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Michael Chiklis

Age: 46
Height: 5' 8 1/2"

Birth Place: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Born: Aug. 30th, 1963

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Michael Chiklis' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Shield	Detective Vic&hellip
The Commish	Commissioner &hellip
Daddio	Chris Woods

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Educated at Boston University's School for the Arts, majoring in acting, before moving to New York City. Michael has numerous theater credits including the roles of Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire and Touchstone in Shakespeare's As You Like It.

TRIVIA:

He does charity work pertaining to autism, as Vic's son on _"The Shield" (2002)_ (qv) suffers from the condition.
He is 3/4 Greek and 1/4 Irish and English.
Chosen over 200 other candidates for the role of 'John Belushi' (qv) in the fantasy biopic _Wired (1989)_ (qv).
Daughter, Odessa, was born in 1999.
His father owns a beauty salon.
His real daughter, 'Autumn Chiklis' (qv), plays his character, Vic Mackey's, daughter Cassidy on _"The Shield" (2002)_ (qv) He has said that his daughter is not to witness any violence on the show and is to be kept apart from all scenes except for the scenes she is in.
Is the only actor from _Fantastic Four (2005)_ (qv) that is actually a fan of the comic book series.
He is very proud of his Greek heritage and encourages his daughters to learn about Greece.