Michael Q. Schmidt#Partial filmography
{{short description|American fine arts model and film actor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Q. Schmidt
| image = Michael Q. Schmidt at wrap party for Yesterday Was A Lie.jpg
| caption = Schmidt at the wrap party for Yesterday Was A Lie (September 2006)
| birth_name = Michael Quentin Schmidt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|04|20}}
| birth_place = Whittier, California. US
| othername =
| occupation = Art model, actor
| yearsactive = 1990s–present
| spouse =
| domesticpartner =
| parents = Marie Slyker Schmidt
Fred W. Schmidt
| website = {{url|http://mqschmidt.com/}}
}}
Michael Quentin Schmidt (born April 20, 1953) is an American film and television actor and art model.{{cite news
|url=http://www.la2day.com/art_design/a_nude_but_not_naked_king_and_art_and_democracy_at_work
|title=A Nude But Not Naked King and Art and Democracy at Work!
|last=Ewing
|first=Robyn
|date=January 20, 2008
|publisher=LA2DAY Magazine
|accessdate=19 June 2009}}{{cite web
|url=http://hollywood.premiere.com/movie_stars/celebrity-biography-Michael+Q.+Schmidt
|title=Michael Q. Schmidt
|publisher=Hollywood Up Close
|accessdate=19 June 2009}}{{cite news
|url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2010/08/hes_got_a_nude_body_for_r.php
|title=He's got a nude body for radio
|last=Roderck
|first=Kevin
|date=August 4, 2010
|work=LA Observed
|publisher=laobserved.com
|accessdate=August 5, 2010}}{{cite news
|url=http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2010/08/07/actor-and-nude-model-michael-q-schmidt-on-art-frie/
|title=Actor and Nude Model Michael Q Schmidt on Art, Friendship and Decency
|last=Ferguson
|first=Kevin
|date=August 7, 2010
|publisher=KPCC
|accessdate=August 5, 2010}} According to Film Threat, he "has become a much-in-demand presence thanks to his versatility and his willingness to take roles to wild extremes".{{cite web
|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=1225
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608015225/http://www.filmthreat.com/interviews/1225/
|archivedate=June 8, 2011
|url-status=usurped
|title=Michael Q. Schmidt: Portrait of an Indie Actor
|last=Hall
|first=Phil
|date=February 10, 2009
|publisher=Film Threat
|accessdate=21 February 2009}}
Modeling
Schmidt has worked as a model since the late 1990s, posing for art classes and for live art installations.{{cite news
|url=http://www.eyespyla.com/www/phlog.nsf/455b1875b0861fbe8825702d00618a64/a2fac2ebbe2decf888256ffd006cf07d!OpenDocument
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111145551/http://www.eyespyla.com/www/phlog.nsf/455b1875b0861fbe8825702d00618a64/a2fac2ebbe2decf888256ffd006cf07d%21OpenDocument
|url-status=usurped
|archive-date=January 11, 2006
|title=CABARET VOLTAIRE: Naked Life Model MQ Schmidt
|date=May 10, 2005
|publisher=Eye Spy LA
|accessdate=19 June 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.talonmarks.com/news/2012/nov/02/halloween-drawingsangeon-art/ |newspaper=Talon Marks |title=Life Drawing Keeps Halloween in Art |author1=John Morfin |author2=Sageon Shin }} He was used as the body model to create the animated mountain troll for the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Television roles
In 2003, Schmidt's modeling work led to an ongoing series of live appearances as a model for Let's Paint TV, an interactive call-in television show where host and artist John Kilduff instructs on painting while simultaneously running on a treadmill, preparing food or drink, and fielding uncensored phone calls.{{cite news
|url=http://losangeles.decider.com/articles/lets-paint-exercise-and-interview-john-kilduff,28491/
|title=Let's paint, exercise, and interview John Kilduff
|last=Gordon
|first=Scott
|date=May 29, 2009
|publisher=Decider
{{cite news
|url=http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/blog/2007/02/lets_paint_tv.html
|title=Let's Paint TV: Michael Q. Schmidt modelling for John Kilduff
|accessdate=13 July 2008
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512002030/http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/blog/2007/02/lets_paint_tv.html
|archivedate=May 12, 2008
|url-status=dead
|title=The joy of painting Saddam
|newspaper=LA Weekly
|url=http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/art/the-joy-of-painting-saddam/1392/}}
Schmidt became part of the Tim & Eric team when in 2004 he joined their acclaimed Tom Goes to the Mayor, broadcast on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_characters/80897-Tom_Goes_To_The_Mayor.html
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117202749/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_characters/80897-Tom_Goes_To_The_Mayor.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=January 17, 2013
|title=Tom Goes to the Mayor
|publisher=Big Cartoon Database
|accessdate=19 June 2009}}{{cite web
|url=http://celebrity.premiere.com/movie-Tom%20Goes%20to%20the%20Mayor%202004
|title=Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004)|work=celebrity.premiere.com
|accessdate=19 June 2009}} Additionally, their Adult Swim series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job (TEASGJ) features Schmidt in various episodes,{{cite news
|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1501469/Michael-Q-Schmidt
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021201545/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1501469/Michael-Q-Schmidt
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=21 October 2012
|department=Movies & TV Dept.
