Michael Angarano

{{Infobox person

| name = Michael Angarano

| image = Michael Angarano 2017.jpg

| caption = Angarano in 2017

| birth_name = Michael Anthony Angarano

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|12|03}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.

| education = {{ubl|California State University, Northridge}}

| occupation = Actor |years_active = 1995–present

| spouse = {{marriage|

Maya Erskine|2023}}

| children = 2

}}

Michael Anthony Angarano (born December 3, 1987) is an American actor. He became known for his roles in the film Music of the Heart (1999) and the television series Cover Me (2000–2001), as well as for playing a recurring role as Elliott in the sitcom Will & Grace. Since then he has starred in a number of films including Sky High (2005), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Haywire (2011), The English Teacher (2013), Sun Dogs (2017), and Oppenheimer (2023). He has also appeared in the television series I'm Dying Up Here (2017–2018) and This Is Us. The latter earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2019.

Early life

Angarano was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York,{{cite web |title=Michael Angarano |url= http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-angarano-165900/bio/ |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150217023357/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-angarano-165900/bio/ |archive-date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=February 16, 2015 |work=TVGuide.com}} to Michael and Doreen Angarano; he has two sisters and a younger brother.{{cite web|url= http://www.youngperformer.com/issue005/man_005.htm |title=Acting of the Heart| publisher= | website= YoungPerformer.com |date=2001 |access-date=May 8, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071018071417/http://youngperformer.com/issue005/man_005.htm|archive-date= October 18, 2007 }} He is of Italian descent.{{cite web| last= Angarano |first=Michael|title=Re: Hi Mike, do you have ...|publisher= Michael Angarano |date=April 14, 2001| url= http://www2.kidactors.com/phorum/read.php?f=8&i=458&t=456#reply_458| access-date=November 30, 2006| website= kidactors.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120224234442/http://www2.kidactors.com/phorum/read.php?f=8&i=458&t=456#reply_458| archive-date= February 24, 2012|url-status= dead}}

His family owns and operates the dance studio Reflections in Dance in Canoga Park, California.{{cite web| url= http://reflectionsindance.info/main/staff|title= Staff | website = reflectionsindance.info | publisher = Reflections in Dance | access-date=July 1, 2013| archive-date= September 11, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140911183934/http://reflectionsindance.info/www.reflectionsindance.info/Reflections_In_Dance.html|url-status=dead}} Angarano graduated from Crespi Carmelite High School.{{cite web| url= http://www.michaelangarano.net/chat/transcripts/100805.htm|title=Live Chat |publisher=KidActors |via= MichaelAngarano.net |date=October 8, 2005| access-date=July 1, 2013| archive-date=February 17, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150217041040/http://www.michaelangarano.net/chat/transcripts/100805.htm| url-status= live}}

Career

In the late 1990s, Angarano was one of three finalists for the role of young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, but lost to Jake Lloyd.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZSnB7yGylc YouTube], youtube.com; accessed September 18, 2015.

Angarano played the 11-year-old version of William Miller in Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous in 2000.{{cite web |title=Michael Angarano - actor |url=https://imdb.com/name/nm0029400/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1 |website=www.imdb.com |access-date=6 January 2020}}

In 2000, 12-year-old Angarano acted in Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family. The following year, he landed his first major film role in Little Secrets, opposite Evan Rachel Wood and David Gallagher. Three years later, he starred in the Nickelodeon TV-movie Maniac Magee. He played the lead role in 2005's Sky High alongside Kelly Preston, Kurt Russell, Danielle Panabaker, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Other film roles include parts in The Bondage, Black Irish, Man in the Chair, Snow Angels, The Final Season, One Last Thing..., The Forbidden Kingdom alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Ceremony, The Brass Teapot, and Red State.

