Michael McMillian is an American actor and writer, known for his roles as Henry Gibson on ''
What I Like About You'', Steve Newlin on the
HBO
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series ''
True Blood
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'', Owen on ''
Hot in Cleveland
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The series, which was TV Land's first original series, premiered on June 16, 2010, and was ...
'' and Tim in ''
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''. McMillian is also the
creator and writer of a comic book, ''Lucid''.
Early years
McMillian grew up in
Olathe, Kansas
Olathe ( ) is the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is the List of cities in Kansas#Highest population listing, fourth-most populous city in both the Kansas City metropolitan area and the state of Kansas, with a 2020 Uni ...
, attending
Blue Valley Northwest High School through his second year. In 1995, McMillian transferred to
Interlochen Arts Academy, where he studied acting, playwriting and screenwriting.
He attended
Carnegie Mellon University
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, where he was signed by an agent after a senior class showcase.
Career

McMillian has acted in films and television shows and has contributed voice work to a number of video games. He garnered attention for his starring role in the independent film ''
Dorian Blues'', playing a young man struggling with his family's reaction to his
coming out
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This is often framed and debated as a privacy issue, ...
. He played Greg in the original pilot episode of ''
Luis
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'', but gave up the series in favor of making his then-recurring ''
What I Like About You'' character, Henry Gibson, a regular. McMillian penned an episode during the third season of ''
What I Like About You''. He played the role of Harper in the
TNT
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's ''
Saved''. His most recent film role was in ''
Imagine That''.
In 2009, McMillian wrote and created the magic-themed comic book mini-series, ''
Lucid,'' for
Before the Door Pictures and
Archaia Studios Press. He is also co-writer of the second ''
True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy Horror fiction, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball (screenwriter), Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels ...
'' comic book series produced by
IDW publishing
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and
HBO
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. In 2010, he appeared opposite star
Hilary Duff
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in the TV movie ''
Beauty & the Briefcase'',
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1493842/] based on the novel ''Diary of a Working Girl'' by Daniella Brodsky.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Living people
Writers from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Male actors from Kansas
American male film actors
American male television actors
Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni
Male actors from Greater Los Angeles
People from Olathe, Kansas
Male actors from Colorado Springs, Colorado
21st-century American male actors
Year of birth missing (living people)