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This tall, black, shaven-headed character actor of TV and film projects both poignancy and mischievous intelligence with ease. Michael Boatman is best recalled as Private Samuel Beckett, the soldier who ran the morgue, in the critically-acclaimed ABC series "China Beach" (1988-1991), and, more recently, as Carter, the gay mayoral advisor, on "Spin City" (ABC, 1996- ). The actor's career received a boost when he performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and won a Best Supporting Actor award in the prestigious Irene Ryan National Competition while still an undergraduate....
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

American Summer - ( Donovan Tucker / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
And Then Came Love - ( Ted / 2007 / Released / )
Woman Thou Art Loosed - ( Todd / 2004 / Released / )
The Peacemaker - ( CPN Beach / 1997 / Released / )
The Glass Shield - ( J J Johnson / 1995 / Released / )
Un-Becoming Age - ( / 1993 / Released / )
Running on Empty - ( Spaulding / 1988 / Released / )
Hamburger Hill - ( Motown / 1987 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
TV Credits
Teachers ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
Grey's Anatomy ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Once Upon a Mattress ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Huff ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
Celebrity Mole Hawaii ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
CSI: Miami ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Less Than Perfect ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Choices ( 2003 )
TV Episode Ted Eliott

The Umbrella ( 2003 )
TV Episode Ted Eliott

Scrubs ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Yes, Dear ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Gone ( 2006 )
TV Episode Attorney Dave Seaver

Obscene ( 2004 )
TV Episode Attorney Dave Seaver

Criminal ( 2004 )
TV Episode Attorney Dave Seaver

Families ( 2004 )
TV Episode Attorney Dave Seaver

Abomination ( 2003 )
TV Episode Attorney Dave Seaver

Arli$$ ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
All That Glitters ( 2002 )
TV Episode Stanley

Profiles in Agenting ( 2002 )
TV Episode Stanley

End Game ( 2002 )
TV Episode Stanley

Standards and Practices ( 2002 )
TV Episode Stanley

It's All in the Game ( 2002 )
TV Episode Stanley

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Muscle ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
House of Secrets ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
The Vanishing Civil War ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
In the Line of Duty: Street War ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
The Jackie Thomas Show ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
The Larry Sanders Show ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Fourth Story ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
Donor ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Remains of the Day ( 2007 )
TV Episode Cast

House Calls ( 2003 )
TV Episode Marion Seaver

China Beach ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Living Single ( Released ): Actor
Quantum Leap ( Released ): Actor
Spin City ( Released ): Actor
A Tale of Four Cities (Part 1) ( 2002 )
TV Episode Carter Heywood

A Friend in Need (Part 2) ( 2002 )
TV Episode Carter Heywood

Look Who's Not Talking ( 2002 )
TV Episode Carter Heywood

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About ( 2002 )
TV Episode Carter Heywood

An Affair Not to Remember ( 2002 )
TV Episode Carter Heywood

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This tall, black, shaven-headed character actor of TV and film projects both poignancy and mischievous intelligence with ease. Michael Boatman is best recalled as Private Samuel Beckett, the soldier who ran the morgue, in the critically-acclaimed ABC series "China Beach" (1988-1991), and, more recently, as Carter, the gay mayoral advisor, on "Spin City" (ABC, 1996- ). The actor's career received a boost when he performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and won a Best Supporting Actor award in the prestigious Irene Ryan National Competition while still an undergraduate. Boatman also landed a supporting role as a grunt soldier in the Vietnam drama "Hamburger Hill" (1987). After landing in NYC and appearing in a couple of stage productions, he landed the role on "China Beach". Boatman--who has been variously billed as Michael Patrick Boatman, Michael Boatman and Michael P Boatman--has also been a regular on "The Jackie Thomas Show" (ABC, 1992-93), as a writer, on the syndicated froth "Muscle" (1995), which first teamed him with "Spin City" co-star Alan Ruck, and the HBO series "Arli$$" (1986). He had a key role as one of the youths shot on the New York subway in "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz" ("American Playhouse" PBS, 1988) and was a recent police academy graduate in Charles Burnett's "The Glass Shield" (1994) and as a US Army corporal in "The Peacemaker" (1997).

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Michael P Boatman
Michael Patrick Boatman
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Family
daughter:Jordan Boatman (born on October 6, 1996)
father:Daniel Boatman
mother:Gwendolyn Pugh (divorced from Boatman's father c. 1966)
wife:Myrna Boatman (met in 1990; married in 1992)

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Education
Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois BA theater 1986
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2004 Cast in "Woman Thou Art Loosed" based on the self-help novel by T.D. Jakes
1996 Was regular on first season of the HBO sitcom "Arli$$"
1996 - 2002 Played regular role of Carter, the openly gay member of the mayoral staff, on "Spin City" (ABC)
1995 Had featured role in the film "The Glass Shield"
1995 Appeared in regular role on syndicated sitcom "Muscle"; first teaming with actor Alan Ruck
1990 TV-movie debut in "Donor" (CBS)
1988 Had early TV role in "American Playhouse" offering "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz" (PBS), billed as Michael P Boatman
1987 Feature film debut, "Hamburger Hill", billed as Michael Boatman
1987 - 1988 Appeared in "Tiny Mommy" at Playwrights Horizons in New York, billed as Michael Patrick Boatman
Raised in Chicago, Illinois
Won Best Supporting Actor Award in the Irene Ryan National Competition while an undergraduate
Moved to NYC
Moved to L.A.
Had regular role of morgue attendent Sam Beckett on the acclaimed ABC drama "China Beach"
Was regular on "The Jackie Thomas Show" (ABC), starring Tom Arnold

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