Michael Anthony "Mike" Beach (born October 30, 1963) is an American actor best known for his roles in ER, Third Watch, and Sons of Anarchy.
He played Henry Kessler in Saw X.
Career
Michael Beach was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on October 30, 1963. He graduated from Juilliard School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In 1987, he made his big screen debut in End of the Line. Two years later, he appeared opposite Morgan Freeman and Beverly Todd in Lean on Me. Beach also co-starred in films such as Internal Affairs, Cadence, One False Move, Short Cuts, and True Romance.
Beach's big break came in 1995 when he played Angela Bassett's unfaithful husband in Waiting to Exhale. In 1997, he played Vanessa L. Williams' husband in Soul Food. On television, he played Al Boulet, a recurring character in the NBC medical drama ER, from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 2005, he was a regular cast member of the NBC drama series Third Watch, playing FDNY paramedic Monte 'Doc' Parker.
Beach guest-starred in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Brothers & Sisters, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, The Closer, and The Blacklist. He was also a regular on the short-lived NBC series Crisis in 2014 and had recurring roles in Stargate Atlantis, Sons of Anarchy, The Client List, The Game, Secrets and Lies, S.W.A.T., and The 100.
Personal Life
Michael Beach married his wife, Tracey, in 1990. The couple filed for divorce in 2006. The following year, Beach married Elisha Wilson.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Streets of Gold | Sonny |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Alvin |
| Suspect | Parking Lot Attendant | |
| 1988 | In a Shallow Grave | Quintus Pearch |
| 1989 | Lean on Me | Mr. Darnell |
| The Abyss | Barnes | |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs | Dorian Fletcher |
| Cadence | Webb | |
| 1991 | Guilty as Charged | Hamilton |
| Late for Dinner | Dr. David Arrington | |
| One False Move | Pluto | |
| 1993 | The Hit List | Det. Akin |
| Short Cuts | Jim Stone | |
| True Romance | Wurlitzer | |
| 1995 | Bad Company | Tod Stapp |
| White Man's Burden | Policeman #1 outside Bar | |
| Waiting to Exhale | John, Sr. | |
| 1996 | A Family Thing | Virgil |
| Dr. Hugo | Hobbs | |
| 1997 | Casualties | Clark Cooper |
| Soul Food | Miles | |
| 1998 | Johnny Skidmarks | Mike |
| A Room Without Doors | Dee | |
| 1999 | Asunder | Michael Hubbs |
| Made Men | Miles | |
| 2002 | Crazy as Hell | Ty Adams |
| 2006 | Lenaxa, 1 Mile | Paddy |
| Like Mike 2: Streetball | Senior | |
| 2008 | First Sunday | Deacon |
| Hell Ride | Goody Two Shoes | |
| Stargate: The Ark of Truth | Colonel Ellis | |
| 2009 | Pastor Brown | Avery Callagan |
| Play Dead | Devon | |
| 2012 | David E. Talbert Presents: A Fool and His Money | |
| Sparkle | Rev. Brycer | |
| Red Dawn | Mayor Jenkins | |
| 2013 | Broken City | Tony Jansen |
| 500 MPH Storm | Simon Caprisi | |
| Scrapper | Hollis Wallace | |
| Assassins Tale | Roman | |
| Things Never Said | Will Jackson | |
| Insidious: Chapter 2 | Detective Sendal | |
| The Exchange | Howard | |
| 2014 | Only Light | Roy |
| 2015 | Megachurch Murder | Clay King |
| The Submarine Kid | Marc | |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Governor Deval Patrick |
| The Bounce Back | Lester | |
| 2017 | No Postage Necessary | Harry |
| 2018 | Parker's Anchor | Clinton |
| Deep Blue Sea 2 | Carl Durant | |
| Canal Street | Ronald Morgan | |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Frank Hunt | |
| Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer | DA Dan Molinari | |
| Aquaman | Jesse (Manta's Father) | |
| 2019 | A Cold Hard Truth | Kenneth Little |
| Sunny Daze | Mickey | |
| Rim of the World | General Khoury | |
| Soliloquy or The Goose | Father Duck | |
| Foster Boy | Bill Randolph | |
| 2020 | Inheritance | Harold Thewlis |
| Superintelligence | General Saul Gomez | |
| 2021 | Midnight in the Switchgrass | Detective Yarbrough |
| Real Talk | Father Daniels | |
| The Harder They Fall | Nat's Father | |
| Unspoken | Dr. Berman / Doc | |
| 2022 | Immanence | Jonah |
| The Devil You Know | Greg Hansen | |
| The Royal | ||
| 2023 | Saw X | Henry Kessler |
| I'll Be Right There | Albert | |
| God's Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story | Dillard | |
| 2024 | Shelby Oaks | Detective Burke |
Television Series
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Street | Shepard Scott |
