. . . Where Are They Now? . . .Hello fans, I loved Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus on Lost. Emerson played such a mysterious, creepy, and yet intriguing character that I couldn't help but like him even though I knew he was always up to no good! I was wondering what Emerson has been up since this award-winning role. Let's find out...
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Will Sampson: Played Chief Bromden in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and Ten Bears in "The Outlaw Josey Wales", also appeared in the movie "Orca", he played Harlon Two Leaf on the TV series "Vega$"
Larry Storch: Co-starred in the TV series "F Troop", provided voices on many animated shows
Annette O'Toole: Played Lana Lang in the movie "Superman III", co-starred in the movies "48 Hours", "Cross My Heart" and "One on One"
(Answer at the bottom)*Michael EmersonLearn More About Michael Emerson on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: September 7, 1954, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
CLAIM TO FAME: He is well-known for his roles as serial killer William Hinks in The Practice and Benjamin Linus on Lost.
FAMILY LIFE: Emerson has been married to actress Carrie Preston since 1998. They met while performing in a stage production of Hamlet in Alabama.
INFO: Emerson moved to New York City after graduating from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa to pursue acting work. However, he couldn't find anything at first, so he took on retail jobs and freelance illustrating work.
He moved with his first wife to Jacksonville, Florida in 1986, where he appeared in local productions at Theater Jacksonville and The Players by the Sea and worked as a director and teacher at Flagler College.
In 1993, he enrolled in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's University of Alabama-sponsored Master of Fine Arts/Professional Actor Training program; and, upon graduating in 1995, he returned to New York where he appeared in the annual Alabama Shakespeare Festival showcase.
In 1997, he won the starring role as Oscar Wilde in Moises Kaufman's critically acclaimed off-Broadway play, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. He followed this up with several performances, including the 1998 off-Broadway production of Le Misanthrope opposite Uma Thurman. The next year he performed with Kevin Spacey in The Iceman Cometh.
In 2006, Emerson began appearing on the television series Lost as Benjamin Linus, a character that was only supposed to appear in a few episodes. However, he returned for the next season and his character later became the main antagonist of the show.
He received an Emmy nomination in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor" category in 2007 for his work in the third season and was nominated again in 2008 for his role in the fourth season. He won the award in 2009 after being nominated for his role in the fifth season. Emerson was nominated in 2009 for a Golden Globe in the "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" category. He was nominated for an Emmy for each season in which he was listed in the main cast.
TRIVIA: Graduate of Drake University, where he earned a degree inTheater Arts.
Worked as a freelance illustrator for publications like The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
Emerson graduated from South Tama County High School in Tama, Iowa.
won an Emmy Award in 2001 as "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series", for playing serial killer William Hinks in several episodes of The Practice.
WHERE IS HE NOW: In 2010, Emerson and his wife read A.R. Gurney's Love Letters at the Charleston Stage as part of a fundraiser for the theatre.
Emerson currently stars on J.J. Abrams series, Person of Interest, which debuted on CBS in September 2011. He plays Harold Finch, a billionaire who pairs up with a supposedly dead CIA agent to fight crime in New York City.
Emerson is a supporter of charities associated with the theatre community, including the Actors Fund, Broadway Cares, and Off-Off Broadway, in addition to publicly supported radio stations and Habitat.
