Ron Michaelson is an American

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Career

He is known for appearing in

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for

Ditech.com Ditech Financial LLC (rebranded from “ditech Mortgage” and "Green Tree Servicing" in 2015) was a provider of home loan, loan servicing and refinance products to consumers and institutional partners in the U.S. In May 2014, Ditech announced ...

, where he plays a character known as "Ned the Banker." The commercials intend to show that Ned is unable to close a

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deal, even with his own mother, because of Ditech's highly competitive rates and services. Most commercials end with the

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, "I just lost another loan to Ditech!" Michaelson's character in the commercials has become highly recognizable to US audiences, to the extent that Michaelson was interviewed by Daryn Kagan on CNN. Michaelson is also a professor teaching acting at

Golden West College Golden West College (GWC) is a public community college in Huntington Beach, California. Organization Golden West College, Orange Coast College, and Coastline Community College comprise the Coast Community College District (CCCD). The distric ...

, a

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in Huntington Beach, California, and at

Fullerton College Fullerton College (FC) is a public community college in Fullerton, California. The college is part of the California Community Colleges System and the North Orange County Community College District. Established in 1913, it is the oldest commu ...

, a community college in Fullerton, California. He has also made guest appearances in the

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series ''

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'', the CBS series ''

Joan of Arcadia ''Joan of Arcadia'' is an American fantasy family drama television series telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn), who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays on CBS for ...

'' and HBO's ''

Carnivàle ''Carnivàle'' () is an American television series set in the United States Dust Bowl during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The series, created by Daniel Knauf, ran for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. In tracing the lives of disparate ...

'' and '' Entourage''. Other series work include ‘s the WB's '' Jack & Jill'',

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All That ''All That'' is an American sketch comedy television series created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. The series originally aired on Nickelodeon from April 16, 1994, to October 22, 2005, lasting ten seasons, and was produced by Tollin/Robbins P ...

'' and NBC's '' Golden Girls''. On February 27, 2006, Michaelson also had a "walk-on clue" role on the trivia

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''. Other projects include the independent film ''Boxboarders'' and the made-for-television movies ''Mystery Woman'' and ''You've Got A Friend'' for the

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. Most recently he appeared on HBO's ''

Veep ''Veep'' is an American political satire comedy television series that aired on HBO from April 22, 2012, to May 12, 2019. The series was created by Armando Iannucci as an adaptation of his sitcom ''The Thick of It''. The protagonist of ''Veep ...

'' and ''

Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories ''Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories'' (also known as ''Bedtime Stories'') is an American horror comedy television series on Adult Swim. ''Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories'' was created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of the comedy duo Tim & Eric, who h ...

'' on

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim'' and often abbreviated as s'') is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programmed by its in-house ...

. In 2013, Michaelson did a commercial for Cash Call called "Banker's Mom" where he essentially reprises his role from the Ditech commercials.Cash Call TV Spot, 'Banker's Mom'
at iSpot.tv

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Michaelson, Ron Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American male television actors