Michael Edward Gross Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Born in Chicago in 1947, Gross was involved with a gang for a couple of years during high school before becoming a better student. He went on to be senior class president. Received an M.F.A. from the Yale University School of Drama. Worked in theater before moving to New York to begin an acting career. This eventually led to his breakthrough role ...
Tremors, Tremors 5: Bloodlines, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Tremors 4: The Legend Begins, Sometimes They Come Back... Again, Cool as Ice, Big Business, In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders, 100 Million BC, Quackerz, Naughty or Nice, Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolp...
Star Sign
Cancer
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Trademark
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Usually mustachioed
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Towering height and slender frame
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Often plays family men
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Quote
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[on his pierced left ear] I had led a very conservative, lower middle class, straight-arrow kind of existence and, somewhere around 40 years of age, I thought I had to shake things up a bit. Call it male menopause.
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Fact
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He was awarded the 1986 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "The Real Thing" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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He was awarded the 1993 Drama Logue Award for Performance in "Money and Friends" in presented by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle (University of California) Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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He is of German, Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry.
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Both he and his younger sister Mary Gross have made guest appearances on Boston Legal (2004).
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Lives in California with wife Elza and his two stepchildren, Katie (born 1968) and Theo (born 1969).
During his audition for Tremors (1990), he jumped on director Ron Underwood's table, and pretended that he had a gun which he shot monsters with, to convince him that he was right for the part.
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During college, Michael worked in engine service for the Chicago & North Western Railway, which sparked his passion for trains. He is now part owner of Santa Fe Southern Railway.
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Began filming Tremors (1990) the day after the Family Ties (1982) wrap party.
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Guest starred as a shrink on Michael J. Fox 's last episode of Spin City (1996), in which there were several Family Ties (1982) references. One memorable Family Ties (1982) reference was when he said, "Pay Mallory on the way out.".
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Only actor to perform in the first four films in the Tremors series as well as the Tremors (2003) TV series. A fifth film, set in Australia, is rumored to be in development, but no word if Gross will reprise his character yet.
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Steven Keaton, Gross's character on Family Ties (1982), was ranked #12 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
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Graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.A., then went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale University School of Drama.
$8 Million
