Michael Monks
Michael Monks is an American actor, director, and producer born in Indiana, who grew up in Colorado. He graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Industrial Construction Management before studying acting with Sanford Meisner at The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. He previously worked as a project engineer before transitioning to full-time acting in the early 1990s. His best-known television role is George Vogelman on The Practice (1997–1999). His notable film credits include What's Love Got to Do with It (1993, with Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne), Air Force One (1997, with Harrison Ford), Hard Rain (1998, with George Clooney and Nicolas Cage), Harsh Times (2005, with Charlize Theron and Forest Whitaker), Street Kings (2008, with Whitaker and Kevin Bacon), End of Watch (2012, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña), Sabotage (2014, with Arnold Schwarzenegger), and Doctor Sleep (2019, dir. Mike Flanagan, with Ewan McGregor).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Self Custody as
- 2025 · Code 3 as Officer White
- 2025 · Somewhere in Montana as Frank
- 2024 · King Saud as Griffin
- 2024 · Dutch II: Angel's Revenge as Larry Smalls
- 2023 · Natty Knocks as Harold
- 2023 · Imani as
- 2021 · House of Glass as Dr. Freed
- 2021 · Mr. Corman as Mysterious Homeless Person
- 2021 · The Imperfect Picture as Television Host
- 2021 · Church People as Pastor Skip Finney
- 2021 · Adverse as Janitor
- 2020 · Case 347 as Dr. Thomas Jansen
- 2020 · Deputy as King #1
- 2019 · Truth Be Told as Danny
- 2019 · Doctor Sleep as Delbert Grady
- 2019 · All Rise as Officer Claude
- 2019 · Loners as Agent Delgado
- 2019 · The Meanest Man in Texas as O.B. Ellis
- 2018 · Dirty John as Professor
- 2018 · Ice: The Movie as Gavin Veerak
- 2017 · Last Rampage as Eddy
- 2016 · Bad Twin as Judge Miller
- 2016 · The Bad Twin as Judge Miller
- 2015 · Parallels as Tinkler
- 2015 · Bound as Preston
- 2014 · Sabotage as ASAC Phelps
- 2012 · End of Watch as Homicide Detective 1
- 2011 · Holiday Engagement as Father Macy
- 2011 · CarJack as Jack's Father
- 2011 · Sironia as Joe Giovani
- 2011 · Awakened as Webster Kane
- 2010 · Spotlight as Mark Wall
- 2009 · Siblings as Boss
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Rick Meadowlark
- 2008 · Street Kings as Michael Monks
- 2008 · Street Kings as Pathologist
- 2008 · Unconditional as Officer Kennedy
- 2007 · Playas Ball as Lawyer #1
- 2006 · Puff, Puff, Pass as Jeff Johnson
- 2005 · Bones as Dell Hicks
- 2005 · Harsh Times as Agent Hollenbeck
- 2004 · LAX as
- 2004 · Entourage as Five Towns director
- 2004 · Garfield as Deputy Hopkins
- 2003 · NCIS as Matt Lane
- 2003 · NCIS as Edgar
- 2003 · Nip/Tuck as Mr. Blunt
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Jeff Murphy
- 2001 · The Division as
- 2000 · The Weber Show as Clown
- 2000 · Boston Public as Jeff Schiffer
- 2000 · The Ghost of Spoon River as Skeeter
- 2000 · Malcolm in the Middle as Grossman
- 1999 · Third Watch as Lloyd
- 1999 · Family Law as David Jones
- 1999 · Hijack as Steve Baker
- 1998 · Winchell as Miami Reporter #1
- 1998 · Hard Rain as Father on Local News
- 1998 · Scorpio One as Hutton
- 1997 · Air Force One as Assistant Press Secretary
- 1997 · The Practice as George Vogelman
- 1996 · Profiler as Dwight Parnell
- 1996 · Crime of the Century as Reporter
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Man
- 1996 · Arli$$ as Kent Sampson
- 1996 · Arli$$ as Athletic Director
- 1996 · Arli$$ as Funeral Director
- 1994 · Friends as Dr. Miller
- 1994 · ER as Mr. Vennerbeck
- 1994 · Clean Slate as Lt. Willis
- 1993 · Snapdragon as Grosky
- 1993 · Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Bank Robber
- 1993 · What's Love Got to Do with It as Hotel Porter
- 1992 · Running Mates as Reporter C
- 1992 · Out on a Limb as Jim Sr.
- 1991 · Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever as Dale
- Future · Manson Girls as Danny DeCarlo
- 1992 · Illicit Behavior as Farrell Lernoux
- 1990 · Blossom as Mr. Phillips
- Future · Umwelt as Richard