Early life

Angarano was born in Brooklyn, New York to Michael and Doreen Angarano; he has two sisters and a younger brother. He is of Italian descent.

His family owns and operates the dance studio Reflections in Dance in Canoga Park, California. Angarano graduated from Crespi Carmelite High School.

Career

In the late 1990s, Michael was one of the finalists for the role of young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, but lost to Jake Lloyd.

In 2000, 12-year-old Angarano acted in Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family. The following year, he landed his first major film role in Little Secrets, opposite Evan Rachel Wood and David Gallagher. Three years later, he starred in the Nickelodeon TV-movie Maniac Magee. He played the lead role in 2005's Sky High. Other film roles include parts in The Bondage, Black Irish, Man in the Chair, Snow Angels, The Final Season, One Last Thing..., The Forbidden Kingdom, Ceremony, The Brass Teapot and Red State.

On television, from 2001 to 2006, he had a recurring role as Elliott, the son of Jack McFarland, on Will & Grace. In 2007, he appeared in four episodes of the show 24 as Scott Wallace, a teenager taken hostage by a terrorist. In 2014, he was a regular on Cinemax's historical drama The Knick, where he played Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering, Jr.

Personal life

In 2008, Kristen Stewart said she and Angarano were in a relationship. As of mid-2014, he lives in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, with his girlfriend, actress Juno Temple, whom he met in 2012 during production of their film The Brass Teapot.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Childhood's End	1st Boy	Uncredited
	I'm Not Rappaport	3-year-old Cowboy
1997	For Richer or Poorer	Sammy Yoder
1998	River Red	Young Tom
1999	Music of the Heart	Nick at 7
	Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure	Nick
2000	Almost Famous	Young William
	The Brainiacs.com	Matt Tyler
2002	Little Secrets	Philip
	The New Kid	Austin
2003	Seabiscuit	Young Red Pollard
2004	The Dust Factory	Rocky Mazzelli	Limited release
	Speak	David Petrakis
2005	Dear Wendy	Freddie	Limited release
	Sky High	Will Stronghold
	Lords of Dogtown	Sid
2006	One Last Thing...	Dylan	Limited release
	The Bondage	Charlie
2007	The Final Season	Mitch Akers
	Man in the Chair	Cameron
	Snow Angels	Arthur
	Black Irish	Cole
2008	The Forbidden Kingdom	Jason Tripitikas
2009	Gentlemen Broncos	Benjamin Purvis
2010	Ceremony	Sam Davis
2011	The Art of Getting By	Dustin
	Red State	Travis
	Noah's Ark: The New Beginning	Townsman	Voice role
	Haywire	Scott
2012	The Brass Teapot	John
2013	The End of Love	Himself	Cameo
	The English Teacher	Jason Sherwood
	Empire State	Eddie
2015	Wild Card	Cyrus Kinnick
	The Stanford Prison Experiment	Christopher Archer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Saturday Night Live	David Duchovny's son	1 episode: "David Duchovny/Rod Stewart"
	New York News		1 episode: "Welcome Back Cotter"
1997	Stranger in My Home	Drew	TV Movie
	Cybill	Timmy	1 episode: "The Wedding"
1998	Grace & Glorie	Bicycle Kid	TV Movie
	The Pretender	Patrick Harper	1 episode: "Stolen"
1999	As the World Turns	Matthew John "M.J." Dixon
	Seven Days	Evan Hamilton	1 episode: "For the Children"
2000-2001	Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family	Chance Arno	Main cast 25 episodes
2001	Say Uncle	Nick	TV Movie
2001-2006	Will & Grace	Elliot	11 episodes
2003	Maniac Magee	Jeffrey Lionel Magee	TV Movie
	My Life with Men	Ben	TV Pilot
	ER	Zack	1 episode: "The Greater Good"
2004	Less than Perfect	George Denton	2 episodes: "The Crush", "Claude's 15 Minutes of Christmas"
2005	Summerland	Jeb Ekhart	2 episodes: "Leaving Playa Linda", "Where There's a Will There's a Wave"
	Kevin Hill	Ethan Claypool	1 episode: "Only Sixteen"
2007	24	Scott Wallace	4 episodes
2012	Entry Level	Jake	TV Movie
2014	The Knick	Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering, Jr.	Main cast 20 episodes
	Drunk History	Walt Disney	1 episode: "Hollywood"

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