Michael Panes (Actor)

The Uninvited

Rose and Sammy enjoy an idyllic life with love, a Hollywood Hills home, and a curious son. During a party, Sammy assigns unusual significance to it, while Rose juggles preparations amid distractions. The unexpected arrival of Helen, who claims residence there, oscillates between confusion and lucidity. Strangely, Helen possesses intimate knowledge of the house and its guests: an Ingenue, a director, and Rose's former flame. Helen's revelations during the party spark drama, unearthing hidden truths and compelling Rose to confront her past, future, and the desire for change.

Release Date: 2025-04-11

Character: Spirit Photographer

Vote Count: 1

Caper

When a friend's disastrous sext accidentally lands in his boss' phone, a group of clueless men race against the clock, embarking on an all-night odyssey through New York City's underbelly to hack, bribe, and bluff their way to deleting the evidence. Over the course of seven hours, this misguided, toxically masculine mission to save a friend from ruin exposes their own fears, flaws, and misconceptions about women.

Release Date: 2025-03-07

Character: Avi/Mysterio

Messy

Brutally self-aware, promiscuous love addict Stella Fox moves to New York after a devastating break-up and pursues disappointing romantic dalliances over the course of a summer.

Release Date: 2024-10-03

Hotel Cocaine

The story of Roman Compte, a Cuban exile and general manager of The Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene of late '70s and early '80s. The Mutiny Hotel was Casablanca on cocaine.

Release Date: 2024-06-16

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 40

The Man in the Woods

On a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her friends, a disgraced quarterback, a shunned ex-cop, and the headmaster's wife, agree to go search for her. As they do, they confront the lies, ghost stories, and demonization that their idyllic school was built on.

Release Date: 2020-11-24

Character: David Katz

Vote Count: 3

Godfather of Harlem

Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

Release Date: 2019-09-29

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 632

Jacob's Ladder

After losing his brother in combat, Jacob Singer returns home from Afghanistan -- only to be pulled into a mind-twisting state of paranoia. Singer soon realizes that his sibling is alive but life is not what it seems.

Release Date: 2019-08-23

Character: Bandleader

Vote Count: 80

The Architect

When a couple sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of an uncompromising modernist architect, who proceeds to build HIS dream house instead of theirs.

Release Date: 2016-05-20

Character: Adjuster

Vote Count: 34

The Perfect Guy

With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyfriend, disagrees with her future plans for marriage and a family. The resulting painful breakup leaves Leah heartbroken, until she meets the charming and handsome Carter Duncan. Soon, the budding romance turns dangerous as Carter reveals his volatile nature, forcing Leah to break up with the man she thought was Mr. Right. She soon realizes that Carter doesn't want to let her go.

Release Date: 2015-09-11

Character: Cooper

Vote Count: 328

Free the Nipple

An army of passionate women launch a revolution to "Free the Nipple" and decriminalize the female body. Based on a true story, this mass movement of topless women, armed with First Amendment lawyers, graffiti installations and national publicity stunts, invade New York City to protest the backwards censorship laws in the USA.

Release Date: 2014-12-12

Character: Lawyer

Vote Count: 43

We Bought a Zoo

Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

Release Date: 2011-12-08

Character: Principal

Vote Count: 2774

The Love Guide

A comedy about a woman who saves her chicken farm and her family by agreeing to be the subject of a "reality show" with a celebrity Hollywood weight loss expert. Both women change and discover the true meaning of success.

Release Date: 2011-10-15

Character: Ira

Vote Count: 10

Backwash

The tale of three slacker friends and the adventures that ensure after one of them inadvertently robs a bank armed only with a large salami. Many guest cameos including Jon Hamm, John Stamos, Sarah Silverman, John Cho, Allison Janney, Hank Azaria, Michael Vartan, Steven Weber, Jamie-Lynn Sigler. DTV version of ... the Made-for-Digital series.

Release Date: 2010-11-15

Character: Jonesy

Janie Jones

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.

Release Date: 2010-09-17

Character: Ulysses

Vote Count: 37

Please Give

In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.

Release Date: 2010-04-30

Character: Shopper

Vote Count: 153

Falling Up

A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.

Release Date: 2009-09-29

Character: Laszlo

Vote Count: 63

Confessions of a Shopaholic

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.

Release Date: 2009-02-05

Character: Russell

Vote Count: 2639

Broken English

Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who constantly reminds her of it all. Not to mention her best friend Audrey's "perfect marriage". But after a series of disastrous dates, Nora unexpectedly meets Julien, a quirky Frenchman who opens her eyes to a lot more than love.

Release Date: 2007-11-22

Character: Glen

Vote Count: 69

Watching the Detectives

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.

