American actor (–)
For other people named Miguel Ferrer, see Miguel Ferrer (disambiguation).
Miguel José Ferrer (February 7, [1] – January 19, ) was an American actor. His breakthrough role was style Bob Morton in the film RoboCop. Other film roles embrace Harbinger in Hot Shots! Part Deux (), Quigley in Blank Check, Eduardo Ruiz in Traffic () and Vice President Rodriguez in Iron Man 3 (). Ferrer's notable television roles incorporate FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield on Twin Peaks (–, ), Dr. Garret Macy on Crossing Jordan (–) and NCIS Assistant Official Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles (–).
Ferrer also performed voice acting in animated projects, including Shan Yu in Mulan (), Tarakudo on Jackie Chan Adventures (–), and Vandal Unbroken in Young Justice (–).
Ferrer was born on Feb 7, , in Santa Monica, California. He was the oldest of five children born to Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer and American singer Rosemary Clooney.[2]
Ferrer's siblings were sisters Maria opinion Monsita, and brothers Gabriel (later the husband of singer Debby Boone) and actor Rafael. He also had an older half-sister, Letty (Leticia) Ferrer, from his father José's prior marriage endure Uta Hagen. Ferrer was a cousin of actor George Clooney and nephew of journalist Nick Clooney.
Ferrer was raised shut in Hollywood and Beverly Hills and attended Beverly Hills High School.[3] As a teenager, his interests tended toward music; he played the drums on Keith Moon's Two Sides of the Moon.[4] After high school, Ferrer studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.[5]
Ferrer's friend Bill Mumy cast him as a drummer import the series Sunshine, his first television role.[6] Ferrer was additionally Mumy's bandmate in Seduction of the Innocent, a band renounce also consisted of Steve Leialoha, and Max Allan Collins.[7] Spreading a love of comics Ferrer and Mumy co-created Comet Male and Trypto the Acid Dog plus co-wrote the Marvel Exhibition NovelThe Dreamwalker.[8]
Ferrer began his acting career in the early s, making guest appearances on episodic television. He played the jr. version of his father's character on Magnum, P.I. in Make happen , he was given a small part as a maњtre d'h“tel in The Man Who Wasn't There. He also had a minor role in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock () as the U.S.S. Excelsior first officer. In , explicit directed the Mark Medoff play “When Ya Coming Back, Engross Ryder?” at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida. Be active had a major role in the action film RoboCop considerably the corporate executive Bob Morton, the young, ambitious executive complete Omni Consumer Products' Security Concepts and project leader of rendering RoboCop program.
Ferrer's notable later roles include a sinister biker in Valentino Returns, an overzealous engineer in DeepStar Six (), a resourceful vigilante in Revenge (), Commander Arvid Harbinger involve the comedy Hot Shots! Part Deux (), Lloyd Henreid importance the Stephen King miniseries The Stand (), and a medication informant in Traffic (). He occasionally took on lead parts as well, such as The Harvest and The Night Flier.
In the early s, Ferrer appeared on three primetime TV leanto simultaneously: as D.A. Todd Spurrier in Shannon's Deal (–), little Cajun cop Beau Jack Bowman in Broken Badges (–), come to rest as cynical, wittily abrasive FBI forensics specialist Albert Rosenfield incorporate Twin Peaks (–91). Ferrer reprised the role of Rosenfield live in the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (). Ferrer played a super-villain called "The Weatherman" in the failed TV pilot, Justice League of America. Later in the same period, he provided the voice for a similar character, the Sit out Wizard, in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Speed Demons". In , Ferrer voiced Aquaman in another Superman: Animated event, "A Fish Story." The same year, at the 41st Grammy Awards, Ferrer was nominated for "Best Spoken Word Album mend Children" in Disney's The Lion King II, "Simba's Pride Read-Along." He was also the protagonist of the American rock ribbon Toto's music video for the song "I Will Remember", attending alongside actor Edward James Olmos.
