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Michael Chiklis

Born 1963-08-30

Michael Charles Chiklis (/ˈtʃɪklɪs/; born August 30, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield (2002–2008), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002 and was nominated in 2003. Other starring television roles of his include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish (1991–1996), Chris Woods in Daddio (2000), Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama No Ordinary Family (2010–2011), Vincent Savino in the CBS crime drama Vegas (2012), Dell Toledo in American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014), and Nathaniel Barnes in Gotham (2015–2017). In film, he is best known for his roles as The Thing in two Fantastic Four films (2005–2007), George Callister in Eagle Eye (2008), Terry Eidson in When the Game Stands Tall (2014), and Father Dave in Hubie Halloween (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chiklis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Don't Look Up 2021 · 6.3 Fantastic Four 2005 · 5.7 Hubie Halloween 2020 · 4.7 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007 · 5.6 Eagle Eye 2008 · 6.6 The Do-Over 2016 · 5.1 Parker 2013 · 6.2 The Shield 2002 · 8.7 Soldier 1998 · 6.1 When the Game Stands Tall 2014 · 6.6 No Ordinary Family 2010 · 6.9 Rise: Blood Hunter 2007 · 4.9 Rupture 2016 · 4.9 Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie 2020 · 6.0 High School 2010 · 5.7 10 Minutes Gone 2019 · 3.6 1985 2018 · 7.2 The Three Stooges 2000 · 6.9 Hotel Cocaine 2024 · 6.8 With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story 2010 · 7.1 The Rain Killer 1990 · 4.7 The Legend of Secret Pass 2010 · 4.9 John Bronco Rides Again 2021 · 6.8 The Senior 2025 The Mongoose 2026