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 V…
The Commish	Commissione…
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:

Has a brother called Peter.
Chosen over 200 other candidates for the role of 'John Belushi' (qv) in the fantasy biopic _Wired (1989)_ (qv).
Moved to New York City the day of his graduation to pursue his career.
Daughter, 'Autumn Chiklis' (qv) , was born on October 9, 1993.
He does charity work pertaining to autism, as Vic's son on _"The Shield" (2002)_ (qv) suffers from the condition.
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.
Growing up, he liked the heroic comic book character Ben Grimm, aka The Thing of the Fantastic Four. In fact, at the age of 18, he told his brother that if a Fanatastic Four movie was ever made, he would play Ben Grimm. He lived his fantasy and got to play what he called "my dream role" in 2005 when he played the character in _Fantastic Four (2005)_ (qv).
Is a huge fan of the New England Patriots, Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox.