Login
Login

Mike Pniewski

{{short description|American actor and public speaker (born 1961)}}

{{Multiple issues|

{{notability|bio|date=March 2025}}

{{cite check|date=March 2025}}

{{primary|date=March 2025}}

}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mike Pniewski

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Michael Pniewski

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|04|20}}

| death_date =

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

| occupation = {{csv|Actor|public speaker}}

| years_active = 1984–present

}}

Michael Pniewski (born April 20, 1961) is an American actor and public speaker.

Life and career

Pniewski was born in Los Angeles, California. His education began at UCLA, where he graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater{{cite web |url=http://www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/ |title=NOTABLE ALUMNI ACTORS |publisher=UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television |accessdate=September 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111604/http://www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-alumni-actors/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }} and also won the Natalie Wood Acting Award.{{cite web|last=Pniewski |first=Michael |title=UCLA Notable Alumni |url=http://www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-actors/ |publisher=UCLA |accessdate=3 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713125858/http://www.tft.ucla.edu/alumni/notable-actors/ |archivedate=13 July 2010 }}

His most notable role has been that of Chief of Detectives Kenny Moran on the hit television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He has also been seen on the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Recount. Pniewski appeared as legendary football coach Bobby Bowden in the film We Are Marshall and co-starred in the CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame production Front of the Class.{{cite web|last=Pniewski|first=Mike|title=Pniewski's work history|url=http://www.trainingmagnetwork.com/welcome/mikepniewski_nov15|publisher=Training Mag Network|accessdate=3 March 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130204165926/http://www.trainingmagnetwork.com/welcome/mikepniewski_nov15|archivedate=4 February 2013}}{{cite web|last=Pniewski|first=Mike|title=Author's Page|url=http://www.authorsandexperts.com/search_detail.php?recordid=1086|publisher=Authors and Experts|accessdate=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026081704/http://www.authorsandexperts.com/search_detail.php?recordid=1086|archive-date=26 October 2011|url-status=dead}} In 2019, he appeared in the Clint Eastwood film Richard Jewell.

Additional credits include Big Love, Thief, The Riches, Miami Vice, The Ultimate Gift, The Sopranos, Madam Secretary, Blue Bloods, CSI: NY, Conviction, Warm Springs, Buried Alive II, Spaceballs, One Tree Hill, CSI: Miami, ER, Runaway Jury, From the Earth to the Moon, Ray, Remember the Titans, NCIS: New Orleans and Two Soldiers, the 2003 Academy Award winner for Best Live Action Short Film.{{cite web|last=Pniewski|first=Micheal|title=Bio for Mike Pniewski|url=http://www.mikepniewski.com/images/features/MP_res.pdf|publisher=SAG|accessdate=3 March 2012}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Pniewski is also noted for his commercials and voice over work. His credits include Xerox, Ford, Buffalo’s, Wal-Mart, TNT, Bell South, Sprite, CNN, McDonald's, UPS, Hills Brothers, Georgia Power, Publix, Wachovia, Sudafed, Zoo Atlanta, Chevrolet, The Atlanta Thrashers, Miller Lite, SunTrust Bank, GTE, and Blockbuster Video.{{cite web|last=Pniewski|first=Michael|title=Pniewski's Career History|url=http://www.mikepniewski.com/images/features/MP_Bio.pdf|work=Canyouhearmenow|publisher=Mike Pniewski|accessdate=22 February 2012}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|last=Pniewski|first=Mike|title=Interview with Mike Pniewski|url=http://stevenroddy.com/be-successful-interview-with-law-and-order-star-mike-pniewski.html|publisher=Steven Roddy|accessdate=3 March 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130203052317/http://stevenroddy.com/be-successful-interview-with-law-and-order-star-mike-pniewski.html|archivedate=3 February 2013}}

From January 2002 until September 2004, he served as Georgia’s representative on the National Board of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He is currently the Atlanta Local First Vice-President of SAG-AFTRA.{{cite web|last=Pniewski|first=Mike|title=Public Speaking|url=http://www.acttowin.com/|work=Canyouhearmenow|publisher=Act To Win|accessdate=22 February 2012}}

Selected filmography

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}

{{div col end}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0687772}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pniewski, Mike}}

Category:1961 births

Category:Living people

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:American male voice actors

Category:UCLA Film School alumni

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:21st-century American male actors

Category:Male actors from Los Angeles

Category:American people of Polish descent