Miguel Ferrer
About
Biography
Filmography
Family & Companions
Notes
Ferrer writes for Marvel Comics with his partner, the former child star Bill Mumy. They created and wrote the limited series, "The Comet Man" and the "Graphic Novel", "The Dreamwalker". This dynamic duo also created "Trypto the Acid Dog", and wrote several stories for the "Marvel Comics Presents" anthology series, "Clive Barker's Hellraiser", and "Swamp Thing".
Ferrer performs with The Jenerators, a six-piece rock band which plays such L.A. clubs as the Palomino, Blak & Blu and At My Place.
Biography
An intense character actor who specialized in playing cranky or seamy types, Miguel Ferrer first gained notice in films as the greedy businessman who played an instrumental role in the creation of "Robocop" (1987). He was also remembered as Albert Rosenfield, the foul-tempered FBI forensics expert, on David Lynch's cult soap, "Twin Peaks" (ABC, 1990-91) and in the feature "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" (1992). The eldest son of actor Jose Ferrer and singer Rosemary Clooney, Ferrer was drawn to the drums as a child after seeing Little Ricky play them on "I Love Lucy" and Ringo Starr perform with The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show." A professional musician by his late teens, Ferrer was chosen as one of three drummers -- including Ringo Starr -- to perform on Keith Moon's 1975 solo album Two Sides of the Moon. Fittingly, he made his acting debut playing a drummer in an episode of "Sunshine" (NBC, 1975), a sitcom co-starring his friend and fellow musician Bill Mumy (best remembered for playing Will Robinson on "Lost in Space"), who snared him the gig. Apart from music, Ferrer became a busy character actor in films and TV beginning in the 1980s. In 1990 alone his output included recurring roles on "Twin Peaks" and "Shannon's Deal" (NBC 1990-91), a starring role in the "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" (NBC 1990) miniseries, a starring role as a Blue Bayou cop in his own series "Broken Badges" (CBS 1990-91) and supporting roles in two features, "Revenge" and "The Guardian." Ferrer achieved leading man status in the little-seen thriller "The Harvest" (1993) but continued working primarily as a character actor for the rest of his career, appearing in films ranging from the knockabout comedy sequel "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993) to Steven Soderbergh's drug-trafficking drama "Traffic" (2000). While continuing to appear in films such as Jonathan Demme's remake of "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004) and Shane Black's "Iron Man 3" (2013), Ferrer also lent his distinctive voice to animated films ranging from Disney hit "Mulan" (1998) to singing-birds sequel "Rio 2" (2014). Miguel Ferrer died of esophageal cancer on January 19, 2017 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 61.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1962
Inspired to play the drums at age eight after watching Little Ricky play on "I Love Lucy"
1975
Acting and TV debut, as a drummer on "Sunshine"
1983
Feature debut, "Heartbreaker" (completed 1981)
1987
Breakthrough feature supporting role, "Robocop"
1990
Recurring role as Albert Rosenfield, the irritable FBI pathologist, on David Lynch's TV series, "Twin Peaks"
1990
Starred as Beau Jack Bowman on the CBS cop drama, "Broken Badges"
1990
Recurring role as Todd Spurrier on "Shannon's Deal"
1992
Cast as a regular on David Lynch's short-lived period sitcom, "On the Air"
1992
Recreated the role of Albert Rosenfield for the feature "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"
1993
First feature lead, "The Harvest"
1998
Co-starred in the NBC midseason replacement sitcom "Lateline"
2000
Offered a memorable turn as a drug informant in the acclaimed film "Traffic"
2001
Cast as the title character's boss, a medical examiner, on the NBC serie "Crossing Jordan"
2004
Cast in John Sayles' political satire "Silver City" which starred Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Daryl Hannah and Richard Dreyfuss
2004
Cast in the remake of the 1962 thriller "The Manchurian Candidate"
2005
Cast opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy in the comedy "The Man"
Family
Companions
Bibliography
Notes
Ferrer writes for Marvel Comics with his partner, the former child star Bill Mumy. They created and wrote the limited series, "The Comet Man" and the "Graphic Novel", "The Dreamwalker". This dynamic duo also created "Trypto the Acid Dog", and wrote several stories for the "Marvel Comics Presents" anthology series, "Clive Barker's Hellraiser", and "Swamp Thing".
Ferrer performs with The Jenerators, a six-piece rock band which plays such L.A. clubs as the Palomino, Blak & Blu and At My Place.