| 1989 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Jake |
| 1990 | Shannon's Deal | Monty Coles |
| 1991 | Gabriel's Fire | Michael Austin |
| Quantum Leap | Nathaniel Simpson | |
| Veronica Clare | ||
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Randy Warren |
| 1994 | South Central | Isaiah |
| NYPD Blue | Off. Frank Quint | |
| Sweet Justice | Jonah Paige | |
| 1994-1995 | Under Suspicion | Det. Desmond Beck |
| 1995 | Touched by an Angel | Sam Mitchell |
| 1995-1997 | ER | Al Boulet |
| 1999 | Spawn | Terry Fitzgerald |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Andy Abbott |
| 1999-2005 | Third Watch | Monte Parker |
| 2004-2006 | Justice League Unlimited | Mister Terrific / Michael Holt / Devil Ray / Agent / Commander / Billy |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters | Noah Guare |
| Without a Trace | Chuck Barr | |
| 2007 | Shark | Lester Spence |
| Criminal Minds | Father Marks | |
| 2007-2009 | Stargate: Atlantis | Colonel Abe Ellis |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | Len Walsh |
| Soul | Isaiah | |
| The Cleaner | Lonnie Simon | |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | James |
| 2011 | Grey's Anatomy | Mr. Baker |
| Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Det. Wayne Sanderson | |
| The Closer | Coach Rich Carr | |
| 2012 | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service | Metro Detective Robert Flowers |
| A Gifted Man | Nicky Davis | |
| 2013 | Southland | Detective Williams |
| The Client List | Harold Clemens | |
| 2014 | Crisis | FBI Director Olsen |
| Racquetball | Carlsbard | |
| 2010-2014 | Sons of Anarchy | Taddarius Orwell 'T.O.' Cross |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Brad Marking |
| Secrets and Lies | Arthur Fenton / Jim Fenton | |
| Battle Creek | Larry Duncan | |
| 2011-2015 | The Game | Roger Keith |
| 2016 | Hit the Floor | James Howard |
| Blue Bloods | FBI Agent Adam Parker | |
| Pitch | Bill Baker | |
| 2017 | Scorpion | Sandhog Chief |
| Doubt | Jacob Ward | |
| Lethal Weapon | Bryan Graves | |
| Dynasty | Police Chief Aaron Stansfield | |
| 2018 | Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. | Detective Kelly Cooper |
| Animal Kingdom | Smurf's Attorney | |
| 2019 | Barry | Police Detective |
| Swamp Thing | Nathan Ellery | |
| 2018-2019 | For the People | Douglas Delap |
| 2016-2019 | The 100 | Charles Pike |
| 2019-2020 | Chicago P.D. | Darius Walker |
| All Rise | Rick Kramer | |
| 2020 | Stumptown | Major Elders |
| Cherish the Day | Ben | |
| Two Degrees | Mike | |
| Extraction | Date | |
| SEAL Team | Chaplain Ryan Walker | |
| 2019-2021 | Truth Be Told | Ingram Rhoades |
| 1995-2022 | Law & Order | Brian Harris / Mr. Elliot |
| 2022 | Monster | Detective Murphy |
| 2022-2023 | Tulsa King | Mark |
| Kingdom Business | Calvin Jordan | |
| 2023 | Judgement | Carter |
| 2018-2024 | The Rookie | Percy West |
| 2024 | Dead Boy Detectives | Tragic Mick |
| 2017-2024 | S.W.A.T. | Leroy Henderson |
| 2021-2024 | Mayor of Kingstown | Warden Kareem Moore / Kareem / Captain Moore |
Television Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Rudolph Tyner |
| 1988 | Weekend War | Wiley |
| Open Admissions | Calvin | |
| 1990 | Dangerous Passion | Steve |
| 1991 | Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor | Perez |
| 1993 | Another Round | Tyrell |
| Evening Class | ||
| Final Appeal | Det. Thorne | |
| 1994 | Knight Rider 2010 | Marshal Will McQueen |
| Midnight Run for Your Life | Pemberton | |
| 1995 | Sketch Artist II: Hands That See | George |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Legrand |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Reverend Luke |
| 1998 | Ruby Bridges | Abon Bridges |
| 2002 | Critical Assembly | FBI Agent Winston |
| 2009 | Relative Stranger | James Clemons |
| 2010 | Night and Day | Preston |
| Gimme Shelter | Pen Favinger | |
| 2011 | Justice for Natalee Holloway | Agent Delaney |
| Partners | Det. Carl Hickman | |
| 2013 | Notes from Dad | Manny Gauza |
| 2015 | CSI: Immortality | Harbor Patrol SD Scinta |
| Stay | Frank Hess | |
| 2017 | Behind Enemy Lines | Secretary of Defense Paul Warner |
| 2018 | The Finest | Langston Graves |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Madden NFL 21 | Reggie Brown |
Gallery
External Links
Michael Beach on Wikipedia
Michael Beach at the Internet Movie Database
Michael Beach on Twitter
Michael Beach on Instagram