Miguel Ferrer
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Miguel Ferrer (born February 7, 1955 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor who is often cast in movies as a villain.
Ferrer was the oldest of five children born to Puerto Rican Oscar winner José Ferrer and singer Rosemary Clooney-Ferrer. Ferrer was raised amongst all the splendor and glamour of Hollywood. As a child, his hero was Batman, and as a teenager his interests shifted towards music. He began carving a path as a studio musician. Ferrer played the drums on Keith Moon's Two Sides of the Moon. Band mate Bill Mumy ("Will Robinson" on the television classic Lost In Space) cast him as a drummer in his first television role, in the series Sunshine. He only took the role because Mumy talked him into it.
In 1983, Ferrer was given a small part as a waiter in the movie The Man Who Wasn't There. He was also given a small part in [[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]] as the Excelsior helm officer. Since then, Ferrer has been cast in many major movies, usually in the role of villain. Among some of the movies he has performed in are:
- RoboCop (1987), as RoboCop project leader Bob Morton;
- Valentino Returns (1988), where he plays a sinister biker;
- Deep Star Six (1989) as a mad scientist;
- Revenge (1990) where he plays sidekick to Kevin Costner;
- The Harvest (1993);
- The Night Flier (1997), a Stephen King thriller
- Traffic, 2000 Steven Soderbergh film
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004) in which he plays an Army officer who challenges the lead character (Denzel Washington).
- Miami Vice
- CHiPs
- Will & Grace
- Superman
- Tales from the Crypt
- Twin Peaks
- ER - The first episode
Ferrer loves to golf and ski, and every year he helps to organize a golf tournament fundraiser for the UCLA Children's Hospital. He also finds time to play club dates with Mumy and their band The Jenerators.
He is divorced from actress Leilani Sarelle and has two sons from that marriage. His cousin is actor George Clooney. His brother Gabriel Ferrer is married to singer Debby Boone. Gabriel and Debbie are the parents of young actress Gabi Ferrer. His other brother, Rafael Ferrer, is also an actor. Ferrer was close friends with actress Dominique Dunne and in 1982 served as a pallbearer in her funeral.
See also
External links
- [[MemoryAlpha:|}}}]] article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
- [The Jenerators official website]
- [Official Website]
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