If you don't recognise this chap you've never seen a film. You've lived under a rock all your life. Michael Berryman was born with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, a condition that gives people with it very distinctive facial features, lack of hair and teeth and the inability to perspire. Some may find it distasteful to use a person with real life physical issues in movies but for Michael Berryman has used it to his advantage, becoming one of the busiest and most well loved genre actors around. This fella's been onscreen a long time and he's turned up in some seriously famous flicks.
He's been under the thumb of Nurse Ratched. Been beaten up by The Fall Guy. Played the Devil in Highway To Heaven. Been both a Starfleet officer and an enemy of Starfleet. Rocked out with Mötley Crüe and had his life saved by Leslie Nielsen. He's terrified all American families in the desert and dismembered American journalists in the jungle. He's turned up in horror movies about Ed Gein and voiced characters in Scooby Doo cartoons. Become a muse of Rob Zombie's and Wes Craven's, starred in godawful Syfy shows and faced off with Mulder and Scully. He's acted opposite pornstars and made an appearance in the TV version of Honey I Shrunk The Kids. He's even turned up in Alf! He's had a brilliant 45 year career and judging by his upcoming schedule he'll be around for a while longer. Check out his eclectic career here.
Greatest Hits
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. He's mosstly in the background in this but there's not many actors who can say their debut movie was one of the most famous films ever made.
The Hills Have Eyes. Pluto. A terrifyingly malevolent creation. The film that made him famous. Gets an iconic death.
Cut & Run. Quecho. The jungle assassin. His appearance on the VHS cover of this gave a generation of kids in the 80's nightmares.
The X-Files. Owen Lee Jarvis. A literal Guardian Angel who causes Scully to question her religious beliefs. Michael's own favourite role.
Previous Heroes
Mike Starr
M.C. Gainey
Mare Winningham
Dale Dickey
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Harris Yulin
Pepe Serna
Udo Kier
Fairuza Balk
Ernie Hudson
Lin Shaye
James Remar
Cloris Leachman
James Hong
David Strathairn
Frankie Faison
Conchata Ferrell
Dick Miller
Veronica Cartwright
Edie McClurg
Barry Shabaka Henley
Raymond Cruz
Reg E.Cathey
Elizabeth McGovern
John Amos
Bruce Greenwood
Mary McDonnell
Gerald McSorley
John Rothman
Margo Martindale
Kurtwood Smith
Paula Malcolmson
Luis Guzman
David Morse
Linda Hunt
Keith David
Zeljko Ivanek
Fiona Shaw
Xander Berkeley
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
C.C.H Pounder
William Forsythe
Beth Grant
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Regina King
Ric Young
Mark Rolston
Illeana Douglas
Jeanette Goldstein
Al Leong
Allan Graf
Bill Nunn
Thomas Rosales Jr
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