Michael (Mike) James Vogel is an American-born actor who was born in 1979. Most famous for such multi-series projects as Miami Hospital, Pan American, Motel Bates and others. In addition, the artist took part in such popular films as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poseidon, Monster.
Actor Biography
Mike Vogel's birthplace is Abington, PA, but he grew up in Warminster. In addition to him, younger brothers and a sister grew up in the family, whose name is Daniel and Christine. Noteworthy is the fact that both of Mike’s grandfathers took part in World War II. In addition, one of them led a tank detachment. When Michael was a schoolboy, he constantly attended self-defense classes, which he combined with teaching music.
Mike Vogel's family
In 2003, the artist married Courtney Vogel. The first daughter of the spouses was born in the winter of 2007, and two years later, another girl was born in the family. In the fall of 2013, Mike Vogel and his wife had a son, named Gabriel James Vogel. The family currently lives in Austin. In addition to children, the couple has two dogs of the pug breed.
Actor career
When the year 2000 came, the actor very often visited New York, where he took part in auditions for roles in films and tried his hand at castings for the modeling business. The first serious and major work of the artist was the advertising of the famous brand Levi's.
In parallel, Michael studied at the New York School of Acting Linnet Shuldon. After some time, Vogel was given a secondary role in the film. Michael's debut role went to the film "Skaters", which was released in 2003. His colleagues on the set were Adam Brody and Jennifer Morrison.
The next film with Mike Vogel was Wuthering Heights, based on the novel by Emily Bronte. Eric actor Christensen became a colleague of the actor on the set, together with whom he recorded a song for the film. Rumor has it that there is a solo Vogel project.
Further career of the actor
The following year 2005 was very busy for the actor. Mike starred in a small role in the film called "The Basis for Life." After that, he appeared in front of viewers in the film "Jeans Mascot" in the image of the chosen one of the main characters. Then he appeared in the movie "Supercross" and in the youth project "Crazy". In the film, the actor appeared in the image of Toby - the guy of the main character. The film was created in 2003, but the premiere was scheduled for 2005.
A year later, the actor got the role of Christian in the film project "Poseidon", which is a remake of the film "The Adventure of Poseidon" in 1972. An interesting fact is that Mike Vogel refused the role of an angel in the fantastic action movie People X, although participation in this film was supposed to bring the actor even more popularity.
Since 2007, the actor began to offer more serious roles. For example, he took part in the mystical project "Ian Stone's Death." Dustin Patman personally noted that Vogel entered the image so chicly that it was impossible to take his eyes off him.
Other actor roles in the movie
In 2008, the disaster film "Monstro" came into the world. In this picture, the actor played a supporting role - the brother of the protagonist. The project budget was $ 25 million, but during the rental of the picture managed to raise 170 million.
In 2009, Mike Vogel appeared in the film project “Across the Corridor,” which was released in the fall on Syfy, and in February 2010, the film appeared on DVD. Since 2011, the artist takes part in several series, where he is assigned leading roles. One of these films is the series "Pan American". This multi-part film describes the life of stewardesses and other airline staff from America.
Vogel played in the picture the role of one of the pilots named Dean. However, the project was closed after the end of the television season. In the comedy project "How much do you have?" The actor appeared in the image of the former guy of the main character. He took part in the dramatic project “Servants”, which received many awards for the best cast.
One of the last roles of the actor
One of Mike Vogel’s latest works was the role of Dale Barbara in a multi-part project called Under the Dome. This picture tells the story of a small town, which suddenly turned out to be a huge dome fenced off from around the world one day. The character of actor Dale Barbara is one of those people who remained under the dome. The hero will not only face the secrets that the residents of the city keep, but also try not to reveal their secrets. The series was created based on Stephen King. Filming was stopped after three seasons due to low ratings.