Michael Emerson's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Lost Ben Linus Person of Interest Mr. Finch

Main Movie Roles 2005 - 29th and Gay 2005 - The Legend of Zorro 2004 - Saw 2002 - The Laramie Project 2002 - Unfaithful 1999 - For Love of the Game 1998 - Playing by Heart 1998 - The Impostors

BIOGRAPHY:

Michael Emerson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Linus on Lost.


TRIVIA:

• On _"Lost" (2004)_ (qv), he played Ben Linus, the son of Roger Linus, played by 'Jon Gries' (qv), who is actually 3 years the junior of Emerson. The age difference is explicable because Roger is first seen in flashbacks to Ben's birth and childhood. Ben's mother was played by 'Carrie Preston (I)' (qv), who in addition to being (like Gries) about the same age as Emerson, is also his real-life wife.
• Is a stage actor who makes occasional films.
• Worked as a freelance illustrator for publications like The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
• Graduate of Drake University, where he earned a degree in Theater Arts.
• In 1995, he graduated from the prestigious Professional Actor Training M. F. A. program run jointly by the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and The University of Alabama Department of Theater and Dance.
• Emerson graduated from South Tama County High School in Tama, Iowa.