- Born
- Birth nameMichael Manning Weatherly Jr.
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. was born on July 8, 1968 in New York City, to Patricia Ruth (Hetherington) and Michael Manning Weatherly, Sr. Raised in Fairfield, CT, he left college to pursue a career in acting. He also had a great passion for music, and played in a band while pursuing his acting career. He began acting professionally and landed his first job as Theo Huxtable's roommate on The Cosby Show (1984) and a role in the independent film Trigger Happy (2001) opposite Rosario Dawson. This led to numerous guest spots on television and brought him to Los Angeles, where he landed a regular role in the FOX series Significant Others (1998). He met director Whit Stillman, who cast him in The Last Days of Disco (1998) opposite Chloë Sevigny. Michael also starred as Christina Applegate's ex-husband on the series Jesse (1998) and had roles in The Specials (2000) opposite Rob Lowe, Venus and Mars (2001) opposite Lynn Redgrave and Gun Shy (2000) opposite Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock.
In 1995 he married actress Amelia Heinle, who appeared with him in The City (1995) and Loving (1983). Unfortunately, their marriage ended in divorce in 1997, despite the birth of their son August in 1996. Michael resides in Los Angeles. Weatherly married internist Dr. Bojana Jankovic on September 30, 2009. The couple live in Los Angeles with their two children, a daughter Olivia, and a son Liam.- IMDb mini biography by: eyesonly@mynock.com (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- SpousesBojana Jankovic(September 6, 2009 - present) (2 children)Amelia Heinle(September 26, 1995 - November 28, 1997) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenAugust Manning WeatherlyOlivia WeatherlyLiam Weatherly
- ParentsPatricia Ruth Weatherly (Hetherington)Michael Manning Weatherly Sr.
- RelativesAlexandra Breckenridge(Niece or Nephew)
- Had a falling out with his father and was disinherited from the family fortune when he told his parents he was going into acting professionally. The falling out and disinheritance were written into the background of his character Anthony DiNozzo on NCIS.
- Son of Michael Manning Weatherly, Sr., who made millions as the American importer of the Swiss Army Knife, and Patricia, a hospital administrator.
- Played "Robert Wagner" in The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004). Robert Wagner plays Michael's character's father on NCIS (2003).
- When NCIS (2003), in which he stars, wanted to release a soundtrack, they invited him to record a song. He recorded "Bitter and Blue". The success of the song led to Michael recording several more songs, including "Pretty Baby", "All Fall Apart", "Lovlihead", and "Suffer for Me".
- Played in a band to supplement his acting in the early days of his career. He plays guitar and piano. He also sold shoes, delivered pizzas, dabbled in songwriting and also worked in the videotape library of ABC. A big part of his job there was to log and cart around one-inch reels of videotape.
- [on his wife Bojana] I found the supermodel doctor who likes to cook. I'm the luckiest guy in the world, right?
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