Biography
Michael Anthony Beach is an American actor. He has appeared in films Lean on Me (1989), One False Move (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Waiting to Exhale (1995), A Family Thing (1996), Soul Food (1997), Aquaman (2018), and Saw X (2023). On television, he played Al Boulet on the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 2005, Beach was a regular cast member in another NBC drama series, Third Watch, as Monte Parker, and as T.O. Cross in FX's Sons of Anarchy.
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Complete Filmography

Shelby Oaks
2025
as Detective Burke
The Paranormal Paranoids, a team of paranormal investigators, uncover a dark legacy and the far-reaching effects their investigation has as Mia search...

I'll Be Right There
2024
as Albert
Wanda wants to take care of everyone in her life. She barely has time for herself, not that she would know what to do with it anyway.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
as Jesse Kane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Arth...

God's Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story
2023
as Dillard
Based on the life of Sheila Johnson who retired from the Air Force after being diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer and later went on to f...

Saw X
2023
as Henry Kessler
Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes o...

The Royal
2022
The promising career of former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens quickly turned disastrous because of drug addiction.

The Devil You Know
2022
as Greg Hansen
Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving family. Upon discovering that one of his brothers may...

Immanence
2022
as Jonah
Radio astronomers discover a mysterious signal in the deep sea that could be contact with extraterrestrials. After several terrifying manifestations t...

The Harder They Fall
2021
as Mr. Love
Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

Midnight in the Switchgrass
2021
as Detective Yarbrough
FBI Agent Karl Helter and his partner Rebecca Lombardo are very close to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they realize their investigation has cro...

Real Talk
2021
as Father Daniels
While humorous, sarcastic and sometimes harsh, Dominique the Dame brings to the forefront America's contemporary views on race, sex, drugs, religion a...

Superintelligence
2020
as Saul Gomez
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As...

Inheritance
2020
as Harold Thewlis
The patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens t...

Foster Boy
2019
as Bill Randolph
A lawyer finds himself at the center of a trial in which a for-profit foster care agency puts a known sex offender into the same foster home as his yo...

Rim of the World
2019
as General Khoury
Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.

Sunny Daze
2019
as Mickey
A life-altering friendship is formed between a man and 11 year old child after the passing of the boy's father.

#Truth
2019
as Kenneth Little
After his cousin commits suicide, journalist Stewart Cooper begins to unravel a web of shaming, lies, and secrets. Following the leads he discovers th...

Canal Street
2019
as Ronald Morgan
A Chicago lawyer embraces his undying faith when his teenage son is accused of murdering a classmate.

If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Frank Hunt
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Aquaman
2018
as Jesse Kane (Manta's Father)
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.

Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer
2018
as DA Dan Molinari
The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.

No Postage Necessary
2018
as Harry
Sam always seems to make the wrong decision. A convicted computer hacker, he's single, jaded and barred from using the internet. Forced to crash on hi...

Deep Blue Sea 2
2018
as Carl Durant
When shark conservationist Dr. Misty Calhoun is invited to consult on a top-secret project run by pharmaceutical billionaire Carl Durant, she is shock...

Parker's Anchor
2017
as Clinton
Krystal Parker's life fell apart when she discovered she couldn't have children. Everything she knew was gone, - but Letting Go Is Just The Beginning.

Patriots Day
2016
as Gov. Deval Patrick
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a r...

The Bounce Back
2016
as Lester
Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all fig...

The Submarine Kid
2016
as Marc
When Spencer Koll, a United States Marine, returns home from a horrific wartime experience, his mundane reality leads him to gravitate towards a new a...

CSI: Immortality
2015
as Harbor Patrol SD Scinta
An explosion inside a casino brings Catherine Willows back to Las Vegas to investigate. And when the crime is tied to Lady Heather, Gil Grissom is bro...

Megachurch Murder
2015
as Clay King
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing...

The Exchange
2013
as Howard
Desperate to solve the seemingly irreconcilable problems in his marriage, Brian Tilghman seeks the help of a mysterious fixer.

Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
as Detective Sendal
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

Things Never Said
2013
as Will Jackson
An aspiring poet in a troubled marriage sparks with a new man who helps her find her artistic voice.

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013
as Black Manta (voice)
The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.

Scrapper
2013
as Hollis Wallace
Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he makes his quiet living trolling the back alleys of Se...

Notes from Dad
2013
as Manny Gauza
Trumpet player Roy Allen starts anew as a music teacher in a school full of kids with little exposure to music. Roy connects with a talented virtuoso ...

500 MPH Storm
2013
as Simon Caprisi
When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to s...

Broken City
2013
as Tony Jansen
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerfu...

Assassins Tale
2013
as Roman
Three assassins deal with life, love, addiction and trust as each tries to find the answers to a better life. Together, they prove to be the most trus...

Sparkle
2012
as Rev. Bryce
Musical prodigy, Sparkle struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daugh...