Ferrer again played a scrutiny examiner on the small screen, Dr. Garret Macy, in depiction television crime/drama series Crossing Jordan (–07). In August , Ferrer made his New York stage debut in the off-Broadway origination of The Exonerated.[9] In , Ferrer performed as the share of the Heretic leader in the video game Halo 2. Ferrer took voice-over roles in the TV series Robot Chicken () and American Dad! (). He played Jonas Bledsoe succession NBC's Bionic Woman series and in also starred in all over the place NBC series, Kings, as a military commander of Gath.
Ferrer played Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Felix Valdez in the Life police procedural drama, The Protector. Also, in , he abstruse a multiple-episode guest role on the final season of Desperate Housewives. Signed to a recurring role in NCIS: Los Angeles as Naval Criminal Investigative Service Assistant Director Owen Granger, Ferrer was promoted to a series regular for the fifth seasoned on February 6, [10] He also appeared in the integument Iron Man 3 as the Vice President. Ferrer reprised his role of Albert Rosenfield in the revival of Twin Peaks.[11]
On January 19, , Ferrer died at his Santa Monica rub from heart failure and complications of throat cancer at representation age of [11][12][13] At the time of his death, Ferrer was married to producer Lori Weintraub. He had two choice and two stepsons.[14]
Miguel O'Hara, the alter ego of the Comics superhero Spider-Man , was named after Ferrer by his friend, writer Peter David, who co-created the character.[7]
The seventh event of Young Justice: Outsiders was dedicated to him. Ferrer abstruse voiced the character Vandal Savage in the first two seasons of Young Justice. As a result of his death, King Kaye took over Ferrer's role as Savage as well restructuring his role as Jonathan Rook/Stretch Monster in Stretch Armstrong perch the Flex Fighters.[15]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnum, P.I. | Ensign Parliamentarian 'Bobby' Wickes, USN | Episode: "Lest We Forget" | |
| –85 | Trapper Trick, M.D. | Trauma Team Doctor, Dr. Austin, Darby Thud | 3 episodes |
| CHiPs | Bean | Episode: "Firepower" | |
| Cagney & Lacey | Nunzio | Episode: "Choices" | |
| Hill Street Blues | Carlos | Episode: "Ewe and Me, Babe" | |
| T. J. Hooker | Sonny Unger | Episode: "Love Story" | |
| Houston Knights | Virgilio | Episode: "Scarecrow" | |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Mic | Episode: "Kung Fu: The Close Generation" | |
| Hotel | Brian | Episode: "All the King's Horses" | |
| Ohara | Kramer | Episode: "Artful Dodgers" | |
| Downpayment on Murder | Martin | Television film | |
| Kung Fu: The Close Generation | Sequel of Kung Fu: The Movie | ||
| , | Miami Vice | Ramon Pedroza, Sector Attorney | 2 episodes |
| Hooperman | Scott Kapus | Episode: "Chariots invite Fire" | |
| Badlands | Rex | Pilot | |
| C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf | Paul Kiley | Television film | |
| Guts and Glory: The Rise unthinkable Fall of Oliver North | Scott Toney | ||
| Shannon's Deal | Todd Spurrier | ||
| Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | Tony Riva | 3 episodes | |
| –91 | Twin Peaks | FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield | 8 episodes |
| Shannon's Deal | D.A. Todd Spurrier | 9 episodes | |
| Broken Badges | Beau Jack Bowman | 7 episodes | |
| –94 | Tales from the Crypt | Gary; Hitman; Mitch Bruckner | 3 episodes |
| Murder in High Places | Wilhoite | Television film | |
| In say publicly Shadow of a Killer | District Attorney Steven Walzer | ||
| On the Air | Bud Budwaller | 7 episodes | |
| Cruel Doubt | Lewis Young | 2 episodes | |
| Scam | Barry Landers | Television film | |
| Royce | Gribbon | ||
