Early life

Weiss was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a steel-industry executive and his mother was a homemaker. He has a sister, Jamie Sue Weiss, who became a make-up artist for television and films. He went to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois.

Career

Weiss began acting when he was a child, where he appeared in local TV commercials in Chicago.

In 1980, at the age of 18, he had his first movie role as an extra in the movie Ordinary People. Shortly after his college graduation, he obtained his first major role as Mike Horton on Days of Our Lives. Weiss also starred in the NBC-TV prime time drama The Pretender for four seasons as the lead character Jarod. Weiss also had roles in the movie Jeffrey, the animated series The Legend of Tarzan, and a recurring role on Crossing Jordan. He voiced "The Nameless One", the protagonist of computer game Planescape: Torment.

In February 2006, Weiss attended a benefit with his former Pretender co-stars Andrea Parker and James Denton for Cure Autism Now.

Weiss joined the cast of Impressionism, a play by Michael Jacobs and directed by Jack O'Brien. It opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 12, 2009.

Weiss appeared in A Perfect Future, Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. The production was directed by Wilson Milam.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Ordinary People	Extra	Uncredited
1988	Howling IV: The Original Nightmare	Richard Adams
1988	Take My Daughters, Please	Joe Blake	Television movie
1990	The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake	Larry	Television movie
1994	Angel 4: Undercover	Ryan Gersh
1994	Jeffrey	Steve Howard
1995	Remember Me	Scott Covey	Television movie
1996	Freeway	Larry
1999	Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby	Drifter
2001	The Pretender 2001	Jarod	Television movie
2001	Net Worth	Michael Winslow
2001	Bones	Lupovich
2002	Tarzan & Jane	Tarzan
2003	Written in Blood	Matthew Ransom
2004	Until the Night	Daniel
2004	Marmalade	Peter
2005	Confessions of an Action Star	Drug Lord
2005	Iowa	Larry Clarkson
2006	Razor Sharp	Dex	Short film
2007	Fade	Doctor McCabe
2010	Sex and the City 2	Handsome Man at Wedding

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985-1990	Days of Our Lives	Mike Horton	5 years
1991	Dark Shadows	Joe Haskell/Peter Bradford (1791 Storyline)	11 episodes
1992	2000 Malibu Road	Roger Tabor	6 episodes
1994	Red Shoe Diaries	The New Man	Episode: "The Game"
1996-2000	The Pretender	Jarod	86 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
2000	Men in Black: The Series	N/A	Episode: "The Baby Kay Syndrome"
2001	The Zeta Project	Dr. Winhelm	Episode: "Absolute Zero"
2001-2003	The Legend of Tarzan	Tarzan	39 episodes
2002	Jackie Chan Adventures	Giles	Episode: "Pleasure Calls"
2002-2005	Justice League	Etrigan the Demon/Jason Blood	3 episodes
2003	The Mummy: Secrets of the Medjai	Nizam Toth	3 episodes
2003-2004	Crossing Jordan	James Horton	4 episodes
2005	Clubhouse	Jackie Tambler	Episode: "Save Situation"
2005-2007	Higglytown Heroes	Mountain Rescue Hero	3 episodes
2009-2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Adam Strange	2 episodes
2011	Blue Bloods	Sonny Malevsky	4 episodes
2011	Burn Notice	Holcomb	Episode: "Army of One"
2012-2013	Young Justice	Captain Atom	7 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Scarcity	Herb	Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
2009	Impressionism	Douglas Finch
2010	The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity	Everett K. Olson
2011	A Perfect Future	John Hudson

Charities

Michael T. Weiss supports the following charitable cause: Environment.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]