Michael Bowen is a well-known actor of American origin who has starred in such projects as Echo Park, Jackie Brown, Walking Wide, Autopsy, The Last House on the Left, and others. He has played more than one character in Quentin Tarantino’s films, but there are many other good pictures in his filmography. The article will focus on some of them.
Echo of the Valley of Fear
Michael was born in 1953 in the American city of Houston (Texas), in the family of artist Michael Bowen and film actress Sonya Sorel. He is the brother of Robert and Keith Carradine, who at one time also decided to become actors. In 1982, Mike Bowen first appeared on the TV screen, having received episodic roles in three series at once: Falcon Cross (1981-1990), Quiet Pier (1979-1993) and California Road Patrol (1977-1983). And a year later he played Tommy - the selfish and hollow-headed guy of the main character in the comedy melodrama Martha Coolidge “The Girl from the Valley”.
In 1986, the actor received a major role in Robert Dornhelm's comedy Echo Park. Three years later, he played the role of Mick Drummond, the son of the protagonist, in the Dag Campbell television thriller Season of Fear. He replenished the main cast of Andrew Lane’s drama “Fatal Passion” (1989). He received a small role in the crime drama Francis Ford Coppola's “The Godfather 3” (1990). And he played the main characters in the fantastic action movie "New Eden" (1994) and in the crime thriller "Test by Fire", filmed by American director Alan Metzger.
Kill jackie brown
In 1997, Michael Bowen, along with Benicio del Toro and Alicia Silverstone, took part in the filming of Marco Brambill’s crime comedy “Excess Baggage”. Along with Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton, he joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's crime drama Jackie Brown (1997). He starred in the comedy horror film by Mark Lambert of Bristol "Demon Slayer" (1999). And in 2003 and 2004, he starred in two parts of the criminal action movie Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" and "Kill Bill 2". He played the role of orderly Bak, who raped the Black Mamba (bride) while she was lying in a coma.
The actor played Sheriff Stan Watkins in the action movie Walking Wide, filmed by Kevin Bray in 2004. Together with Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek starred in the comedy action movie Brett Ratner "After Sunset" (2004). The minor character played in the horror film Chris Sivertson's "Lost" (2006). In the same year, he received a small role in John Hertzfeld’s action movie “The Shock”. He replenished the main cast of the horror film Adam Girash “Autopsy” (2008) about a hospital in which crazy staff conduct monstrous experiments on patients. And Ben Cassady - one of the main characters - played in 2009 in the thriller Paul Bruhls "Treasure Hunters".
The last house by the lake
In 2009, Michael Bowen took part in the filming of Dennis Iliadis’s horror film “The Last House on the Left,” which eventually gathered a good box office, of course, in comparison with other projects of this genre. In the same year, he starred in Ty West's comedy horror movie, Last Vacation 2. He played a small role in the melodramatic picture of Aaron Rottinghouse “Separate” (2011). Detective Walker, the actor played in the television thriller Michael Feifer “The Perfect Student” (2011), in the center of the plot of which is an investigation of the brutal murder of a girl on campus.
The actor received a small role in the adventure western "Django Unchained", shot by Quentin Tarantino in 2012. From 2012 to 2013, Michael starred in seven episodes of Vince Gilligan’s crime drama “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013), in which he played Uncle Jack, the leader of the White Superiority gang and uncle meth amphetamine cook Toda Alquist. And in 2017, he replenished the main cast of Adam Ghirash’s horror film “Lake House”.
Future projects
Soon, the American director, screenwriter and actor David Carredin will present his new project “Mata Hari” - a film with Michael Bowen, which will talk about the life of the dancer and spy of the First World War Margaret Gertrude Zella.