Michael Hayden


Actor

About

Birth Place
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Born
July 28, 1963

Biography

The boyishly handsome Hayden earned rave reviews in 1993 headlining the London revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel." The following year, he repeated the role of Billy Bigelow in the Lincoln Center version of Nicholas Hytner's production. The stage-trained actor made his first TV appearance as Richard Crenna's crippled grandson romanced by a lower-class woman (Laura Leighton) i...

Family & Companions

Elizabeth Sastre
Wife
Actor. Appeared together in the stage production "Camila" in Philadelphia in 2001.

Biography

The boyishly handsome Hayden earned rave reviews in 1993 headlining the London revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel." The following year, he repeated the role of Billy Bigelow in the Lincoln Center version of Nicholas Hytner's production. The stage-trained actor made his first TV appearance as Richard Crenna's crippled grandson romanced by a lower-class woman (Laura Leighton) in the telefilm "In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy" (Fox, 1995). Hayden went on to appear as ambitious attorney Chris Docknovich in the courtroom series "Murder One" (ABC, 1995-97).

Life Events

1993

London stage debut in "Carousel"

1994

Broadway debut, "Carousel"

1995

Played lawyer Chris Docknovich in the ABC TV series "Murder One"

1995

TV-movie debut, "In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy" (Fox), opposite Laura Leighton

1998

Starred opposite Elizabeth Ashley in a Washington, DC stage production of "Sweet Bird of Youth"

1999

Feature film debut, the title role in "Charming Billy"

1999

Assumed role of Cliff in the hit revival of "Cabaret"

2001

Co-starred in the Broadway staging of "Judgment at Nuremberg"; picked up Tony nomination

2001

Appeared in Philadalphia stage production of "Camila", opposite wife Elizabeth Sastre

2002

Cast as Franklin Shephard in the Kennedy Center production of "Merrily We Roll Along"

Companions

Elizabeth Sastre
Wife
Actor. Appeared together in the stage production "Camila" in Philadelphia in 2001.

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