Michael Stahl-David

Michael Stahl-David Biography

Michael Stahl-David (born October 28, 1982) is an American actor, known for his role as Sean Donnelly on the NBC drama series The Black Donnellys and his lead role as Robert Hawkins in the J. J. Abrams-produced film Cloverfield.

Early life

Stahl-David was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of physicians. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago. He is the older brother to Eric Stahl-David and R. Andrew Stahl-David, both of whom graduated from Whitney Young Magnet High School. Prior to his acting career, Stahl-David was a graffiti artist in Chicago.

Career

Stahl-David began his acting career in 2001, when he played a minor role of Rossetti in New Port South. Later in 2003, he also played a minor role as Craig in Uncle Nino. During this time he was active in the Chicago theater scene, appearing in plays at the Steppenwolf Theatre (One Arm, Theater District), Victory Gardens Theater (Cider House Rules, Lost in Yonkers), and the Goodman Theatre (The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?) Shortly after arriving in New York in 2005, he appeared as Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Papermill Playhouse. In the winter of 2007 he enjoyed critical success in his role in The Overwhelming off Broadway. Stahl-David began his television acting career in 2007, when he made a guest appearance as Riordan Grady in the series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent: episode "Players". Later in that year of 2007, David portrayed Sean Donnelly, one of the four Irish brothers, in the short-lived series The Black Donnellys. His most recent film appearance was in J.J. Abrams' Cloverfield as Rob. In September 2008, Stahl-David starred in and directed the web series Michael Stahl-David: Behind the Star on Crackle.

In 2010, Stahl-David starred in the ABC mockumentary series My Generation, which was cancelled after two episodes due to low ratings. Stahl-David starred as Kevin in the Off-Broadway play Picked at New York City's Vineyard Theatre from April 6 to May 15, 2011. Stahl-David also starred in the 2014 paranormal romance film In Your Eyes as one of the lead roles.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	New Port South	Rossetti
2003	Uncle Nino	Craig
2008	Cloverfield	Robert "Rob" Hawkins
2008	'	Justin
2010	No Deal	Mark	Short film; also producer and writer
2012	Girls Against Boys	Simon
2013	Love & Air Sex	Stan
2013	'	Steve
2013	Mutual Friends	Paul
2014	Take Care	Kyle
2014	In Your Eyes	Dylan Kershaw
2014	Lay in Wait	Robert	Short film
2016	LBJ	Robert F. Kennedy	In post-production
2016	'	Brad	In post-production
2017	'	Matt	In post-production

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	'	Sean "Seanny" Donnelly	Main cast; 13 episodes
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Riordan Grady	Episode: "Players"
2009	Kings	Paul Ash	3 episodes
2009	Numbers	Josh Skinner	Episode: "Animal Rites"
2009	Mercy	Phil	Episode: "I Believe You Conrad"
2010	My Generation	Steven Foster	Main cast; 2 episodes
2012	Person of Interest	William Ingram	2 episodes
2013	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Teddy	Episode: "Teddy Trouble..."
2014	New Girl	Ian	Episode: "Goldmine"
2015	Newsreaders	Chip Dunstreet	Episode: "How the Sausage Is Made; Lottery Winners Lose"
2015	'	Nathan Bacevich	Episode: "Undisclosed Recipients"
2015	Show Me a Hero	James Surdoval	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2015	Just in Time for Christmas	Jason Stewart	Television film

Web
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	T Takes	The guest in room 102	Episode: "Room 102"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Strangers Knocking		Acorn Theater May 14 - June 3, 2007
2007	'	Geoffrey Exley	Laura Pels Theatre October 23 - December 23, 2007
2011	Picked	Kevin	Vineyard Theatre April 6 - May 15, 2011
2013-14	'	Gabe	Manhattan Theatre Club November 21, 2013 - February 9, 2014
2015-16	Buzzer	Don	The Public Theater March 21, 2015 - April 28, 2015

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