor in a Television Movie, and in film, Landes also featured in '' Hart's War''.

Television credits

Film credits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landes, Michael 1972 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors living people male actors from New York (state) Stella Adler Studio of Acting alumni