Michael Emery
Actor

Michael Emery Net Worth

Michael Emery is an actor, writer, and producer born on September 07, 1954. He is best known for his roles in Blue Bloods (2010), Bone Tomahawk (2015), and Mat Day (2011). He has had a long and successful career in the entertainment industry.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Writer, Producer
Birth Day September 07, 1954
Age 68 YEARS OLD
Alma mater Drake University (BA, Theater Arts, 1976) University of Alabama (MFA, 1995)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1986–present
Spouse(s) [First wife] (divorced) Carrie Preston (m. 1998)

💰 Net worth

Michael Emery, a talented actor, writer, and producer, is projected to have a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M in the year 2024. Born in 1954, Emery has made remarkable contributions to the entertainment industry throughout his career. With his exceptional skills and immense dedication, he has managed to accumulate a substantial fortune. As an actor, Emery has captivated audiences with his versatile performances, while his writing and producing talents have garnered critical acclaim. With a proven track record of success, it comes as no surprise that Emery's net worth is estimated to continue to grow in the coming years.

Biography/Timeline

1976

He graduated in 1976 from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he majored in Theater and a minored in Art. He studied a semester at the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, then moved to New York City. Unable to find acting work, he took Retail jobs and worked as an Illustrator. In 1986, he moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where (from 1986–93) he appeared in local productions at Theater Jacksonville and The Players by the Sea and worked as a Director and Teacher at Flagler College. After several years of differing kinds of work including illustration and teaching, Emerson earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Alabama in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival acting program.

1995

Upon graduation from the University of Alabama in 1995, Emerson returned to New York City, where he appeared in the annual Alabama Shakespeare Festival showcase.

1997

Emerson landed a starring role in 1997 as Oscar Wilde in Moises Kaufman's critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, and then followed up with several other notable stage performances. In 1998, he performed opposite Uma Thurman in an off-Broadway production of Le Misanthrope. In 1999, he played the role of Willie Oban in The Iceman Cometh. He co-starred with Kate Burton in both Give Me Your Answer, Do! and Hedda Gabler.

1998

Emerson is married to Actress Carrie Preston, who plays his fiancée, Grace Hendricks, in Person of Interest. Emerson met Preston while he was performing in a stage production of Hamlet in Alabama. They married in September 1998, and both Emerson and his wife starred in Straight-Jacket (2004).

2001

In September 2001, Emerson won an Emmy Award as "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series", for playing serial killer william Hinks in several episodes of The Practice. In 2006, Emerson began a guest-star role as Benjamin Linus on the serial drama television series Lost. Emerson was originally set to appear in a small number of episodes, then returned for Season 3 as a main cast member and eventually became a main antagonist of the program. He received an Emmy Award nomination in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor" category in 2007 and 2008 for his work in the third and fourth seasons, respectively. He finally won the award in 2009 after being nominated for his role in the fifth season.

2008

On Lost, Emerson's wife Carrie Preston portrayed Emily Linus (Emerson's character's mother) in the flashback sequences of the episode "The Man Behind the Curtain". The two teamed up again, with Emerson portraying Preston's next-door neighbor, in the film Ready? OK! (2008). Most recently, Preston appeared in several episodes of Person of Interest as Grace Hendricks, the former fiancée of Emerson's character, Harold Finch.

2009

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.

2010

Emerson was set to reunite with former Lost cast member and friend Terry O'Quinn, in a comedy-drama tentatively titled Odd Jobs, by J. J. Abrams. It was expected to start filming by the end of 2010, but further development of the show has been postponed. Emerson joined the cast of another Abrams series, Person of Interest, that debuted in September 2011 on CBS. He played a Billionaire who teams up with a supposedly dead CIA agent to fight crime in New York City.

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