Early life

Ferrer was born in Santa Monica, California, the oldest of five children of Academy Award-winner José Ferrer and singer Rosemary Clooney. His father was Puerto Rican, and his mother had Irish and German ancestry. Ferrer's siblings are sisters Maria and Monsita and brothers Gabriel (nicknamed "Gabri" and husband of singer Debby Boone) and Rafael, also an actor. His first cousin is actor George Clooney. Ferrer was reared in Hollywood; and, as a teenager, his interests shifted toward music. He played the drums on Keith Moon's Two Sides of the Moon. Ferrer's friend, Bill Mumy, who played Will Robinson on the television classic Lost In Space, cast him as a drummer in the series Sunshine, his first television role.

Career

Ferrer began his career in the early 1980s making guest appearances on episodic television. He played the younger self of his father's character on Magnum P.I in 1981. In 1983, he was given a small part as a waiter in The Man Who Wasn't There. He also had a small part in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as the Excelsior helm officer. He had a major role in the 1987 action movie RoboCop as aspiring, cocaine-snorting corporate executive Bob Morton. Since appearing as Morton, Ferrer has usually acted out flamboyant villains with senses of humor. Ferrer's notable roles include a sinister biker in Valentino Returns, an overzealous engineer in DeepStar Six, a resourceful vigilante in Revenge, Commander Arvid Harbinger in the comedy Hot Shots! Part Deux, Lloyd Henreid in the Stephen King miniseries The Stand, and a drug informant in Traffic. He has occasionally taken on lead parts, as well, such as The Harvest and The Night Flier.

In the early 1990s, Ferrer appeared on three primetime TV series simultaneously: as D.A. Todd Spurrier in Shannon's Deal (1989-1991), as Cajun cop Beau Jack Bowman in Broken Badges (1990-1991), and as cynical, wittily abrasive FBI forensics specialist Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks (1990-91). Ferrer reprised the role of Albert in the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He played another medical examiner on the small screen, Dr. Garret Macy, in the television crime/drama series Crossing Jordan (2001-07). In addition to his roles as both villain and good guy, Ferrer demonstrated the ability to do comedy, as well with an ensemble cast, as TV News Director Vic Karp, on the Ill-fated sitcom, "Lateline." (1998) M Ferrer performed as the voice of the Heretic leader in the video game Halo 2. In 1999, at the 41st Grammy Awards, he was nominated for "Best Spoken Word Album for Children" in Disney's The Lion King II, "Simba's Pride Read-Along". In 2003, Ferrer made his New York stage debut in the off-Broadway production of The Exonerated.

Ferrer played a super-villain called "The Weatherman" in the failed 1997 TV pilot, Justice League of America. Later in the year, Ferrer provided the voice for a similar character, the Weather Wizard, in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Speed Demons". Ferrer also voiced Aquaman in another Superman: Animated episode, "A Fish Story". Ferrer has also provided voice-over roles in the TV series Robot Chicken (2006) and American Dad! (2007).

Ferrer played Jonas Bledsoe on NBC's short-lived update of the Bionic Woman series. Ferrer also starred in another short-lived NBC series, Kings, in 2009 as a military commander of Gath. He played Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Felix Valdez in the 2011 Lifetime police procedural drama, The Protector. Also in 2011, he started a multiple-episode guest role on the final season of Desperate Housewives.

Signed to a recurring role in NCIS: Los Angeles as Naval Criminal Investigative Service Assistant Director Owen Granger, Ferrer was promoted to a series regular for the fifth season on February 6, 2013. He also appeared in the 2013 film Iron Man 3 as the Vice President.

Ferrer will reprise his role as the FBI forensic pathologist Albert Rosenfield in the 2017 revival of Twin Peaks.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Heartbreaker	Angel
1983	The Man Who Wasn't There	Waiter
1984	Flashpoint	Roget
	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	USS Excelsior helm officer
	Lovelines	Dragon
1987	RoboCop	Bob Morton
1988	Valentino Returns	Sinister biker
1989	Deepstar Six	Snyder
1990	Revenge	Amador
	The Guardian	Ralph Hess
1992	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me	Albert Rosenfield
	Cruel Doubt	Louis Young
1993	The Harvest	Charlie Pope
	Point of No Return (The Assassin)	Director Kaufman
	Hot Shots! Part Deux	Commander Harbinger
	Another Stakeout	Tony Castellano
	It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles	Narrator
1994	Incident at Deception Ridge	Ray Hayes
	The Stand	Lloyd Henreid
	Blank Check	Carl Quigley
1996	Project ALF	Dexter Moyers
1997	Mr. Magoo	Mr. Ortega Peru
	Justice League of America	The Weather Wizard
	The Night Flier	Richard Dees
1998	Where's Marlowe?	Joe Boone
	Brave New World	Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
	Mulan	Shan Yu	voice
2000	Traffic	Eduardo Ruiz
2002	Sunshine State	Lester
2004	Silver City	Cliff Castleton
	The Manchurian Candidate	Colonel Garret
2005	The Man	Agent Peters
2007	Bionic Woman	Jonas Bledsoe
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Martian Manhunter	voice
2009	Wrong Turn at Tahoe	Vincent
	Noah's Ark: The New Beginning	Kabos	voice
2010	Hard Ride to Hell	Jefe
	This Is Not a Movie	voice
2011	The Courier	Mr Capo
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Delgado	voice
	Four Assassins	Eli
2012	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!	Delgado
2013	Iron Man 3	Vice President Rodriguez
2014	Rio 2	Big Boss	voice

Television

• Magnum, P.I. (1981)
• CHiPs (1983)
• T. J. Hooker (1985)
• Miami Vice (1987-1989)
• Twin Peaks (1990-1991) - as Albert Rosenfield; recurring
• Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990) - as Tony Riva; recurring
• Tales from the Crypt (1990-1994; appeared in three episodes)
• On the Air (1992) as Bud Buddwaller, TV station executive
• ER (1994) - "24 Hours", the first episode
• "I Will Remember" by Toto (1995) - main character
• Superman: The Animated Series (1997-1999) - Weather Wizard, De'Cine, Aquaman
• LateLine (1998-1999) - comedy series, as executive producer Vic Karp
• Will & Grace (1999)
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (2000) - Jack, State Department in "Youth Is Wasted on Dick" (season 5, episode 15)
• Crossing Jordan (2001-2007) - Dr. Garret Macy (regular role)
• Jackie Chan Adventures (2003-2004) - voice of Tarakudo
• Robot Chicken (2006) - Danny Ocean
• Contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! (2006) - winner
• El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007) - Original El Tigre
• The Batman (2007) - Sinestro
• Medium (2008) - "Being Joey Carmichael" (Played dual role of twin brothers), original air date: May 5, 2008
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2008) - episode: "Ten Count" (season 7, episode 18)
• The Spectacular Spider-Man (2009) - Silvio "Silvermane" Manfredi
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009)
• Lie to Me (2009)
• Psych (2010)
• Young Justice (2010-2013) - Vandal Savage/L-1
• ThunderCats (2011) - the Duelist in "The Duelist and the Drifter"
• Desperate Housewives (2011) - Andre Zeller (appeared in five episodes)
• NCIS: Los Angeles (2012-present) - NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger (recurring role, seasons 3-4, regular role season 5-present)
• Adventure Time (2012-present) as Death (voice actor, recurring)

Video Games

• Halo 2 (2004) - Sesa 'Refumee

Charities

Miguel Ferrer supports the following charitable cause: AIDS.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]