|work=The New York Times
|date=2012
|title=Michael Q. Schmidt
|accessdate=19 June 2009}} where he is listed as among the Top Ten Favorite Recurring Characters.{{cite web
|url=http://www.adultswim.com/americaloveslists/te_regulars/index.html
|title=Michael Q. Schmidt in Top Ten favorites
|accessdate=19 February 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118205223/http://www.adultswim.com/americaloveslists/te_regulars/index.html
|archive-date=November 18, 2008
|url-status=dead
}} In August 2007, he performed at The Troubadour in Hollywood in a live version of the show entitled "Muscles for Bones" featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic,{{cite web
|url=http://www.timanderic.com/images/mfb_flyer.jpg
|title=Flyer
|work=timanderic.com
|accessdate=19 February 2009
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910222733/http://www.timanderic.com/images/mfb_flyer.jpg
|archivedate=September 10, 2008
}} and followed in November 2007 with the Tim and Eric Awesome Show Live performance at Caesars Palace as part of The Comedy Festival.{{cite web
|url=http://www.timanderic.com/live.html
|title=11-15-07 "TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW LIVE!"
|work=timanderic.com
|accessdate=19 June 2009
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604035255/http://www.timanderic.com/live.html
|archivedate=June 4, 2009
}} He performed at the Tim and Eric Live 2009 shows in San Diego{{cite web
|url=http://www.timanderic.com/live.html
|title=July 24, 2009, Tim and Eric Live 2009
|work=timanderic.com
|accessdate=19 June 2009
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604035255/http://www.timanderic.com/live.html
|archivedate=June 4, 2009
}} and Anaheim, California.{{cite web
|url=http://www.timanderic.com/live.html
|title=July 26, 2009, Tim and Eric Live 2009
|work=timanderic.com
|accessdate=19 June 2009
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604035255/http://www.timanderic.com/live.html
|archivedate=June 4, 2009
}}
Schmidt's other television work includes appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, Sunset Tan and Comedy Central's Distraction.
Schmidt works primarily in independent productions. His first major film role was in Naked Shadows, filmed in 2003 and released in 2006.{{cite web
|url=http://craniumcandy.com/nscast.htm
|title=Naked Shadows cast
|work=craniumcandy.com}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=liste&Name=Michael+Q.+Schmidt
|title=Michael Q. Schmidt
|publisher=Online-Filmdatenbank
|accessdate=19 June 2009}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.trailerfan.com/movie/naked_shadows/cast-and-crew
|title=Naked Shadows cast and crew
|work=trailerfan.com}} Schmidt's next lead roles were in Flesh Pit (2004),[http://www.pr.com/press-release/25222 "Fear Ever After" to Be the Most Chilling Horror Film of the Decade – PR.com] Skeletons in the Closet (2005),[http://www.fearnet.com/HorrorAZDetail.aspx?movieID=479158 Skeletons in the Closet – Horror Movie Database at FEARnet] and multiple roles in The Three Trials (2006).{{cite web
|url=http://twitchfilm.net/archives/008158.html
|title=Update on Randy Greif's THE THREE TRIALS
|date=November 9, 2006
|publisher=Twitchfilm}}{{cite web
|url=https://silverlakefilmfestival.withoutabox.com/films/thethreetrials
|title=The Three Trials cast & crew
|publisher=Silverlake Film Festival}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/the-three-trials
|title=The Three Trials
|publisher=Pulpmovies reviews}} His most recent feature film role was in Snatched (2009).