*CREDITS:2013 Blue Jasmine (post-production)
2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (video)...Joker (voice)
2011-2013 Person of Interest (TV series)...Harold Finch
2012 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (video)...Joker (voice)
2011 Generator Rex (TV series)...Nanite Alpha
Ben 10/Generator Rex Heroes United (2011)
2011 G.I. Joe: Renegades (TV series)...Dr. Archibald Monev / Dr. Venom
The Anaconda Strain (2011)
2011 Parenthood (TV series)...Andy Fitzgerald
Amazing Andy and His Wonderful World of Bugs (2011)
2010 God in America (TV series)...John Winthrop
A New Adam/A New Eden (2010)
2006-2010 Lost (TV series)...Ben Linus / Henry Gale
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)...Creepy Target Sock Shopper
Russell Brand/Stone Temple Pilots/Johnny Ace Palmer/Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (2010)
2010 Goldstar, Ohio (short)...Steve Harper
2010 Lost: Final Chapter (TV movie)...Narrator (also archive footage) / Ben Linus (also archive footage)
2009 Lost: A Journey in Time (TV movie)...Narrator (voice) (also archive footage) / Ben Linus (voice) (also archive footage)
2008/I Ready? OK!...Charlie New
2008 Lost: Via Domus (Video Game)...Benjamin Linus (voice)
2008 Lost: Past, Present & Future (TV movie)...Ben Linus (also archive footage) / Narrator (also archive footage)
2007 Lost: Missing Pieces (TV mini-series)...Ben Linus
Room 23 (2007)
King of the Castle (2007)
2006 Jumping Off Bridges...Frank Nelson
2005 The Legend of Zorro...Harrigan
2005 The Inside (TV series)...Marty Manning
Pre-Filer (2005)
2005 29th and Gay...Gorilla
2004 Straight-Jacket...Victor
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)...Allan Shaye
Ritual (2004)
2004 Saw...Zep Hindle
2003 Whoopi (TV series)...F. Thomas Erickson
The Fat and the Frivolous (2003)
2003 Skin (TV series)...Scarpelli
Secrets & Lies (2003)
2003 Without a Trace (TV series)...Stuart Wesmar
Victory for Humanity (2003)
2002 The X-Files (TV series)...Oliver Martin
Sunshine Days (2002)
2002 Unfaithful...Josh
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)...Gerry Rankin
Phantom (2002)
2002 The Laramie Project (TV movie)...Reverend
2001 Sounds from a Town I Love (TV short)
2001 The Education of Max Bickford (TV series)
Herding Cats (2001)
2000-2001 The Practice (TV series)...William Hinks
2000 The District (TV series)...Man in Bar
Pilot (2000)
1999 Stark Raving Mad (TV series)...Mr. Putnam
The Psychic
1999 For Love of the Game...Gallery Doorman
1999 I'll Take You There...Tom
1998 Playing by Heart...Bosco
1998 Grace & Glorie (TV movie)...Arnold Dudley
1998 The Impostors...Burtom's Assistant
1997/I The Journey...Michael
1990 Orpheus Descending (TV movie)...Clown
To see Then & Now pictures of Michael Emerson, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Will Sampson - DEAD (Surgical complications)
Born: 09/27/1933 Died: 06/03/1987
Larry Storch - ALIVE
Born: 01/08/1923
Annette O'Toole - ALIVE
Born: 04/01/1952
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Ferris Ashton, 86, Australian rugby league player (Sydney Roosters).
Anselm Hollo, 78, Finnish poet and translator, pnuemonia.
Bernard Horsfall, 82, British actor (Doctor Who, Gandhi, Braveheart).
Nestor Mata, 87, Filipino journalist, sole survivor of the 1957 plane crash that killed President Ramon Magsaysay.
Borislav Milosevic, 79, Serbian diplomat, Yugoslav ambassador to Russia (1998-2000), heart-related problems.
Said al-Muragha, 86, Palestinian militant (Fatah al-Intifada), cancer.
Velian Parushev, 44, Bulgarian footballer.
Ferrol Sams, 90, American author and physician, natural causes.
Reinhold Stecher, 91, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Innsbruck (1980-1997).
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Eddy Choong, 82, Malaysian badminton player.
Nikos Dertilis, 93, Greek soldier, member of the Regime of the Colonels sentenced to life imprisonment.
Florentino Fernandez, 76, Cuban boxer, heart attack.
Hattie N. Harrison, 84, American politician, Member of the Maryland House of Delegates (since 1973).
Oldrich Kulhanek, 72, Czech painter and graphic designer, designer of Czech banknotes and postage stamps.
Mary O'Connor, 82, American reality show star (The Girls Next Door) and secretary to Hugh Hefner.
Ferdi Ozbegen, 71, Turkish singer, musician and actor, respiratory failure.
Mark Palmer, 72, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Hungary (1986-1990).
Ladislav Pavlovic, 86, Slovak footballer.
Ceija Stojka, 79, Austrian-Romani writer, painter and musician.
Ary Vidal, 77, Brazilian basketball coach, 1987 X Pan Games champion.
Xu Liangying, 92, Chinese physicist, translator, historian and philosopher.
Benedict Zilliacus, 92, Finnish writer.
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Aleksander Bednarz, 72, Polish actor.
Ivan Bodiul, 95, Soviet politician, First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party (1961-1980), Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers (1980-1985).
Leroy Bonner, 69, American funk singer and guitarist (Ohio Players), cancer.
Eamon de Buitlear, 83, Irish filmmaker.
Harry L. Carrico, 96, American lawyer and state judge, Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Chuck Hinton, 78, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, California Angels).
Stanley Karnow, 87, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning (1990) historian.
John Makumbe, 64, Zimbabwean academic and political commentator, heart attack.
Barney Mussill, 93, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
Acer Nethercott, 35, British coxswain, Olympic silver medallist (2008) and two-time Boat Race winner.
Pham Duy, 91, Vietnamese songwriter.
Sally Starr, 90, American actress (The Outlaws Is Coming) and television personality.