Michael Gaston

Michael Gaston
Michael Gaston
Born	November 5, 1962; Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Davis (BA); New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Kate Fodor
Children	2

Michael B. Gaston[1] (born November 5, 1962) is an American film and television actor. He played agent Quinn on the show Prison Break. He appeared as Gray Anderson on the CBS drama series Jericho. He also appeared in the first episode of The Sopranos as Alex Mahaffey, a compulsive gambler in trouble with Tony. He also had a recurring role in The Mentalist as CBI Director Gale Bertram.[2]

Career

Gaston portrayed General Tommy Franks in W. He has appeared in more than twenty films, including Bridge of Spies, Sudden Death, Ransom, Cop Land, Thirteen Days, The Crucible, Double Jeopardy, High Crimes, Sugar and Body of Lies and Bless the Child. He has had roles in numerous TV dramas, including The Sopranos, The West Wing, Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Fringe, The Practice, and 24.

Gaston has had various on and off Broadway roles, including A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (on Broadway), as well as Henry V, Landscape of the Body, and Fifty Ways (all Off Broadway).[3]

Personal life

Gaston has two children. His wife is the playwright and screenwriter Kate Fodor.

On October 10, 2017, amid a wave of sexual assault allegations against several men in Hollywood, Gaston detailed in a series of tweets an incident in 1992 when the director of a play he was appearing in groped him sexually during a rehearsal. He stated "I give the benefit of what little doubt I have to any woman who claims a powerful man treated her inappropriately. Because it happened to me."[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director
1993	The Wedding Banquet	Justice of the Peace	Ang Lee
1994	Amateur	Sharpshooter	Hal Hartley
1995	Hackers	Agent Bob	Iain Softley
1995	Sudden Death	Hickey	Peter Hyams
1996	Ransom	Agent Jack Sickler	Ron Howard
1996	The Crucible	Marshal Herrick	Nicholas Hytner
1997	Cop Land	Rubin	James Mangold
1999	Wayward Son	Edgar	Randall Harris
1999	Double Jeopardy	Cutter	Bruce Beresford
2000	Bless the Child	Det. Frank Bugatti	Chuck Russell
2000	Thirteen Days	Captain of USS Pierce	Roger Donaldson
2002	High Crimes	Maj. Lucas Waldron	Carl Franklin
2002	Far from Heaven	Stan Fine	Todd Haynes
2004	Mind the Gap	Priest	Eric Schaeffer
2005	Runaway	Jesse Adler	Tim McCann
	The Notorious Bettie Page	Mr. Gaughan	Mary Harron
	Stay	Sheriff Kennelly	Marc Forster
2006	Out There	Wayne	David Wike
2006	Lonely Hearts	D.A. Hunt	Todd Robinson
2008	Sugar	Stu Sutton	Anna Boden Ryan Fleck
	Home	Herman	Mary Haverstick
	Body of Lies	Holiday	Ridley Scott
	W.	General Tommy Franks	Oliver Stone
2009	Hurricane Season	Coach Frank Landon	Tim Story
2010	Inception	Immigration Officer	Christopher Nolan
2012	Big Miracle	Porter Beckford	Ken Kwapis
2015	Bridge of Spies	Williams	Steven Spielberg
2017	First Reformed	Edward Balq	Paul Schrader
2018	Irreplaceable You	Crochet Master	Stephanie Laing
2018	The Land of Steady Habits	Mitchell Ashford	Nicole Holofcener
2019	Togo	Joe Dexter	Ericson Core
2020	Spenser Confidential	John Boylan	Peter Berg