Release Date: 2007-05-01

Character: Lucien

Vote Count: 144

Infamous

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Release Date: 2006-10-13

Character: Gore Vidal

Vote Count: 204

The Californians

When real estate mogul Gavin Ransom announces his plan to cover California's northern coast with scores of mini-mansions, his environmentalist sister, Olive, launches a protest to stop him. But there's trouble ahead when Gavin begins falling for the pretty folk singer who's helping Olive's cause.

Release Date: 2005-10-21

Character: Marion Pardon

Vote Count: 9

Going Shopping

A clothing designer tries to save her struggling boutique store by having a tumultuous weekend sale of her shop's inventory by playing on the addictions of shopping for the women of Beverly Hills.

Release Date: 2005-09-30

Character: Waiting Man

Vote Count: 2

Adam & Steve

Adam and Steve are two gay youths who have a one-night stand that ends embarrassingly. Nearly two decades later, Adam, now a Manhattan tour guide, and Steve, a psychiatrist, meet again -- but neither remembers the other from years before. The two begin dating, even playing matchmaker for their friends Michael and Rhonda, but their promising relationship hits a major snag when Adam and Steve finally recall their past connection.

Release Date: 2005-04-24

Character: Lou

Vote Count: 41

Stories of Lost Souls

Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to overcome.

Release Date: 2004-11-12

Character: The Fan

Vote Count: 13

Eulogy

A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.

Release Date: 2004-10-15

Character: Adult Film Director

Vote Count: 133

Marmalade

Marmalade is a romantic comedy about a fashion model who gets too old to continue her work. Her demise in her professional life happens as her personal life falls completely apart.

Release Date: 2004-06-14

Character: Eddie

Surviving Eden

A documentary crew captures the capitalistic trappings a reality show winner falls into during his short-lived stint with fame and fortune.

Release Date: 2004-03-01

Character: Dennis Flotchky

Carolina

A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

Release Date: 2003-07-04

Character: John

Vote Count: 79

Supermarket

Actress Illeana Douglas works at a supermarket where Daryl Hannah continually slacks off, nearly drooling fans stalk her, and Jeff Goldblum comes in to shop for pastries.

Release Date: 2003-05-03

Character: The Fan

Devil Talk

The Devil wants to hire a publicist to change his image but a phone call to his mother reveals even the devil has a mother who let let him do what he wants.

Release Date: 2003-01-01

Character: The Devil

Fabled

Joseph just broke up with his girlfriend and is not taking it very well. He thinks she is plotting against him with their mutual psychiatrist. His dog is missing and he suspects the people at work might be behind it. Then there is the unshakable guilt over his past. It just might all be bearable, somehow possible to live through, if it weren't for those damned 'monsters' that keep trying to kill him. Through an allegorical 'fable' that is told in parallel with Joseph's struggle, we are left to decide for ourselves in the end, who is the crow and who is the wolf., was someone out to get Joseph, was it a stroke of bad luck, or was it all in his head?

Release Date: 2002-08-17

Character: Dr. Roy Frumkes

Vote Count: 2

Last Writes

A screenwriter is on his deathbed when his brother arrives to con him out of his last great script.

Release Date: 2002-06-05

Character: Linus

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Release Date: 2001-09-30

Character: Roger Porter

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 349

The Anniversary Party

While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close friends, some colleagues and their next door neighbors in a party. Under the effect of Ecstasy, revelations are disclosed and relationships deteriorate among the group.

Release Date: 2001-06-09

Character: Levi Panes

Vote Count: 78

Gilmore Girls

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.

Release Date: 2000-10-05

Character: Bobby

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1104

Mission Hill

Meet overqualified, underemployed, 24-year-old Andy French. Ambition: to be a cartoonist. Occupation: salesman at Waterbed World. Hobby: Where's the party? But responsibility soon knocks on the door of the loft apartment Andy shares with two fellow slackers when Kevin, a nerdy 17 -year-old who wears his SAT score on his shirt and his admiration for big brother Andy on his sleeve, moves in. And, for good measure, so does the French family's dog. Friends, roomies, canines, countrymen: lend me your beers. They're all part of the daze of Andy's life.

Release Date: 1999-09-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: 

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 61

Sherman Oaks

Sherman Oaks is an adult comedy that premiered on Showtime in the summer of 1995. A second season ran in the summer of 1996. The show focused on the Sanford Baker Family of earthquake ravaged Sherman Oaks, California.

Release Date: 1995-07-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 1

The Westies

Set in the early 1980s when the construction of the Jacob Javitz Convention Center on the Westies' home turf in Hell's Kitchen promises a financial windfall. Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies' legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile détente. But internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI's ever-deepening investigation into the Italian mafia.

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Frasier

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

Release Date: 1993-09-16

Character: Clark

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 799