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Michael Welch Profile |
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Birth Date: July 25, 1987
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Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birth Name: Michael Alan Welch
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Height: 5'10"
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Biography |
Michael Welch is an American actor. He is perhaps best known
for playing Luke Girardi on the TV series Joan of Arcadia.
Welch appeared in the 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection, as
well as on the television series Malcolm in the Middle, The
X-Files, 7th Heaven, Cold Case, Without a Trace, NCIS,
Crossing Jordan and The Riches. One of his most acclaimed
roles is as a teenage version of Colonel Jack O'Neill (Young
Jack O'Neill) in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Fragile
Balance". Welch played Mike Newton in the film Twilight,
based on the book by Stephenie Meyer.
Welch was born in Los Angeles, California. He is Jewish on
his mother's side. Welch is a close friend of his Joan of
Arcadia co-stars Chris Marquette and Aaron Himelstein, who
played the recurring character Friedman on the series. He
and Himelstein had known each other for several years but
they did not become good friends until the series began in
2003.
He also narrated the Carl Hiaasen book, Flush, for CD in
2006. |
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Other Information |
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.
Was writing a one-man show, but this was put on hold for his
other projects and probably will never be finished.
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.
He played drums in a band with another actor, Joey
Zimmerman.
Has an older sister, Sarah, who is an Optometrist working in
a VA Hospital.
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 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (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: "The X
Files" (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.
His family owns a dog named Charley. It was a runaway after
the 1994 earthquake in Northridge, California that they
adopted.
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 played both an autistic youth in the movie "United
States of Leland", and a genius in the series "Joan of
Arcadia".
His favourite TV show is "Family Guy" (1999).
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".
His favourite films are Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) and
The Matrix (1999).
He is a frequent co-star of his close friend Aaron
Himelstein. |
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since December 9, 2008