Michael Chiklis
Biography
Michael Charles Chiklis is an American actor born on August 30, 1963, in Lowell, Massachusetts. Known for his work in television, he portrayed Los Angeles Police Department Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield from 2002 to 2008, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002 and receiving a nomination in 2003. His other starring television roles include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish from 1991 to 1996, Chris Woods in Daddio in 2000, Jim Powell on the ABC science fiction comedy-drama No Ordinary Family from 2010 to 2011, Vincent Savino in the CBS crime drama Vegas in 2012, and Dell Toledo in American Horror Story: Freak Show in 2014.
Career overview
Michael Charles Chiklis is an American actor born on August 30, 1963, in Lowell, Massachusetts. He has a known acting career spanning television and film, with eighty-five known credits listed on the Movie Database.
Chiklis is widely recognized for his prominent starring roles across multiple television series. He portrayed Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish from 1991 to 1996, and later starred as Chris Woods in the series Daddio in the year 2000. He achieved further prominence for his role as Los Angeles Police Department Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, which ran from 2002 to 2008. For his performance on The Shield, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002 and received another nomination in 2003.
His subsequent television starring roles include Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama No Ordinary Family from 2010 to 2011, Vincent Savino in the CBS crime drama Vegas in 2012, and Dell Toledo in American Horror Story: Freak Show in 2014.
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- The Mongoose (2026) as Major Walter Pope
- The Senior (2025) as Mike Flynt
- Hotel Cocaine (2024) as Agent Zulio
- Accused (2023) as Dr. Scott Corbett
- Accused (2023) as Justin
- Accused (2023) Director
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) as Red Auerbach
- Don't Look Up (2021) as Dan Pawketty
- Coyote (2021) as Ben Clemens
- Coyote (2021) Executive Producer
- John Bronco Rides Again (2021)
- Hubie Halloween (2020) as Father Dave
- Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020) as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke (voice)
- Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons (2020) as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke (voice)
- 10 Minutes Gone (2019) as Frank
- 1985 (2018) as Dale
- DuckTales (2017) as Zeus (voice)
- The Tuck Rule (2017)
- Fallen (2017) as Narration (voice)
- Match Game (2016) as Self - Panelist
- The Do-Over (2016) as Carmine
- Rupture (2016) as Bald Man
- We the People: The Market Basket Effect (2016) as Narrator
- Gotham (2014) as Nathaniel Barnes
- When the Game Stands Tall (2014) as Terry Eidson
- Tough Justice (2014)
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick (2013) as Self - Guest appearance
- Hollywood Game Night (2013) as Self
- Pawn (2013) as Derrick
- Pawn (2013) Producer
- Parker (2013) as Melander
- Vegas (2012) as Vincent Savino
- Vegas (2012) Co-Executive Producer
- American Horror Story (2011) as Dell Toledo
- No Ordinary Family (2010) as Jim Powell
- The Legend of Secret Pass (2010) as Calabar (voice)
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) as Self
- High School (2010) as Dr. Leslie Gordon
- Sons of Anarchy (2008) as Milo
- Eagle Eye (2008) as Defense Secretary Callister
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) as Ben Grimm / The Thing
- Rise: Blood Hunter (2007) as Clyde Rawlins
- The Shield: Wrap Day (2006) as Self
- Robot Chicken (2005) as The Thing / Sherlock Holmes (voice)
- Fantastic Four (2005) as Ben Grimm / The Thing
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004) as Self
- TV Revolution (2004)
- Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino (2004) as Himself
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Mean Tweets
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Stuart Little: The Animated Series (2003) as Tiger (voice)
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2003) as Roman / King Webster (voice)
- The Curse of the Bambino (2003) as Himself
- Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (2003) as Self
- The Shield (2002) as Vic Mackey
- The Shield (2002) Producer
- The Shield (2002) Director
- Heavy Gear (2001)
- Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign (2001) as Lieutenant Ross
- Last Request (2001) as Victim
- Daddio (2000) as Chris Woods
- The Three Stooges (2000) as Curly Howard
- Body and Soul (2000) as Tiny O'Toole
- Family Guy (1999) as Henessy (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Cartoony Crewman / Mechanic (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Bronx Guy #1 (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Big Fat Paulie (voice)
- The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999)
- Do Not Disturb (1999) as Hartman
- Carlo's Wake (1999) as Marco
- Taxman (1999) as Andre Rubakov
- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- Godzilla: The Series (1998) as Colonel Charles Tarrington (voice)
- Soldier (1998) as Jimmy Pig
- The View (1997) as Self
- Cigars!: The New Rage! (1996) as Self
- Nixon (1995) as TV Director
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as Matt Colletti
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self
- The Commish (1991) as Tony Scali
- The Rain Killer (1990) as Reese
- The Simpsons (1989) as Quarterback (voice)
- Seinfeld (1989) as Steve Pocatello
- B.L. Stryker (1989) as Brother Powell
- Wired (1989) as John Belushi
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- Wiseguy (1987)
- L.A. Law (1986) as Jimmy Hoffs
- Miami Vice (1984) as NYPD Det. Jeffrey Whitehead
- People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Tyrant