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Michael Laurence

Michael Laurence

Actor · Cincinatti, OH, USA

Michael Laurence
is an award-winning actor and writer. He is known for his recurring roles as Curtis 'Caddie' DeVille on NBC’s Shades of Blue (opposite Jennifer Lopez), the eco-terrorist Maddox Beck on NBC’s The Blacklist, Cutter the Vet on the cult hit The Heartshe Holler on Adult Swim, and the mysterious Barry the Homeless Man on FX’s Damages, among many other TV and film credits. He has performed leading roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in top regional theaters, and internationally. 

He is the playwright of the acclaimed Off-Broadway plays Krapp,39 (Drama Desk Award nomination, Soho Playhouse/London/Dublin/Edinburgh), Hamlet in Bed (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Pleasance Theatre/Edinburgh), and the upcoming Cincinnatus. 
 He is the co-creator (with playwright-performer Edgar Oliver) of Chop Off Your Ear and the writer/director of the feature film Escape Artists. 
Other screenplays include Hamlet in Bed and the feature adaptation of Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore.

 He has guest-starred on Prodigal Son, Evil, The Good Wife, Elementary, Person Of Interest, Hit & Run, Law & Order: SVU, Third Watch, Johnny Zero, FX, GhostStories, As the World Turns, and Jonathan Ames’ What’s Not To Love? for SHOWTIME. Film acting credits include The Last Thing Mary Saw (upcoming), Can You Ever Forgive Me?, One For the Money (w/ Katharine Heigl), Man On A Ledge (w/ Sam Worthington & Ed Harris), A Walk In The Park (directed by Amos Poe), The Operator, Follow Me Outside, Room314, Escape Artists, Claire Dolan, Torte Blume, Tell Me The Truth, The Chase, Standing In the Current, Love God, The Minister’s Black Veil, Particles of Truth, and other indies.

Movies18

  • Movie7.3

    Airplane!

    1980 · 5.3K votes

  • Movie6.4

    Man on a Ledge

    2012 · 2.9K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Can You Ever Forgive Me?

    2018 · 1.4K votes

  • Movie5.6

    One for the Money

    2012 · 1K votes

  • Movie
  • Movie5.2

    The Dutchman

    2026 · 58 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Last Thing Mary Saw

    2021 · 95 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Someone's Watching Me!

    1978 · 165 votes

  • Movie5.4
  • Movie6.3

    The Deliberate Stranger

    1986 · 26 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Claire Dolan

    1998 · 24 votes

  • Movie4.8

    Crybaby Bridge

    2026 · 4 votes

  • Movie4.0

    Room 314

    2006 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Love God

    1999 · 14 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Particles of Truth

    2003 · 4 votes

  • Movie2.0

    Country of Hotels

    2019 · 2 votes

  • Movie4.1

    The Operator

    2000 · 8 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Follow Me Outside

    2000 · 1 votes

Series14

  • TV8.0
  • TV7.6

    The Blacklist

    2013 · 3.7K votes

  • TV8.4

    Chicago P.D.

    2014 · 2.6K votes

  • TV8.1

    Person of Interest

    2011 · 2.2K votes

  • TV7.6

    Elementary

    2012 · 1.9K votes

  • TV7.6

    The Good Wife

    2009 · 707 votes

  • TV7.6

    FBI: Most Wanted

    2020 · 449 votes

  • TV7.5

    Damages

    2007 · 250 votes

  • TV7.8

    Evil

    2019 · 1.1K votes

  • TV7.2

    The Incredible Hulk

    1977 · 514 votes

  • TV8.1

    Prodigal Son

    2019 · 472 votes

  • TV6.3

    FX: The Series

    1996 · 21 votes

  • TV6.9

    Hit & Run

    2021 · 129 votes

  • TV5.3

    Jonny Zero

    2005 · 4 votes