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Michael Emerson - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born September 7, 1954, Cedar Rapids, Iowa - American actor
In 1976, after graduating from Drake University (Des Moines), where he studied acting, he moved to New York. Not getting a job to match his education, Michael works as a freelance illustrator. First married in 1986. Moved to Jacksonville, Florida the same year. There, from 1986 to 1993, he often appeared in the main theaters of the city, and also taught at Flagler College. He divorced in 1993, but five years later he remarried actress Carrie Preston.
Emerson favors a teaching profession that is more stable than acting. He devotes more time to improving his qualifications in the Master of Fine Arts degree, which can also increase his influence in the theater field. In 1993, Michael entered the largest University of Alabama, where he studied until 1995. After graduation, he returns to New York and takes part in the largest annual Shakespeare festival.
The actor got his first leading role in 1997 in the play Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. After which he often appeared in other notable plays. In 1998 he played with Uma Thurman in the off-Broadway production of The Misanthrope. In 1999, Emerson played Willie Oban in Bigfoot Comet opposite Kevin Spacey.
In September 2001, Michael received an Emmy in the Special Guest Actor nomination for his portrayal of serial killer William Hincks, who appeared in six episodes of The Practice .
In 2006, Emerson was cast as Benjamin Linus in the drama series Lost (TV Series). The reason for his appearance in the series was his work in "Practice". The producers loved his acting and he was perfect for the role of the character they were developing. At first, the actor was supposed to participate in only 3-4 episodes, but fans of the series liked his character so much that he later became the main antagonist of the series. For his work in Season 3, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which was repeated in 2008. In 2009, he was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Supporting Actor category for his work in Season 5, for which he also received an Emmy .
Emerson met actress Carrie Preston in Alabama, in a production of Hamlet, in which he was involved. They got married in September 1998. Carrie often appears on the screen with her husband, for example, in one of the episodes "Lost" (The Man Behind the Screen), she played Emily Linus, the mother of Michael's hero, and also played the role of the bride of Harold Finch, the character of Emerson in the television series "Into Sight ". The actor, according to interviews, is interested in taking part in the television series True Blood, where his wife is on the main cast.
Michael was cast in the comedy television series Unusual Professions by J.J. Abrams, teamed up with Terry O'Quinn, who co-starred in Lost. Filming was supposed to begin at the end of 2010, but the development of the TV show was postponed indefinitely. After that, Emerson joined the main cast of the next project of Abrams "In sight", which debuted in September 2011 on CBS. In the series, he plays a mysterious reclusive billionaire who has teamed up with a supposedly dead CIA agent to fight New York's crime.
