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Michael J. Burg

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Michael J. Burg
The lives of a suspicious wife, closeted husband and sex-obsessed son collide. A Columbia University MFA Thesis starring Michael J. Burg (Orange is the New Black, Vinyl), Russell Koplin (Iron Fist, The Last) and Kathryn Kates (Orange is the New Black, Law & Order).
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Michael J. Burg is a film, television and stage actor and a longtime member of the Actors Studio. A native of Rock Port, Missouri, he has resided in New York City since age 19. After graduating from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he studied acting privately for a number of years with Estelle Parsons.

Michael's career dates back to high school, when he worked as a commercial radio announcer, initially with local FM station KTRX. He quickly moved into the regional market by working with AM and FM stations KKJO and KSFT, which broadcast to the Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas areas.

Over the past 20-plus years Micheal has worked with some of the finest directors in the industry, including Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Spike Lee, Neil Jordan, Lasse Hallstrom, Bennett Miller, Niels Arden Oplev, Morgan Spurlock, Mary Harron and Amy Poehler.

Michael has depicted Truman Capote three times, most notably opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in The Audrey Hepburn Story. Ironically he also appeared in Capote opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman, playing Tennessee Williams, a distant cousin of Truman Capote's. His scenes as Capote were not in the final cut of The Hoax. Lastly he played Capote in the ABC series Life on Mars.

Michael is also active in the world of independent film producing. Having served as executive producers for the 2011 feature film, "Turbine" and the 2017 feature film "The Eyes".

Some of Burg's recent credits include the feature film "Love is Strange" appearing opposite Alfred Molina and John Lithgow, "Broad City" on Comedy Central, the role of Detective Charley Griggs in "Gotham,"HBO's "The Night Of" directed and written by Steve Zaillian and HBO's new series "Vinyl," created by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terrance Winter, Season 6 of "Orange is the New Black".

On the festival circuit, Michael received rave reviews for his starring role in the film "Awsome_FCK." Reviewers at the Toronto Film Festival called it a "haunting, near perfect performance".

Michael owns and manages his paternal family's 6th generation farmland in Atchison County, Missouri. He resides in New York City.
BornDecember 28, 1968
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Michael J. Burg in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Michael J. Burg in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Michael J. Burg in The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
Michael J. Burg in TURN: Washington's Spies (2014)
Michael J. Burg and Andrea Cirie in Flatbush Luck (2016)
Michael J. Burg in Gotham (2014)
Liev Schreiber and Michael J. Burg in Ray Donovan (2013)
Michael J. Burg in Three Corner House (2019)
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Michael J. Burg and Jared Johnston in BlacKKKlansman (2018)

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Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Orange Is the New Black
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TV Series
  • Mark Bellamy
Jamie Bell in TURN: Washington's Spies (2014)
TURN: Washington's Spies
8.1
TV Series
  • General 'Mad' Anthony Wayne
Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
Ray Donovan
8.3
TV Series
  • Ron Klitstein
Jennifer Love Hewitt in The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
The Audrey Hepburn Story
5.9
TV Movie
  • Truman Capote
  • 2000

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  • Buried
    • Post-production
  • Hashtag Proposal
    • Post-production
  • Bury Me When I'm Dead
    • Post-production
  • Three Women
    • In Production
  • Michael J. Burg, Johnny Brantley III, Jacob Morton, and Dolly Lewis in The Dutchman's Pipe (2021)
    The Dutchman's Pipe
  • My Beautiful Bride (2021)
    My Beautiful Bride
  • Nicholas Pinnock in For Life (2020)
    For Life
  • William DeMeo and James Russo in Gravesend (2020)
    Gravesend
  • Precinct Production (2020)
    Precinct Production
  • Jack DiFalco in Ex Disposer (2019)
    Ex Disposer
  • Michael J. Burg, Kathryn Kates, Russell Koplin, Ty Baumann, Seabold Krebs, Alanna Goodman, Charlotte Dupré, Davíð Már Stefánsson, Catherine Kosiba, and Arnold Bustamante in Three Corner House (2019)
    Three Corner House
  • Batsh*t Bride (2019)
    Batsh*t Bride
  • Paul Ben-Victor, William DeMeo, Louis Lombardi, Leo Rossi, James Russo, and Christina DeRosa in The Neighborhood (2018)
    The Neighborhood
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
  • Wolverine (2018)
    Wolverine
  • Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
    Orange Is the New Black
  • John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman (2018)
    BlacKkKlansman
  • Brain Off! (2017)
    Brain Off!
  • Jamie Bell in TURN: Washington's Spies (2014)
    TURN: Washington's Spies

Producer

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  • Mess (2016)
    Mess
  • The Eyes (2016)
    The Eyes
  • Turbine (2011)
    Turbine

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Michael J. Burg
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Michael J. Burg
Anything But Love
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Anything But Love
Three Corner House Official Trailer
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Three Corner House Official Trailer
"Preparing Your Stay"
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"Preparing Your Stay"

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    • December 28, 1968
    • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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    Played Truman Capote four times; The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) and Life On Mars (2008) (TV), both for ABC-TV and in deleted scenes from the feature film The Hoax (2006), directed by Lasse Hallström. He also appeared in Capote (2005), starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, playing writer Tennessee Williams, who was Capote's distant cousin.

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