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Michael Cudlitz

  • Actor
  • Art Department
  • Director
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Michael Cudlitz
College freshman, Abby, tries to distance herself from her dark past while resisting her attraction to bad boy, Travis.
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Michael Cudlitz was born on 29 December 1964 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Walking Dead (2010) and Sex Drive (2008). He is married to Rachael Cudlitz. They have two children.
BornDecember 29, 1964
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BornDecember 29, 1964
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    • 3 wins & 2 nominations

Michael Cudlitz Talks "TWD" and "The Kids Are Alright"

Michael Cudlitz Talks "TWD" and "The Kids Are Alright"

Michael Cudlitz stopped by "The IMDb Show Live" to talk about his legacy on "The Walking Dead," and chat about his new show, "The Kids Are Alright."
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Michael Cudlitz, Kal Penn, Nick Sandow, Rebecca Breeds, and Lucca De Oliveira in Clarice (2021)
Joshua Jackson and Michael Cudlitz in D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
Michael Cudlitz in The Kids Are Alright (2018)
Mary McCormack, Michael Cudlitz, Arthur Leslie Lytton, Beckett Charlie Lytton, Jack Gore, Sawyer Barth, Sam Straley, Christopher Paul Richards, Andy Walken, Caleb Foote, and Santino Barnard in The Kids Are Alright (2018)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Cudlitz, and Jeremy Miller in Growing Pains (1985)
Michael Cudlitz, Danai Gurira, Josh McDermitt, and Chandler Riggs in The Walking Dead (2010)
Michael Cudlitz in Stolen (2009)
Michael Cudlitz in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Michael Cudlitz and Steven Yeun in Conan (2010)
Norman Reedus, Michael Cudlitz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christian Serratos, Danai Gurira, Steven Yeun, and Stacey Crowder in The Walking Dead (2010)
Michael Cudlitz and Austin Amelio in The Walking Dead (2010)
Michael Cudlitz in The Walking Dead (2010)

Known for

John Cusack and Minnie Driver in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank
7.3
  • Bob Destepello
  • 1997
Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
The Walking Dead
8.1
TV Series
  • Abraham Ford
Josh Zuckerman in Sex Drive (2008)
Sex Drive
6.5
  • Rick
  • 2008
Shawn Hatosy, Regina King, Michael Cudlitz, and Ben McKenzie in Southland (2009)
Southland
8.5
TV Series
  • Officer John Cooper

Credits

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Actor

  • Unspoken
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • Dylan Sprouse and Virginia Gardner in Beautiful Disaster (2023)
    Beautiful Disaster
    • Jim Maddox
    • 2023
  • Bosch: Legacy (2022)
    Bosch: Legacy
    • Edge
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Michael Cudlitz, Tim Heidecker, Annet Mahendru, Milo Gibson, and Lexy Kolker in Manifest West (2022)
    Manifest West
    • Eric Lind
    • 2022
  • Red Stone (2021)
    Red Stone
    • Jed Haywood
    • 2021
  • Rebecca Breeds in Clarice (2021)
    Clarice
    • Paul Krendler
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • J.K. Simmons and Steven Yeun in Invincible (2021)
    Invincible
    • Red Rush
    • Josef (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Five Women in the End (2019)
    Five Women in the End
    • PJ Weller
    • 2019
  • Mary McCormack, Michael Cudlitz, Jack Gore, Sawyer Barth, Sam Straley, Christopher Paul Richards, Andy Walken, Caleb Foote, and Santino Barnard in The Kids Are Alright (2018)
    The Kids Are Alright
    • Mike Cleary
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2019
  • Return to Hardwick (2019)
    Return to Hardwick
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 2019
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
    • Abraham Ford
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2018
  • Judy Greer, Jason Sudeikis, Corey Stoll, and Lee Pace in Driven (2018)
    Driven
    • Morgan Hetrick
    • 2018
  • Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
    Young Sheldon
    • NASA Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • The Trustee
    • Timothy Waits
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Rob Benedict and Richard Speight Jr. in Kings of Con (2016)
    Kings of Con
    • Mel
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Don Cheadle in House of Lies (2012)
    House of Lies
    • Kohl Brother
    • TV Series
    • 2016

Art Department

  • Alan Rickman and Eliza Dushku in Nobel Son (2007)
    Nobel Son
    • propmaker
    • 2007
  • Edward Norton in American History X (1998)
    American History X
    • construction coordinator
    • 1998
  • Sam in Dunston Checks In (1996)
    Dunston Checks In
    • propmaker gang boss (as Mike Cudlitz)
    • 1996
  • Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
    Beverly Hills, 90210
    • construction coordinator
    • TV Series
    • 1990–1993
  • W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)
    W.B., Blue and the Bean
    • set construction (as Mike Cudlitz)
    • Video
    • 1989
  • C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)
    C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
    • carpenter
    • 1989
  • Tales from the Darkside (1983)
    Tales from the Darkside
    • carpenter
    • TV Series
    • 1986–1988
  • The Unnamable (1988)
    The Unnamable
    • carpenter
    • 1988

Director

  • On Earth, as It Is in Heaven
    • Director
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2022
  • The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
    The Walking Dead: World Beyond
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020

Videos32

Surrogates: "News Reel"
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Surrogates: "News Reel"
Surrogates: "No Accident"
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Surrogates: "No Accident"
Running Scared
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Running Scared
Running Scared
Clip 0:43
Running Scared
Running Scared
Clip 0:47
Running Scared
Grosse Pointe Blank: 15th Anniversary Edition
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Grosse Pointe Blank: 15th Anniversary Edition
Grosse Pointe Blank: 15th Anniversary Edition
Clip 0:45
Grosse Pointe Blank: 15th Anniversary Edition
Michael Cudlitz Discusses Losing Abraham and Glenn on "The Walking Dead"
Interview 1:15
Michael Cudlitz Discusses Losing Abraham and Glenn on "The Walking Dead"
Michael Cudlitz on What "The Kids Are Alright" is All About
Interview 2:17
Michael Cudlitz on What "The Kids Are Alright" is All About
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Trailer 1:32
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Official Trailer

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Mike Cudlitz
  • Height
    • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
  • Born
    • December 29, 1964
    • Queens, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Rachael Cudlitz? - present (2 children)
  • Children
      Child
  • Other works
    Has appeared in many stage productions including: "Ring of Steel" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; "Tartuffe"; "Much Ado About Nothing"; "Dead Giveaway"; "Coriolanus"; "The Cherry Orchard"; "Bus Stop"; "The Lion in Winter"; "Charley's Aunt"; and "Summer and Smoke".
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    • 1 Interview

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  • Trivia
    Names Band of brothers (2001) and Southland (2009) his greatest working experiences.
  • Quotes
    My favorite part about going to the gym used to be leaving.

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