Morgan Weisser


Actor

About

Birth Place
Los Angeles, California, USA
Born
May 12, 1971

Biography

The boyishly handsome, stage-trained Weisser began acting as a youngster with an appearance in "City Limits" (1985) and followed with roles as a rollerblading punk in "Prayer of the Roller Boys" (1991) and as Olympia Dukakis' teenage son in the psychological thriller "The Haunted Heart" (1995). Weisser had a starring role in the miniseries "Stay the Night" as a teenager whose mother (Jan...

Biography

The boyishly handsome, stage-trained Weisser began acting as a youngster with an appearance in "City Limits" (1985) and followed with roles as a rollerblading punk in "Prayer of the Roller Boys" (1991) and as Olympia Dukakis' teenage son in the psychological thriller "The Haunted Heart" (1995). Weisser had a starring role in the miniseries "Stay the Night" as a teenager whose mother (Jane Alexander) objects to his affair with an older woman (Barbara Hershey). He has made a number of guest appearances on dramatic series including "China Beach," "Law & Order" and a two-part "Quantum Leap." On the series "Space: Above and Beyond" (Fox, 1995-96), Weisser played a 21st Century military rookie who had enlisted in order to reunite with his girlfriend, a colonist on another planet.

Life Events

1985

Feature film debut, "City Limits"

1990

TV-movie debut, "Extreme Close-Up"

1990

Began appearances on episodic TV with guest stint on the ABC war drama "China Beach"

1992

Played lead in ABC miniseries "Stay the Night" opposite Barbara Hershey

1994

First film lead, "THe Haunted Heart"

1995

Cast as regular on the sci-fi series "Space: Above and Beyond" (FOX)

Family

Norbert Weisser
Father
Actor. Appeared in "Schindler's List".

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