Film roles
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Schmidt has had numerous bit parts in films and has portrayed various characters as a supporting actor in independent films and film shorts, including roles as 'Texas' George Gant in Rebel Studz: The Uncensored Documentary (2007), Billy Bob Barfield in Fear Ever After (2007), and Chug Skivens in Pretty Twisted (2009). He was cast to play Rembrandt's Diana at Bath in the 2010 release of Caravaggio: The Search directed by Maureen Murphy.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-00JW/caravaggio-the-search/cast.html|title= Caravaggio: The Search:Cast|work=cinema.theiapolis.com|accessdate=February 28, 2015}}
Schmidt also made featured appearances in numerous music videos, including M.I.A.'s 2010 video for "Born Free", Flesh-n-Bone's 2011 video for "How Many", Pierce the Veil's 2012 video for "King for a Day", Motionless in White's 2013 video for "A-M-E-R-I-C-A", Lil Debbie's 2014 video for "Work The Middle", Waters' 2014 video for "I Feel Everything", and Charming Liars 2015 video for "Burn".{{cite web|title=Michael Q. Schmid – Credit history |url=http://imvdb.com/n/michael-q.-schmidt |publisher=IMVDb |accessdate=August 22, 2015}}
Partial filmography
= Television =
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- Let's Paint TV (11 episodes 2004–2015)
- Tom Goes to the Mayor (28 episodes 2004–2006)
- Distraction (6 episodes 2005–2006)
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2005)
- Totally Busted (2005)
- North Mission Road (2005)
- Attack of the Show! (2006)
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (9 episodes 2007–2008)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007)
- Praise the Lord (2007)
- Tim and Eric Nite Live! (4 episodes 2007)
- Poorman's Bikini Beach (2008)
- The Gong Show with Dave Attell (2008)
- James Gunn's PG Porn (2008)
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special (2010){{cite web|title=Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job-chrimbus-special/show/48393/castcrew|publisher=Yahoo TV|accessdate=July 30, 2012}}
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= Film =
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- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- Schmucks (2001)
- The Decay of Fiction (2002)
- Santa Claus Versus the Christmas Vixens (2002)[https://books.google.com/books?id=kzwEMV491x8C&dq=%22Michael+Q+Schmidt%22&pg=PA259 "The Films"], Fright Xmas by Alan-Bertaneisson Jones, AuthorHouse, 2010, Pg. 259
- Hired (2004)
- Clean (2004)
- Tooth Radio (2004)
- Streakers (2004)
- Flesh Pit (2004)
- The Green Book (2004)
- The Confession (2005)
- Skeletons in the Closet (2005)
- Temporary (2005)
- Tears of a Clown (2005)
- Ninja What? (2005)
- A Happy Ending (2005)
- Coming Home (2005)
- A Happy Ending (2005)
- Dancing with Pain (2006)
- Shadow Man (2006)
- Axegrinder (2006)
- Corporate ThugZ (2006)
- The Three Trials (2006)
- 18 Fingers of Death! (2006)
- Huge Naked Guy (2006)Michaels, Quebtin, [http://news.ucwe.com/content/view/812/2/ "James Evans and TriRock Films have discovered a hilarious new talent in Michael Q. Schmidt"], UCW Entertainment, October 19, 2005
- Naked Shadows (2006)
- Fear Ever After (2007)
- Skid Marks (2007)
- Delaney (2008)
- A Very Peanus Christmas (2008)[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1317940/ IMDB entry for A Very Peanus Christmas]
- Cost of Living (2009)
- Snatched! (2009)
- Screening Room (2010)
- Forfeit of Grace (2010)
- Anti-Samartine Hotline (2010)
- Welcome Back Satan (2010)
- Camp Virginovich (2010)
- Caravaggio: The Search (2010)
- Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
- Hamlet A.D.D. (2014)
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2045573}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes person|michael_q_schmidt}}
- [http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=liste&Name=Michael+Q.+Schmidt Michael Q. Schmidt at Online-Filmdatenbank]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110608015225/http://www.filmthreat.com/interviews/1225/ Michael Q. Schmidt: Portrait of an Indie Actor] (archived)
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