Michael was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. He spent most of his youth studying jazz music and attended North Texas State University on a scholarship. He played lead trumpet with Stan Kenton's 1979 Tour and appeared with Woody Herman and his Thundering Heard. After a car accident left him unable to play, Michael re-directed his creativity into acting. On the small screen, Michael starred in the series Something So Right, landed the leads in two television movies The Princess And The Marine and A Loss Of Innocence and recurred on 3rd Rock From The Sun as the high school gym coach. He has also made a number of guest starring appearances in series including That 70's Show, X-Files, Arli$$, The Drew Carey Show, Home Improvement, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Two Guys And A Girl, and 7th Heaven, where he played the father of a child with Tourette's Syndrome. An avid golfer, Michael is most recognizable for his role as Boone in Tin Cup with Kevin Costner. Additional big screen credits include Pearl Harbor, Collateral Damage, Anywhere But Here, Crimson Tide, Executive Decision, Phenomenon, Dreamweaver as James Spader's lawyer, and as Chicago White Sox third baseman Buck Weaver in Field Of Dreams. When not working, Michael spends every free minute golfing. Set on achieving one of his goals, playing on a PGA Senior tour. IMDb Mini Biography By: Christy Lawson

迈克尔在佛罗里达州的圣彼得堡出生和长大。他年轻时的大部分时间都在学习爵士乐，并获得了奖学金进入北德克萨斯州立大学。他在斯坦·肯顿（Stan Kenton）的1979年巡回演唱会上担任主音小号，并与伍迪·赫尔曼（Woody Herman）和他的雷鸣听觉（Thundering Heard）一起出现。在一场车祸使他无法演出后，迈克尔将他的创造力重新引导到表演中。在小银幕上，迈克尔出演了电视剧《Something So Right》，在两部电视电影《公主与海军陆战队》和《失去纯真》中担任主角，并在《太阳的第三块石头》中再次担任高中体育教练。他还在一系列剧集中客串出演，包括 70 年代秀、X 档案、Arli$$、德鲁凯里秀、家居装修、宋飞正传、墨菲布朗、两个男人和一个女孩，以及 7th Heaven，在那里他扮演了一个患有妥瑞氏综合症的孩子的父亲。作为一名狂热的高尔夫球手，迈克尔最广为人知的是他与凯文·科斯特纳（Kevin Costner）一起在锡杯中饰演布恩。其他大银幕作品包括《珍珠港》、《附带损害》、《无处不在》、《深红之潮》、《行政决策》、《现象》、Dreamweaver 饰演 James Spader 的律师，以及在 Field Of Dreams 中饰演芝加哥白袜队三垒手 Buck Weaver。不工作时，迈克尔会把每一分钟的空闲时间都花在打高尔夫球上。他的目标是实现自己的目标之一，参加PGA高级巡回赛。