Angarano did not study martial arts before starring in The Forbidden Kingdom with Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Once cast he studied in China for eight hours a day for two weeks with action choreographer Woo-Ping Yuen. Over the seven months of shooting his skills and confidence grew. Angarano's fight scenes were filmed during the last 35 days of shooting.{{cite web |title=Michael Angarano goes kick for kick with Jet Li and Jackie Chan |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-angarano19apr19-story.html |first=Susan |last=King |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 19, 2008 |access-date=September 11, 2020}}

On television, from 2001 to 2006, he had a recurring role on Will & Grace as Elliott, the son of Jack McFarland, a role he reprised in an episode of the show's 2017 reboot. In 2007, he appeared in four episodes of the show 24 as Scott Wallace, a teenager taken hostage by a terrorist. From 2014 to 2015, he played Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering, Jr. on Cinemax's period drama The Knick. Angarano has also played Eddie Zeidel on the Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here.

Personal life

From 2005 to early 2009, Angarano was in a relationship with American actress Kristen Stewart.{{Cite web|title=A Photographic Guide To Everyone Kristen Stewart Has Dated|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/kristen-stewart-relationship-guide-robert-pattinson-stella-maxwell|access-date=2021-04-30|website=W Magazine|language=en}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/11/twilights-kirsten-stewart|title=Q&A: Twilight's Kristen Stewart|magazine=Vanity Fair|author1=Kate Ahlborn|author2=Alannah Arguelles|date=November 5, 2008}} He then dated English actress Juno Temple from 2013 to 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10842214/Juno-Temple-interview-Im-not-the-high-school-catch.html |title=Juno Temple, interview: 'I'm not the high-school catch' |last=Rafanelli |first=Stephanie |date=7 June 2014 |work=The Telegraph |location=UK |access-date=8 June 2014 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626193628/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10842214/Juno-Temple-interview-Im-not-the-high-school-catch.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/18/juno-temple-finally-hit-puberty-interview|title=Juno Temple: 'I've finally hit puberty on camera. Woo-hoo!'|last=Heawood|first=Sophie|work=The Guardian|date=18 March 2016|access-date=8 July 2017}}

In September 2019, he confirmed his relationship with American actress Maya Erskine. On November 2, 2020, the couple revealed that they were engaged and expecting a child.{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/maya-erskine-pregnant-engaged-michael-angarano/|title=Maya Erskine Is Pregnant and Engaged! PEN15 Star and Michael Angarano Expecting Their First Child|last=Mizoguchi |first=Karen |date=2020-11-02|work=People|access-date=2020-11-04}} Their son was born in 2021.{{Cite web|last=PM|first=Joel Calfee {{!}} 05-09-2021 {{!}} 5:46|date=2021-05-09|title=Co-stars Maya Erskine & Anna Konkle of Hulu's 'PEN15' Announce They Have Both Given Birth|url=https://www.purewow.com/news/maya-erskine-anna-konkle-birth-announcements|access-date=2021-05-11|website=PureWow|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=PEN15 Star Maya Erskine and Fiancé Michael Angarano Welcome First Child|url=https://people.com/parents/maya-erskine-michael-angarano-welcome-first-child/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}} The duo were married by early 2024.{{cite magazine |title=Maya Erskine and Michael Angarano's Relationship: All About the Actors' Marriage |first=Keslie |last=Gibson |date=2024-02-05 |magazine=People |url=https://people.com/all-about-maya-erskine-and-michael-angarano-relationship-8557541 |access-date=2024-02-05}} As of April 2024, the couple is expecting their second child, a girl.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" |1996

|Childhood's End

|1st Boy

|Uncredited

I'm Not Rappaport

|3-year-old Cowboy

1997

|For Richer or Poorer

|Sammy Yoder

1998

|River Red

|Young Tom

rowspan="2" |1999

|Music of the Heart

|Young Nick Tzvaras

Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure

|Nick

rowspan="2" |2000

|Almost Famous

|Young William Miller

The Brainiacs.com

|Matt Tyler

rowspan="2" |2002

|Little Secrets

|Philip Lenox

The New Kid

|Austin

2003

|Seabiscuit

|Young Red Pollard

rowspan="2" |2004

|The Dust Factory

|Rocky Mazzelli

|Limited release

Speak

|David Petrakis

rowspan="3" |2005

|Dear Wendy

|Freddie

|Limited release

Sky High

|Will Stronghold

Lords of Dogtown

|Sid

rowspan="2" |2006

|One Last Thing...

