Michael Welch

Date of Birth

25 July 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA 

Nickname

Mike 

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m) 

Mini Biography

Michael Welch has already made a strong impression on the entertainment world.

Starting at the age of 10, he has worked in every aspect of the business including film, television, voice-over, and stage. Michael is the recipient of two Young Artist Awards, one for his performance at age 10 in Star Trek: Insurrection, his first feature film, and another for his work as Luke Girardi on the television series Joan of Arcadia, which ran for two seasons on CBS.

Welch stars in Unrequited, a psychological thriller, directed by Jason Epperson. Second place winner of The Lot, executive produced by Stephen Speilberg, Epperson has chosen Unrequited for his first feature film and Welch to play the lead role.

Michael has completed 19 films in his 13-year career. Over the last several years, Michael has been involved with the The Twilight Saga: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn of best-selling novels by Stephenie Meyer. He plays the popular Mike Newton, and has received much attention for his role in Twilight both within the industry as well as from many fans. He can be seen in award-winning festival favorites such as My Suicide, An American Crime, United States of Leland, and American Son.

Michael is familiar to television audiences for his many starring roles in Emmy Award-winning shows. In September 2010 he will be featured on Criminal Minds in the episode Momento Mori. He has also appeared on CSI and an arc on The Riches, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs, Law & Order: SVU, Crossing Jordan, NCIS, Cold Case, and Without a Trace. His earlier years included performances in Stargate SG-1, Judging Amy, The District, Touched by an Angel, Malcolm in the Middle, The X-Files, The Pretender, 7th Heaven, Chicago Hope, and Frasier.

In July 2010, Michael was invited by the USO to be the celebrity guest for their first USO educational tour. He worked with over 600 students and spent time with wounded soldiers. This was a life changing experience for the young actor and he was honored to be part of such a worthwhile event.

In spite of his busy schedule he finds time for theatre (Speech & Debate-2008), received the 2005 Star Innovative Award for environmental causes and has been active with the charity Kids With a Cause since 1999.

Welch is represented by Curtis Talent Management and Innovative Artists.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Jill Donna Public Relations 

Trivia

Played a younger version of Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) in the "Stargate SG-1" (1997) episode, 'Fragile Balance.' His "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) co-star Mary Steenburgen has been mentioned several times on that series as being O'Neill's heartthrob.

Part of what got him into acting was his flexible ability to accurately emulate other roles and dialects.

Comments that after shooting the entire first season of "Joan of Arcadia" (2003), he was recognized just as equally from a single episode of"Stargate SG-1" (1997).

He is a skilled drummer.

Has an older sister, Sarah, who is an Optometrist working on an Indian Reservation in Arizona.

As his eyes are blue in real-life, he had to wear contact lenses when playing the younger version of Colonel Jack O'Neill in the "Stargate SG-1"(1997) episode "Fragile Balance" as Richard Dean Anderson (who plays the usual version of the character) has brown eyes.

Has worked with two actors who appeared in versions of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers": Richard Dean Anderson (who he appeared with in the "Stargate SG-1" (1997) episode "Fragile Balance") played Adam McFadden in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1982), Russ Tamblyn(who he appeared with in the "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) episodes "Night without Stars", "Do the Math" and "Friday Night") played Gideon Pontipee in Sete Noivas para Sete Irmãos (1954).

Is close friends with his "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) co-star Chris Marquette and Aaron Himelstein who played the recurring character Friedman on that series.

Appeared in episodes of two different television series which originally aired on January 21, 2001 on Fox: "Arquivo X" (1993) episode "Badlaa" and "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000) episode "New Neighbors."

The actresses who played his girlfriends, Mageina Tovah and Becky Wahlstrom, in "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) were eight and twelve years older than him respectively even though they were all supposed to be much the same age.

Got his first car, a Toyota Prius, in October 2004.

Has a nephew named Paul and Sammy and niece Sarah and Sophie.

Michael has two dogs Buckley and D.J.

Andrew Dorsett, the Young Frasier to his Young Niles in "Frasier" (1993) episode "Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name," plays in a band with one of Welch's friends who is also one of his former drum instructors.

Has worked with two different actors who were born on January 23, 1950: Richard Dean Anderson in the "Stargate SG-1" (1997) episode "Fragile Balance" and Richard Gilliland in the "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) episodes "Death Be Not Whatever" and "The Devil Made Me Do It".

He is a frequent co-star of his close friend Aaron Himelstein.

In July 2010, Michael was invited to Germany, by the USO to be the celebrity guest for their first USO educational tour. He worked with over 600 students and spent time with wounded soldiers.

Personal Quotes

(Regarding his performance as Luke on "Joan of Arcadia") I don't feel that I'm playing it like a nerd. I've never liked to play stereotypes.

[You have to] put your own ego aside and do what's right for the role. I've always been willing to do that. I really don't care what I look like as long as it fits with the thing I'm working on.

I always thought it'd be fun to go to a sci-fi convention, watch a bunch of Klingons walking around, all of that kind of stuff.