Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer Biography

Miguel José Ferrer (born February 7, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor mostly known for villainous roles, notably Bob Morton, the designer of the titular character in RoboCop (1987), the short-tempered FBI agent Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks and Vice President Rodriguez in Iron Man 3. He also voiced the villainous Hun leader Shan Yu in Mulan (1998). Non-villainous roles include Dr. Garret Macy on Crossing Jordan.

Early life

Ferrer was born in Santa Monica, California, the oldest of five children of Puerto Rican Academy Award-winner José Ferrer and American singer Rosemary Clooney. Ferrer's siblings are Maria, Gabriel, Monsita, and Rafael, also an actor. Ferrer was raised in Hollywood, and as a teenager his interests shifted toward music. He played the drums on Keith Moon's Two Sides of the Moon. Ferrer's friend, Bill Mumy ("Will Robinson" on the television classic Lost In Space), cast him as a drummer in the series Sunshine, his first television role.

Career

Ferrer began his career in the early 1980s making guest appearances on episodic television. In 1983, he was given a small part as a waiter in The Man Who Wasn't There. He also had a small part in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as the Excelsior helm officer. He had a major role in the 1987 action movie RoboCop as aspiring, cocaine-snorting corporate executive Bob Morton. Since then, Ferrer has been cast in many major movies, usually in the role of flamboyant villains with a sense of humour. Ferrer's notable roles include a sinister biker in Valentino Returns, an overzealous engineer in DeepStar Six, a resourceful vigilante in Revenge, Commander Arvid Harbinger in the comedy Hot Shots! Part Deux, Lloyd Henreid in the Stephen King mini series The Stand, and a drug informant in Traffic. He has occasionally taken on lead parts as well, such as The Harvest and The Night Flier.

In the early 1990s, Ferrer appeared on three primetime TV series simultaneously: as D.A. Todd Spurrier in Shannon's Deal (1989"1991), as Cajun cop Beau Jack Bowman in Broken Badges (1990"1991), and as cynical, wittily abrasive FBI forensics specialist Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks (1990"91). Ferrer reprised the role of Albert in the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He played another medical examiner on the small screen, Dr. Garret Macy, in the television crime/drama series Crossing Jordan (2001"07).

Ferrer performed as the voice of the Heretic leader in the video game Halo 2, as well as the protagonist, Jack, in the video game BioShock. In 1999, at the 41st Grammy Awards, he was nominated for "Best Spoken Word Album for Children" in Disney's The Lion King II, "Simba's Pride Read-Along". In 2003, Ferrer made his New York stage debut in the off-Broadway production of The Exonerated.

Ferrer played a supervillain called The Weatherman in the failed 1997 TV pilot, Justice League of America. Later in the year, Ferrer provided the voice for a similar character, Weather Wizard, in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Speed Demons". Ferrer also voiced Aquaman in another Superman: Animated episode, "A Fish Story". Ferrer has also provided voice-over roles in the TV series Robot Chicken (2006) and American Dad! (2007).

Ferrer played Jonas Bledsoe on NBC's short-lived update of the Bionic Woman series. Ferrer also starred in another short-lived NBC series, Kings, in 2009 as a military commander of Gath. He played Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Felix Valdez in the 2011 Lifetime police procedural drama, The Protector. Also in 2011 he started a multiple episode guest role on the final season of Desperate Housewives.

He currently has a recurring role in NCIS: Los Angeles as NCIS assistant director Owen Granger. On February 6, 2013 Miguel Ferrer was promoted to a series regular for the fifth season. He also appeared in the 2013 film Iron Man 3 as the Vice-President.

Personal life

He is divorced from actress Leilani Sarelle and has two sons, Lukas and Rafael, from that marriage, and a son Jose Robert from a relationship with Kate Dornan. He has been married to Lori Weintraub since 2005. His brother Gabriel Ferrer is married to singer Debby Boone. Gabriel and Debby are the parents of young artist Gabi Ferrer and her twin, Dustin Ferrer. His other brother, Rafael Ferrer, is also an actor. He is actor George Clooney's cousin on his mother's side.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Heartbreaker	Angel
1984	Flashpoint	Roget
1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	USS Excelsior helm officer
1987	RoboCop	Bob Morton
1988	Valentino Returns	sinister biker
1989	Deepstar Six	Snyder
1990	Revenge	Amador
1990	The Guardian	Ralph Hess
1992	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me	Albert Rosenfield
1993	The Harvest	Charlie Pope
	Point of No Return (The Assassin)	Director Kaufman
	Hot Shots! Part Deux	Commander Harbinger
	Another Stakeout	Tony Castellano
1994	Incident at Deception Ridge	Ray Hayes
	The Stand	Lloyd Henreid
	Blank Check	Carl Quigley
1996	Project ALF	Dexter Moyers
1997	Mr. Magoo	Mr. Ortega Peru
	Justice League of America	The Weather Wizard
	The Night Flier	Richard Dees
1998	Where's Marlowe?	Joe Boone
	Brave New World	Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
	Mulan	Shan Yu	voice
2000	Traffic	Eduardo Ruiz
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Colonel Garret
2005	The Man	Agent Peters
2007	Bionic Woman	Jonas Bledsoe
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Martian Manhunter	voice
2009	Wrong Turn at Tahoe	Vincent
2009	Noah's Ark: The New Beginning	Kabos	voice
2010	Hard Ride to Hell	Jefe
2011	The Courier	Mr Capo
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Delgado	voice
	Far Away Eyes	Eli
2013	Iron Man 3	Vice President Rodriguez
2014	RoboCop (2014 film)	Vallon

Television

Magnum, P.I. (1981)
CHiPs (1983)
T. J. Hooker (1985)
Miami Vice (1987"1989)
Twin Peaks (1990"1991) " recurring
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990) " as Tony Riva; recurring
Tales from the Crypt (1990"1994; appeared in 3 episodes)
On the Air (1992) as Bud Buddwaller, TV station executive. David Lynch, Mark Frost (creators)
ER (1994) " "24 Hours", the first episode
"I Will Remember" by Toto (1995) " Main character
Superman: The Animated Series (1997"1999) " Weather Wizard, De'Cine, Aquaman
LateLine (1998"1999) " comedy series, as executive producer Vic Karp
Will & Grace (1999)
3rd Rock from the Sun (2000) " Jack, State Department in "Youth Is Wasted on Dick" (season 5, episode 15)
Crossing Jordan (2001"2007) " Dr. Garret Macy
Jackie Chan Adventures (2003"2004) " voice of Tarakudo
Robot Chicken (2006) " Danny Ocean
Contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! (2006) " winner
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007) " Original El Tigre
The Batman (2007) " Sinestro
MediumBeing Joey Carmichael (Played dual role of twin brothers)original air date May 5, 2008(2008)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2008) " episode: Ten Count (season 7, episode 18)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009)
Lie to Me (2009)
Psych (2010)
Young Justice (2010"present) " Vandal Savage/L-1
ThunderCats (2011) " The Duelist in "The Duelist and the Drifter"
Desperate Housewives (2011) " Andre Zeller (appeared in 5 episodes)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2012"present) " NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger (Recurring role, seasons 3"4, regular role season 5"present)
Adventure Time (2012) as Death (voice actor)
I will remember (1995) Music Video by TOTO