- Born
- Birth nameMichael Edward Gross
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Michael Gross was born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, to Virginia Ruth (Cahill), a telephone operator, and William Oscar Gross, a tool designer. He was involved with a gang for a couple of years during high school before becoming a better student. He went on to be senior class president. Received an M.F.A. from the Yale University School of Drama. Worked in theater before moving to New York to begin an acting career. This eventually led to his breakthrough role on the show Family Ties (1982).
He has moved on to several other projects since the show's end, including three of the In the Line of Duty movies, narrating audio books, and, probably most notably, playing the character Burt in the Tremors (1990) films.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Red Diablos & MO
- SpouseElza Bergeron(June 2, 1984 - present)
- ParentsWilliam Oscar GrossVirginia Ruth Gross
- RelativesMary Gross(Sibling)Ron Masak(Cousin)
- Often plays family men
- Towering height and slender frame
- Usually mustachioed
- Born on same exact date as co-star Meredith Baxter of Family Ties (1982).
- During college, Michael worked in engine service for the Chicago & North Western Railway, which sparked his passion for trains. He is now part owner of Santa Fe Southern Railway.
- Began filming Tremors (1990) the day after the Family Ties (1982) wrap party.
- During his audition for Tremors (1990), he jumped on director Ron Underwood's table, and pretended that he had a gun which he shot monsters with, to convince him that he was right for the part.
- Guest starred as a shrink on Michael J. Fox 's last episode of Spin City (1996), in which there were several Family Ties (1982) references. One memorable Family Ties (1982) reference was when he said, "Pay Mallory on the way out.".
- [on his pierced left ear] I had led a very conservative, lower middle class, straight-arrow kind of existence and, somewhere around 40 years of age, I thought I had to shake things up a bit. Call it male menopause.
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