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Mr. Markle	Episode: "Day of the Dot"
1994	Law & Order	Wheeler	Episode: "Old Friends"
1995	New York News	Charles Powell	Episode: "The Using Game"
1996	New York Undercover	Lt. Harding	Episode: "Fire Show"
	One Life to Live	Spike	1 episode
	Homicide: Life on the Street	Lt. Commander Alex Clifton	Episode: "Control"
1997	Profiler	Art Behar	3 episodes
1997	Law & Order	Ron Fletcher	Episode: "Entrapment"
1998	Spin City	Detective	Episode: "Three Men and a Little Lady"
1999	The Sopranos	Alex Mahaffey	Episode: "Pilot"
	Nathan Dixon	Nathan Dixon	TV movie
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Buddy	Episode: "A Single Life"
	JAG	Makaway	Episode: "Shakedown"
	Law & Order	Mr. Delany	Episode: "Harm"
2000	Third Watch	Sergeant	Episode: "Spring Forward, Fall Back"
	Now and Again	Deputy Mayor	2 episodes
	Oz	Zeke Bellinger	Episode: "The Bill of Wrongs"
	Cora Unashamed	Arthur Studevant	TV movie
	Deadline	Walter	5 episodes
2001	The $treet	Jerry	Episode: "Junk Bonds"
	100 Centre Street	Detective Seger	Episode: "A Shot in the Dark"
	Ed	Frank Kerwin	Episode: "Exceptions"
	Law & Order	Major Jim Wyman	Episode: "White Lie"
2002	Ally McBeal	Mark Horace	2 episodes
2002	The Practice	Roland Hubert	Episode: "The Cradle Will Rock"
2003	Ed	Frank Kerwin	Episode: "Frankie"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Malcolm Field	Episode: "Damaged"
	John Doe	Gary Murchison	Episode: "Family Man"
	Hack	Claymore	Episode: "Hidden Agenda"
2004	The Guardian	Coach Steve Bernardo	Episode: "Legacy"
	NCIS	Major Dougherty	Episode: "One Shot, One Kill"
	Malcolm in the Middle	Mel	Episode: "Softball"
	The West Wing	Eric Hayden	Episode: "Eppur Si Muove"
	Without a Trace	George Stanley	Episode: "Legacy"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rick Chilson	Episode: "Bad Words"
	JAG	Col. Lewis Atwater	Episode: "This Just in from Baghdad"
2005	Blind Justice	Lt. Gary Fisk	13 episodes
2005	Prison Break	Quinn	2 episodes
2006	Brotherhood	Mr. Speaker	4 episodes
2006–2008	Jericho	Gray Anderson	20 episodes
2007–2012	Damages	Roger Kastle	8 episodes
2008	ER	Rick	Episode: "The Chicago Way"
2009	Law & Order	Pete Gardner	Episode: "Bailout"
	Numbers	Gil Fisher	Episode: "The Fifth Man"
	Fringe	Sanford Harris	4 episodes
	Saving Grace	Charlie Hudson	Episode: "Am I Going to Lose Her?"
	U.S. Attorney	Douglas G. Smith	TV movie
	White Collar	Thompson	Episode: "Pilot"
	Raising the Bar	Robert Shepherd	2 episodes
	Last of the Ninth	Lt. John "The Rug" White	TV movie
2009–2013	Mad Men	Burt Peterson	4 episodes
2010	24	General David Brucker	2 episodes
	Rubicon	Donald Bloom	4 episodes
	Terriers	Ben Zeitlin	4 episodes
2010–2013	The Mentalist	Gale Bertram	17 episodes
2011–2012	Unforgettable	Mike Costello	22 episodes
2012–2013	Last Resort	Barton Sinclair	5 episodes
2013	The Americans	Agent Bartholomew	Episode: "Pilot"
2014	Elementary	Kurt Yoder	Episode: "Paint It Black"
	Turn: Washington's Spies	General Charles Scott	5 episodes
	How to Get Away with Murder	Henry Williams	Episode: "Pilot"
	Chicago P.D.	Parish	Episode: "Prison Ball"
2014–2015	The Good Wife	Ernie Nolan	2 episodes
2014–2017	The Leftovers	Dean	7 episodes
2015	Person of Interest	Mike Richelli	Episode: "Control-Alt-Delete"
	NCIS: Los Angeles	CIA Agent Doug Emmerich	Episode: "Expiration Date"
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Actor	Episode: "Infrastructure"
	The Following	Sheriff Windsor	Episode: "Reunion"
	Royal Pains	Ed Harper	Episode: "Secret Asian Man"
	Blue Bloods	Jim Voutay	Episode: "All the News That's Fit to Click"
2015–2016, 2020	Blindspot	Tom Carter	Recurring (season 1), guest (season 5) 8 episodes
2015–2018	The Man in the High Castle	Mark Sampson	13 episodes
2016	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Donald Bazinski	Episode: "Catfishing Teacher"
	Bones	Agent Brandt Walker	Episode: "The Secret in the Service"
	The Interestings	Gil Wolf	Pilot
	BrainDead	Lawrence Boch	Episode: "Taking on Water: How Leaks in D.C. Are Discovered and Patched"
	Murder in the First	Alfred Arkin	8 episodes
	Designated Survivor	James Royce	2 episodes
2017	Madam Secretary	Hugh Haymond	5 episodes
2017	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Richard Wilson	TV movie
2017–2020	Power	Judge Tapper	6 episodes
2018	Jack Ryan	President Andrew Pickett	2 episodes
2018–2019	Strange Angel	Virgil Byrne	15 episodes
2019	The Code	General H.H. Carrick IV	Episode: "Blowed Up"
	Treadstone	Dan Levine	Main cast
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Judge Wagaman	Episode: "It's the Sixties, Man!"
2020	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Gary Wald	Episode: "The Longest Night of Rain"
2020	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Gerald Sharpe	Episode: "Alien Commies from the Future!"

References

According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California; ancestry.com; accessed December 23, 2014.
Gencarelli, Mike (September 19, 2011). "Interview with Michael Gaston". Media Mikes. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
Cadle, Jessie (July 27, 2012). "Guest artists share relationships on stage and off in 'Fifty Ways'". The Chautauquan Daily. Chautaqua, New York: Chautauqua Institution. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
de Koff, Derek (October 12, 2017). "James Van Der Beek and Michael Gaston reveal they were sexually harassed by male Hollywood execs". Queerty. San Francisco, California: Q.Digital. Retrieved May 28, 2017.

External links

Michael Gaston at IMDb
"Michael Gaston". Jericho Wiki at CBS. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved Dec 23, 2014.

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[1] According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California; ancestry.com; accessed December 23, 2014.

[2] Gencarelli, Mike (September 19, 2011). "Interview with Michael Gaston". Media Mikes. Retrieved September 19, 2012.

[3] Cadle, Jessie (July 27, 2012). "Guest artists share relationships on stage and off in 'Fifty Ways'". The Chautauquan Daily. Chautaqua, New York: Chautauqua Institution. Retrieved September 19, 2012.

[4] Koff, Derek (October 12, 2017). "James Van Der Beek and Michael Gaston reveal they were sexually harassed by male Hollywood execs". Queerty. San Francisco, California: Q.Digital. Retrieved May 28, 2017.