Michael Maize
{{Short description|American actor (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Maize
| birth_name = Michael Meyer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1974|12|1}}
| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1997–present
}}
Michael Maize (born Michael Meyer; December 1, 1974) is an American film and television actor, perhaps best known for his role of Daniel in the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007).
Biography
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Maize attended Pius XI High School. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theater with a minor in communications and a minor in dance from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. After graduation, he relocated to Los Angeles where he worked in television commercials before launching his film and television career.
Career
Among Maize's television roles include parts in Without a Trace, CSI: NY, and The Jamie Foxx Show. He also appeared in the vampire television drama Angel and in Power Rangers in Space.
Maize also has had roles in Hollywood films such as National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Eagle Eye. Maize also featured in the films More Dogs Than Bones and Saving Lincoln (2012). In 2018, Maize played Officer Nico in the first season of the Lifetime thriller series You.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/you-michael-maize-ambyr-childers-recur-greg-berlanti-lifetime-drama-series-1202197483/|title=You: Michael Maize & Ambyr Childers Set To Recur In Greg Berlanti Lifetime Drama Series|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 30, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2019|first=Denise |last=Petski}}
Filmography
=Film=
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|+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes | |||
| rowspan="2"|2000 | More Dogs Than Bones | Eugene | |
| King of the Korner | Bartender | ||
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Daniel | |
| 2008 | Eagle Eye | Master Sergeant | |
| 2009 | Gary's Walk | Rule | |
| 2010 | The Grind | Thorwald | |
| rowspan="2"|2011 | Youthful Journeys of the World | Ryan the Band's Manager | |
| The Casserole Club | Max Beedum | ||
| 2012 | The Pyrex Glitch | Detective | |
| 2013 | Saving Lincoln | Billy Herndon | |
| 2015 | Kiss Me, Kill Me | Albert | |
| 2019 | Bottom of the 9th | Tommy |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes | |||
| 1997 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Orderly | Episode: "One Flew Over the County's Nest" |
| rowspan="2"|1998 | Fame L.A. | Magician | Episode: "Green Eyed Monster" |
| Power Rangers in Space | Psycho Black / Photon (voice) | 7 episodes | |
| rowspan="2"|1999 | The '60s | Leather Hat | 2 episodes |
| Power Rangers Lost Galaxy | Psycho Black / Photon (voice) | Episode: "To the Tenth Power" | |
| rowspan="2"|2003 | NCIS | Security Guard | Episode: "Yankee White" |
| Angel | Artode | Episode: "Life of the Party" | |
| rowspan="2"|2004 | It's All Relative | Wig Man | Episode: "Oscar Interruptus" |
| ER | James | Episode: "Drive" | |
| rowspan="3"|2005 | Charmed | Zyke | 2 episodes |
| CSI: NY | Jake Lydell | "Blood, Sweat & Tears" | |
| Numb3rs | Wallace 'Demento' Gordon | Episode: "Convergence" | |
| rowspan="2"|2006 | The Valley of Light | Lean Man | Television film |
| Kitchen Confidential | Gunman #2 | Episode: "The Robbery" | |
| rowspan="2"|2007 | Raines | Dexter / Skeezy guy | Episode: "5th Step" |
| Final Approach | Lyons | Television film | |
| rowspan="2"|2009 | Without a Trace | Donny | Episode: "Undertow" |
| Dark Blue | Coleman, crew member | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2010 | Justified | Drunk #2 | Episode: "Hatless" |
| rowspan="3"|2011 | Castle | Hank Roszell | Episode: "Law & Murder" |
| No Ordinary Family | Ben | Episode: "No Ordinary Beginning" | |
| The Mentalist | Officer Gary O'Donnell | Episode: "Redacted" | |
| rowspan="2"|2012 | Vegas | Ty | Episode: "Solid Citizens" |
| Grimm | Adrian Zayne | Episode: "The Hour of Death" | |
| 2013 | True Blood | Smarmy Guard | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2015 | Murder in the First | Neil Whitford | Episode: "State of the Union" |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Aaron James | 2 episodes | |
| rowspan="4"|2016 | The Blacklist | Iverson | Episode: "The Director (No. 24): Conclusion" |
| Blue Bloods | Derek Gibbs | Episode: "Cursed" | |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Trooper J.D. Miller | Episode: "A Shot in the Dark" | |
| Mr. Robot | Lone Star | 6 episodes{{cite web |url=https://www.revamp-magazine.co.uk/michael-maize |title=Michael Maize |last=Agnes |first=Sharyn |date=August 25, 2022 |website=revamp-magazine.co.uk |access-date=September 10, 2024}} | |
| rowspan="4"|2017 | Iron Fist | Dink | Episode: "Shadow Hawk Takes Flight" |
| Over & Out | Randy | Television film | |
| Story of a Girl | Mr. North | Television film | |
| Gotham | Grady Harris | 3 episodes{{cite web |url=https://starrymag.com/michael-maize-gotham/ |title=Michael Maize – Gotham |author= |date=September 21, 2017 |website=starrymag.com |access-date=September 10, 2024}} | |
| 2017–2019 | Happy! | Le Dic | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | You | Officer Nico | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | NOS4A2 | Ives | Episode: "The Shorter Way" |
| rowspan="2"|2021 | FBI: Most Wanted | Sam Rutledge | Episode: "Dysfunction" |
| Chicago P.D. | Roy Walton | 2 episodes | |
| rowspan="2"|2022 | Charmed | Frank | 2 episodes |
| Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin | Joseph 'Crazy Joe' England | 3 episodes | |
| rowspan="2"|2023 | Killing It | Douglas | Episode: "It Follows" |
| Dr. Death | Percy | 2 episodes |
=Video games=
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018), Skinners (voice)
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0538002}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Milwaukee