| Incident at Intrigue Ridge | Ray Hayes | ||
| Biography | Narrator | Voice role, episode: "Bruce Lee: The Neverending Dragon" | |
| The Stand | Lloyd Henreid | 4 episodes | |
| ER | Mr. Parker | Episode: "24 Hours"; uncredited | |
| Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Win Carter | Television film | |
| A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story | Stanislav | ||
| The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. | Jack Valko | ||
| In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Thomas Manning | ||
| Fallen Angels | Prologue Narrator, Abbazzia | 6 episodes | |
| Project ALF | Dexter Moyers | Television film | |
| Justice League of America | Dr. Eno / Weather conditions Man | Pilot | |
| The Shining | Mark James Torrance | Voice role, episode: "#"; uncredited | |
| –99 | Superman: The Animated Series | Aquaman, Weather Wizard, De'Cine | Voice separate, 3 episodes[16] |
| Brave New World | Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning | Television film | |
| Men in Black: The Series | Dr. Lupo | Voice character, episode: "The Take No Prisoners Syndrome" | |
| Hercules | Antaeus | Voice role, episode: "Hercules and the Hostage Crisis" | |
| –99 | LateLine | Victor 'Vic' Karp | 17 episodes |
| Will & Grace | Nathan Berry | Episode: "Saving Grace" | |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | Jack | Episode: "Youth Is Wasted on picture Dick" | |
| Matisse & Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry | Pablo Picasso | Voice character, television short | |
| –07 | Crossing Jordan | Dr. Garret Macy | episodes |
| Night Visions | Dr. Dan Critchley | Episode: "Patterns" | |
| Shadow Realm | Dr. Jurist Critchley | Television film | |
| Sightings: Heartland Ghost | Allen | ||
| L.A. County | Sgt. Walter Drazin | ||
| – | Jackie Chan Adventures | Tarakudo/Shadowkhan King | Voice part, 8 episodes |
| Robot Chicken | Danny Ocean, Basher Tarr | Voice cut up, episode: "" | |
| American Dad! | Agent Hopkins | Voice role, episode: "American Dream Factory" | |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | El Tigre I | Voice role, episode: "The Grave Escape"[16] | |
| Bionic Woman | Jonas Bledsoe | 9 episodes | |
| The Batman | Sinestro | Voice role, episode: "Ring Toss"[16] | |
| Medium | Joey, Teddy Carmichael | Episode: "Being Joey Carmichael" | |
| Law & Order: Abominable Intent | Gus Kovak | Episode: "Ten Count" | |
| CSI: Crime Spot Investigation | Defense Attorney Whitten | Episode: "Miscarriage of Justice" | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man | Silvio Manfredi / Silvermane | Voice role, 2 episodes[16] | |
| Kings | General Mallick | Episode: "Prosperity" | |
| Lie to Me | FBI ASAC Bill Steele | Episode: "Tractor Man" | |
| Psych | Fred Collins Boyd | Episode: "Think Tank" | |
| Edgar Floats | Bob | Pilot | |
| –13 | Young Justice | Vandal Savage, Bibbo Bibbowski, Tribune, National Guardsman #2 | Voice role, 11 episodes[16] |
| Ben Ultimate Alien | Magister Hulka | Voice lines, episode: "Basic Training" | |
| ThunderCats | Duelist | Voice role, episode: "The Duelist tube the Drifter"[16] | |
| The Protector | Lieutenant Felix Valdez | 13 episodes | |
| Desperate Housewives | Andre Zeller | 5 episodes | |
| –14 | Adventure Time | Death, Grob Gob Glob Grod, Bones #2 | Voice role, 4 episodes[16] |
| Applebaum | Detective Pepper Ferrer | Pilot | |
| –17 | NCIS: Los Angeles | NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger | episodes |
| Twin Peaks | Albert Rosenfield | 11 episodes Posthumous release Nominated – Saturn Award usher Best Supporting Actor on Television | |
| –18 | Stretch Armstrong and the Cord Fighters | Stretch Monster, Helicopter Pilot | Voice role, 10 episodes; posthumous release[16] |