Michael Laurence

Michael Laurence
is an award-winning actor and writer. He is known for his recurring roles as Curtis 'Caddie' DeVille on NBC’s Shades of Blue (opposite Jennifer Lopez), the eco-terrorist Maddox Beck on NBC’s The Blacklist, Cutter the Vet on the cult hit The Heartshe Holler on Adult Swim, and the mysterious Barry the Homeless Man on FX’s Damages, among many other TV and film credits. He has performed leading roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in top regional theaters, and internationally. 

He is the playwright of the acclaimed Off-Broadway plays Krapp,39 (Drama Desk Award nomination, Soho Playhouse/London/Dublin/Edinburgh), Hamlet in Bed (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Pleasance Theatre/Edinburgh), and the upcoming Cincinnatus. 
 He is the co-creator (with playwright-performer Edgar Oliver) of Chop Off Your Ear and the writer/director of the feature film Escape Artists. 
Other screenplays include Hamlet in Bed and the feature adaptation of Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore.

 He has guest-starred on Prodigal Son, Evil, The Good Wife, Elementary, Person Of Interest, Hit & Run, Law & Order: SVU, Third Watch, Johnny Zero, FX, GhostStories, As the World Turns, and Jonathan Ames’ What’s Not To Love? for SHOWTIME. Film acting credits include The Last Thing Mary Saw (upcoming), Can You Ever Forgive Me?, One For the Money (w/ Katharine Heigl), Man On A Ledge (w/ Sam Worthington & Ed Harris), A Walk In The Park (directed by Amos Poe), The Operator, Follow Me Outside, Room314, Escape Artists, Claire Dolan, Torte Blume, Tell Me The Truth, The Chase, Standing In the Current, Love God, The Minister’s Black Veil, Particles of Truth, and other indies.



Works

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Release Date1999-09-20

Charactersd Robert Paul Byers

Episode Count1

Vote Count4077

The Blacklist

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

Release Date2013-09-23

Charactersd Maddox Beck

Episode Count1

Vote Count3443

Chicago P.D.

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.

Release Date2014-01-08

Charactersd Neal Rogers

Episode Count1

Vote Count2517

Person of Interest

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 

Release Date2011-09-22

Charactersd Hollister

Episode Count1

Vote Count1929

The Good Wife

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.

Release Date2009-09-22

Charactersd Max Wilder

Episode Count1

Vote Count642

Elementary

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.

Release Date2012-09-27

Charactersd Walter McClenahan

Episode Count1

Vote Count1745

Evil

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

Release Date2019-09-26

Charactersd Gregory Beale

Episode Count1

Vote Count940

FBI: Most Wanted

The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.

Release Date2020-01-07

Charactersd Noah Caploe

Episode Count1

Vote Count423

Dexter: New Blood

10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

Release Date2021-11-07

Charactersd Wiggles the Clown

Episode Count2

Vote Count1455

The Incredible Hulk

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.

Release Date1977-11-04

Charactersd Newsman

Episode Count1

Vote Count483

Prodigal Son

The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.

Release Date2019-09-23

Charactersd Tom Henry Glanton

Episode Count1

Vote Count443

Damages

Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.

Release Date2007-07-24

Charactersd Homeless Man

Episode Count5

Vote Count230

Airplane!

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Release Date1980-06-27

Charactersd Newscaster

Vote Count4858

Man on a Ledge

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

Release Date2012-01-13

Charactersd Bearded Guy

Vote Count2732

Claire Dolan

A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby.

Release Date1998-11-18

Charactersd Elton's Fare

Vote Count20

FX: The Series

Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?

Release Date1996-09-09

Charactersd Orrin Hill

Episode Count1

Vote Count18

Hit & Run

A happily married man's life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit-and-run accident in Tel Aviv. Grief-stricken and confused, he searches for his wife's killers, who have fled to the U.S. With the help of an ex-lover, he uncovers disturbing truths about his beloved wife and the secrets she kept from him.

Release Date2021-08-06

Charactersd Nigel Lennon

Episode Count1

Vote Count110

Room 314

How many stories can one hotel room tell? Watch as five couples in different stages of relationships reveal what they really want to each other.

Release Date2006-01-01

Charactersd Harry

Vote Count3

Someone's Watching Me!

A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.

Release Date1978-11-29

Charactersd TV Announcer

Vote Count156

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

Release Date2018-10-19

Charactersd Fenwick

Vote Count1322

My Love Affair with Marriage

From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grew older something didn't seem right with the concept of love: the more she tried to conform, the more her body resisted. A story about the acceptance of the inner female rebellion.

Release Date2023-06-07

Charactersd Big Man (voice)

Vote Count15

The Operator

A scoundrel is tormented by a seemingly-omniscent telephone operator.

Release Date2000-03-04

Charactersd Gary Wheelan

Vote Count7

Particles of Truth

Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love story exposes Lilli's internal bouts and her nightmarish "bad luck".

Release Date2003-06-14

Charactersd Charles

Vote Count3

The Last Thing Mary Saw

Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.

Release Date2021-08-15

Charactersd Randolph

Vote Count90

Love God

Manhattan, 1996. All mental hospitals must cut their patient load by a third, and LaRue (Will Keenan) is sent out onto the streets with "chronic reading syndrome". He ends up at the Love Hotel (where most of the inmates are being held), and falls in love with a mute girl who's obsessive mother dominates her life. To top it all off, LaRue is given a roommate with Tourette's syndrome and is chased by a prehistoric worm that inhabits peoples bodies and mutates them.

Release Date1999-12-18

Charactersd Victor

Vote Count12

Return to Eden

Stephanie Harper is rich but insecure 40 year old heiress with two failed marriages behind her. Stephanie believes that she has found true love with tennis pro Greg Marsden, but after the wedding, Greg promptly begins an affair with Stephanie’s best friend Jilly Stewart. Whilst on their honeymoon, Greg pushes Stephanie into a crocodile-infested swamp, and he and Jilly watch as she is apparently mauled to death. However, Stephanie miraculously survives and goes to an island clinic where she meets Dr. Dan Marshall, a brilliant plastic surgeon who uses his talents to repair her face and body. Using her new identity and fortune, she plots her revenge on Greg and Jilly and aims to take back what is rightfully hers.

Release Date1983-09-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count25

Vote Count22

The Deliberate Stranger

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.

Release Date1986-05-04

Vote Count23

Country of Hotels

A room in an anonymous hotel has a profoundly dark effect on all who stay there.

Release Date2019-12-20

Vote Count2