David E. Talbert's: A Fool and His Money
2012
After winning a radio contest that grants them a small fortune, the Jordan family find themselves knee-deep in problems. Suddenly everyone wants a pie...

Red Dawn
2012
as Mayor Jenkins
A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their ...

Justice for Natalee Holloway
2011
as Agent Delaney
Lifetime Movie is a sequel to their 2009 film NATALEE HOLLOWAY and picks up in 2010 on the five-year anniversary of her death. Beth Holloway (Tracy Po...

Play Dead
2009
as Devon
The story is about Ronnie Reno, a former TV action star in need of a comeback. After a failed audition, he ends up snowbound in a remote town in Nevad...

Pastor Brown
2009
as Avery Callagan
When her father unexpectedly falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica "Jesse" Brown returns home for the first time in more than a decade. Her fath...

Relative Stranger
2009
as James Clemons
After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.

Hell Ride
2008
as Goody Two Shoes
Two rival bikers gangs, the Victors and the Six-Six-Six's, refuel their decades-old rivalry.

Stargate: The Ark of Truth
2008
as Col. Abe Ellis
SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to s...

First Sunday
2008
as Deacon
Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they...

Like Mike 2: Streetball
2006
as Senior
Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.

Lenexa, 1 Mile
2006
as Paddy
The film tells the story of five childhood friends during their last summer together in Lenexa before going to college. Their bond is tested when a di...

Crazy As Hell
2002
as Ty Adams
A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All ...

Made Men
1999
as Miles
A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the mo...

Asunder
1998
as Michael Hubbs
When a freak accident destroys everything in a man's life, he invades the troubled marriage of his best friends.

Ruby Bridges
1998
as Abon Bridges
When six-year-old Ruby Bridges is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true uglin...

Johnny Skidmarks
1998
as Mike
Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die ...

Ms. Scrooge
1997
as Reverend Luke
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She ha...

Soul Food
1997
as Miles
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) ...

Casualties
1997
as Clark Cooper
A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her predicament. She discovers that she may have found the ...

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Legrand
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison...

Dr. Hugo
1996
as Hobbs
Dr. Hugo (Vondie Curtis-Hall) makes house calls, and makes all the young ladies swoon as they see him passing by. If he's not careful, he could find h...

A Family Thing
1996
as Virgil
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother...

Waiting to Exhale
1995
as John, Sr.
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar l...

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995
as George
Police sketch artist Jack Whitfield helps blind rape victim Emmy describe her attacker – a serial rapist and murderer who is now out to get her.

Bad Company
1995
as Tod Stapp
CIA operative Nelson Crowe is tasked with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm. Once inside, he teams with Margar...

Midnight Run for Your Life
1994
as Pemberton
When an accused murderer flees to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, bounty hunter Jack Walsh is hired to bring her back, unaware that the police, a hitman and a...

Knight Rider 2010
1994
as Marshal Will McQueen
Loosely based on the popular television series of the 80's, this movie brings the story into an apocalyptic time and a new "KITT".

Final Appeal
1993
as Det. Thorne
A lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband.

Short Cuts
1993
as Jim Stone
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

True Romance
1993
as Wurlitzer
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

The Hit List
1993
as Det. Akin
A hit man's boss refers him to a client, a dangerous woman who mixes business with pleasure.

One False Move
1991
as Pluto
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arrivi...

Guilty As Charged
1991
as Hamilton
A female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run by the plant's unhinged vigilante owner and his rever...

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor
1991
as Perez
A fire breaks out on the 12th floor of the First Interstate Tower building in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Paul and Susan are working late on the 37th floo...

Cadence
1990
as Edward James Webb
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of fa...

Dangerous Passion
1990
as Steve
A security man goes to work for a sadistic gangster with an alluring wife.

Internal Affairs
1990
as Dorian Fletcher
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the a...

The Abyss
1989
as Barnes
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself o...

Lean On Me
1989
as Mr. Darnell
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined...

Taking A Stand
1989
as Jake
Neighborhood starts examining their feelings of racism when one of the neighbors is caught vandalizing the home of a black family, and people start ta...

Open Admissions
1988
as Calvin Jefferson
An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself challenged by a ghetto youth with an intense desire to get ...

In a Shallow Grave
1988
as Quintus Pearch
Garnet Montrose (Michael Beihn) returns home to West Virginia after suffering horrible facial disfigurement from wounds at the battle of Guadalcanal. ...

Weekend War
1988
as Wiley
A group of reservists ("weekend warriors") are sent to Honduras to build a runway. Shortly after arriving an engineering group is sent to a small vill...

Suspect
1987
as Parking Lot Attendant
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and ...

End of the Line
1987
as Alvin
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
as Rudolph Tyner
A true story of the lives of a family from South Carolina torn apart after the murder of Bill and Myrtle Moon. Although the killer is caught the judic...

Streets of Gold
1986
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Je...
Dirty Hands
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In the underbelly of Chicago, a routine drug deal goes bad for the Denton brothers, Richie and Danny. With a kingpin’s son murdered, a rival gang out ...