Personal Info
Birth date
1947-06-21 (78 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as
Michael Edward Gross
مایکل گروس
Michael Gross
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Gross (born June 21, 1947) is an American television, movie, and stage actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. His most notable roles are father Steven Keaton from Family Ties and the Graboid hunter Burt Gummer from the Tremors franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Gross, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Last Man Standing
7.3
Overview:
A married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women.Family Guy
7.388
Overview:
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.Law & Order
7.408
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.019
Overview:
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.936
Overview:
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.The Drew Carey Show
6.571
Overview:
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.How I Met Your Mother
8.141
Overview:
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.64
Overview:
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.Suits
8.224
Overview:
While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.Nature
8.1
Overview:
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.CSI: NY
7.353
Overview:
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".Parks and Recreation
8.023
Overview:
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.Grace and Frankie
7.697
Overview:
Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.Psych
7.887
Overview:
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.Spin City
7.072
Overview:
Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.562
Overview:
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.Medium
7.466
Overview:
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.Boston Legal
7.932
Overview:
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.Anger Management
6.189
Overview:
Charlie is a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management. He has a successful private practice and he performs pro bono counseling for an inmate group at a state prison. Prior to his career as a therapist, he was a major league baseball player whose career was put on the shelf for good by his own struggle with anger issues.Batman: The Animated Series
8.5
Overview:
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".Family Ties
7.252
Overview:
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.Night Court
7.352
Overview:
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.ER
7.826
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.The Hunger
5.949
Overview:
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.A.P. Bio
6.904
Overview:
When disgraced Harvard philosophy scholar Jack Griffin loses out on his dream job, he is forced to return to Toledo, Ohio, and work as a high school Advanced Placement biology teacher.Finder of Lost Loves
5.7
Overview:
The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private investigator who specialized in finding lost loves from the past for his heartbroken clients.Drop Dead Diva
7.747
Overview:
A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.Batman Beyond
8.131
Overview:
As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. But when troubled teenager Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the Dark Knight's secret, a new alliance is forged. And a triumphant new Batman is born.Family Law
8.2
Overview:
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.Acting
TBADada Knows Best as Unknown
2024The Merry Gentlemen as Stan
2024Chosen Family as Alfred
2020A Ring for Christmas as Graham Moore
2020The Legend of Burt Gummer as self
2020Tremors: Shrieker Island as Burt Gummer
2020Tremors: Making Perfection as Himself
2019Noelle as Elder Elf Abe
2019Christmas Reservations as Tom
2019Sister of the Bride as Robert
2018Christmas Pen Pals as Ted
2018Power of the Air as Chairman
2018Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell as Burt Gummer
2018A.P. Bio (1 Episode) as Brandon
2017Camp Cool Kids as Grandpa Norman
2016Bilal: A New Breed of Hero as Okba (voice)
2016C Street as Governor Appalachia
2016Last Call at Murray's as Murray
2016Quackerz as Duckmus
2015Becoming Santa as Nick Claus
2015Rosemont as Dr. Molina
2015Tremors 5: Bloodlines as Burt Gummer
2015Grace and Frankie (4 Episodes) as Jeff
2015Togetherness (1 Episode) as Mr. Pierson
2014Our Father as Unknown
2013Guest House as Lou Wesley
2012Meant to Be as Mr. Trantham
