Trained at Juilliard, actor Michael Beach worked in regional theater and off-Broadway productions before moving to Los Angeles to work on television and film. His stage credits include +Much Ado About Nothing and +Ascension Day. Though he appeared on television a lot in the late '80s, his film breakthrough came in Carl_Franklin's 1991 crime thriller One_False_Move. He played the ex-con Pluto opposite Billy_Bob_Thornton, who also co-wrote the script. Thornton later wrote the role of Virgil for Beach in the 1996 drama A_Family_Thing, starring James_Earl_Jones. In 1993, he was a part of the ensemble cast in Robert_Altman's award-winning feature Short_Cuts. After playing opposite Laurence_Fishburne in the crime thriller Bad_Company (1995), Beach went on to play several unfaithful husbands. He cheated on Angela_Bassett in Waiting to Exhale (1995), Vanessa_Williams in Soul_Food (1997), and Gloria_Reuben on ER. Fellow ER cast member Eriq_La_Salle cast Beach in his sports drama Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) for HBO. Back on television, Beach earned an Image Award for his role of Monte 'Doc' Parker on the NBC dramatic series Third_Watch. In 2002, he re-teamed with actor/director La_Salle for the lead role of Dr. Ty Adams in the thriller Crazy as Hell. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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