|Dylan Jameison

|Limited release

The Bondage

|Charlie

rowspan="4" |2007

|The Final Season

|Mitch Akers

Man in the Chair

|Cameron Kincaid

Snow Angels

|Arthur Parkinson

Black Irish

|Cole McKay

2008

|The Forbidden Kingdom

|Jason Tripitikas

2009

|Gentlemen Broncos

|Benjamin Purvis

2010

|Ceremony

|Sam Davis

rowspan="4" |2011

|The Art of Getting By

|Dustin Mason

Red State

|Travis

Noah's Ark: The New Beginning

|Townsman

|Voice role

Haywire

|Scott

2012

|The Brass Teapot

|John

rowspan="3" |2013

|The End of Love

|Himself

|Cameo

The English Teacher

|Jason Sherwood

Empire State

|Eddie

rowspan="2" |2015

|Wild Card

|Cyrus Kinnick

The Stanford Prison Experiment

|Christopher Archer

rowspan="2" |2017

|Avenues

|Max

|Also director, writer, and producer

Sun Dogs

| Ned Chipley

2018

| In a Relationship

| Owen

2023

| Oppenheimer

| Robert Serber

rowspan="2"| 2024

| Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1

| Walter Childs

Sacramento

| Rickey

| Also director, writer, and producer

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" |1995

|Saturday Night Live

|David Duchovny's son

|Episode: "David Duchovny/Rod Stewart"

New York News

|Episode: "Welcome Back Cotter"

rowspan="2" |1997

|Stranger in My Home

|Drew

|TV movie

Cybill

|Timmy

|Episode: "The Wedding"

rowspan="3" |1998

|Another World

|Steven Frame

|Temporary: February 25 and 27, 1998

Grace and Glorie

|Bicycle Kid

|TV movie

The Pretender

|Patrick Harper

|Episode: "Stolen"

rowspan="2" |1999

|As the World Turns

|Matthew John "M.J." Dixon

Seven Days

|Evan Hamilton

|Episode: "For the Children"

2000–2001

|Cover Me

|Chance Arno

|Main cast, 24 episodes

2001

|Say Uncle

|Nick

|TV movie

2001–2006, 2017

|Will & Grace

|Elliot

|Regular season 4; recurring seasons 3, 5–6, 8; special guest season 9 (14 episodes)

rowspan="3" |2003

|Maniac Magee

|Jeffrey Lionel Magee

|TV movie

My Life with Men

|Ben

|TV pilot

|Zack

|Episode: "The Greater Good"

2004

|Less than Perfect

|George Denton

|Episodes: "The Crush", "Claude's 15 Minutes of Christmas"

rowspan="2" |2005

|Summerland

|Jeb Ekhart

|Episodes: "Leaving Playa Linda", "Where There's a Will There's a Wave"

Kevin Hill

|Ethan Claypool

|Episode: "Only Sixteen"

2007

|24

|Scott Wallace

|4 episodes

2012

|Entry Level

|Jake

|TV movie

2014–2015

|The Knick

|Dr. Bertie Chickering, Jr.

|Main cast

2014

|Drunk History

|Walt Disney

|Episode: "Hollywood"

rowspan="2" |2017–2018

|I'm Dying Up Here

|Eddie Zeidel

|Main cast

Mom

|Cooper

|Episodes: "A Seafaring Ancestor and a Bloomin' Onion", "A Bear and a Bladder Infection"

2018–2021

|This Is Us

|Nick Pearson

|Recurring role, 7 episodes

2019

|Dollface

|Steve

|Episode: "Beauty Queen"

rowspan="2" |2020

|PEN15

|Greg

|Episodes: "Play" and "Opening Night"

A Teacher

|Tinder Date

|Episode 9

rowspan="2" |2022

|Minx

|Glenn

|Main role (season 1)

Angelyne

|Danny

|Episodes: "Glow in the Drak Queen of the Universe" and "Pink Clouds"

2024

| Laid

|Richie{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/zosia-mamet-michael-angarano-tommy-martinez-cast-peacock-series-laid-1235857748/|title=Zosia Mamet, Michael Angarano & Tommy Martinez Board Peacock Comedy Series 'Laid'|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=March 13, 2024|access-date=October 23, 2024}}

|Main role

TBA

|Margo's Got Money Troubles

|Mark

|Upcoming miniseries