2012Naughty or Nice as Walter Kringle
2012Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Ted 'Buzz' Killman
2012Anger Management (3 Episodes) as Dr. Randy
2012Adopting Terror as Dr. Ziegler
2012Blue-Eyed Butcher as Ron Wright
2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Narrator
201112 Wishes of Christmas as Harry
2011Last Man Standing (1 Episode) as Mr. Hardin
2011Suits (4 Episodes) as Walter Gillis
2011Pizza Man as Professor Tucker
2010Rails to Suburbia: The Strang Line & Overland Park as Narrator
2009Drop Dead Diva (1 Episode) as Principal Blake
2009Stay Cool as Mr. McCarthy
2009Parks and Recreation (1 Episode) as Michael
2008100 Million BC as Dr. Frank Reno
2008An American in China as Manny Braddock
2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (1 Episode) as Robin
2006Brothers and Sisters (1 Episode) as Edward LeMonde
2006Psych (1 Episode) as Cody Blair
2006Mrs. Harris as Leslie Jacobson
2005How I Met Your Mother (3 Episodes) as Alfred Mosby
2005Medium (1 Episode) as Peter Barrister
2004Combustion as Talbot
2004Chasing Big Cats as Narrator (voice)
2004Boston Legal (1 Episode) as Father Nicholas McClinton
2004CSI: NY (1 Episode) as Tom Endecott
2004Tremors 4: The Legend Begins as Hiram Gummer
2003Tremors (13 Episodes) as Burt Gummer
2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2001Tremors 3: Back to Perfection as Burt Gummer
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 Episode) as Charles Webb
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm (1 Episode) as Dr. Rivkin
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 Episode) as Rob Austin
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1, 1 Episode) as Arthur Esterman, Jeffrey Prince
1999Family Law (1 Episode) as Anthony Jacobs
1999The Norm Show (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1999True Heart as Dick
1999Family Guy (1 Episode) as Steven Keaton (voice)
1999Batman Beyond: The Movie as Warren McGinnis (voice)
1999Batman Beyond (1 Episode) as Warren McGinnis (voice)
1998Ground Control as Murray
1997Ally McBeal (1 Episode) as Mr. Volpe
1997The Hunger (1 Episode) as Professor Frank Ingram
1997Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave as Lt. Peter Byrnes
1996Spin City (1 Episode) as Dr. Peterson
1996Sometimes They Come Back... Again as Jon Porter
1996Tremors 2: Aftershocks as Burt Gummer
1996The Making of a Hollywood Madam as Paul Fleiss
1996Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice as Lt. Peter Byrnes
1996Hijacked: Flight 285 as Ben Horner
1995Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie as Gordon Powell
1995The Drew Carey Show (4 Episodes) as Don Newmark - Kellie's Father
1995The Outer Limits (1 Episode) as Professor Stanley Hurst
1995Awake to Danger as Ben McAdams
1994Avalanche as Brian Kemp
1994ER (6 Episodes) as John 'Jack' Carter Jr.
1994In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance as Tom Williams
1994Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story as Kevin Mulligan
1994In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful as Howard
1992With a Vengeance as Unknown
1992Batman: The Animated Series (1 Episode) as Lloyd Ventrix (voice)
1992Alan & Naomi as Sol Silverman
1991Cool as Ice as Gordon
1991In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas as Agent Richard Mayberly
1990Vestige of Honor as Don Scott
1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as Carl Braddock
1990Dream On (1 Episode) as Father Sherman McKigney
1990Tremors as Burt Gummer
1989A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as King Arthur
1988In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders as William Russell Matix
1988Big Business as Dr. Jay Marshall
1987Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz as Himself - Host
1987Right to Die as Bob Bauer
1985A Letter to Three Wives as George Phipps
1985Family Ties Vacation as Steven Keaton
1984Finder of Lost Loves (1 Episode) as Tom Lindsay
1984Summer Fantasy as Ben Brannigan
1984Night Court (1 Episode) as Arthur Thursby
1983Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole as James Troth
1982Little Gloria... Happy at Last (2 Episodes) as Gilchrist
1982Nature (2 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
1982Family Ties (168 Episodes) as Steven Keaton
1982The Neighborhood as Jack Wolfe
1981Dream House as Julius 'J.J.' Jacobson
1980F.D.R.: The Last Year as Dr. Howard Bruenn
1980Just Tell Me What You Want as Lothar
1975A Girl Named Sooner as Jim Seevey
Production
2003Tremors (13 Episodes) ... Producer