Michael Weatherly is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician. Numerous roles in television projects brought him fame. For thirteen years, he starred in the famous TV series "Marine Police: Special Department", where he played one of the central roles - special agent Anthony Di Nozza.
Michael could get an excellent education, build a career and run a business while working for his father's company. His father became a millionaire, supplying army knives from Switzerland to the United States. But the young man chose a different path.
Cinematography attracted Michael from early childhood. Despite his father's protests and the prospect of losing his inheritance, he went to conquer Hollywood.
early years
The boy was born in the USA in the summer of 1968 in a large family. His father, Sir Michael Manning, was one of the richest and most successful people in America. A wonderful future was prepared for all the children in the family, but Michael decided that he did not want to continue his father's business. He was interested in a completely different world - the world of cinema and music.
From an early age, the boy became interested in creativity. He learned to play the piano and guitar, appeared on stage in school plays and performed at concerts.
After leaving school, at the insistence of his father, Michael entered the University of Boston, which he dropped out after a year. Then he tried to graduate again at Menlo College, Silicon Valley. But from there he soon left to return to music and cinema.
The father was terribly unhappy with his son's decision. He promised to take away his financial support and inheritance, but this did not stop Michael. Soon he went to conquer the world of show business.
Film career
Before getting his first roles on television, the young man had to earn money in a pizzeria as a waiter and pizza delivery man, then work as a newspaper seller, and a little later as an employee of a video archive on television.
In his spare time, Michael played in an amateur music group, performed in cafes and bars. All this time, the young man participated in various castings and auditioned for secondary roles in new projects.
Michael received his first episodic roles in several television series at once: "Military Legal Service", "The Cosby Show", "The City" and "Endless Love". For his excellent supporting role in Endless Love, Weatherly was nominated for the Soap Opera Digest Awards in the Best Emerging Actor category.
After a successful start, Michael travels to Los Angeles to look for new roles in Hollywood. For several years the actor has been playing minor characters in the films: "Asteroid", "Spy Games", "Colony", "Raven", "Charmed", "House by the Lake".
In 2000, the famous director James Cameron invited Michael to his new fantastic project "Dark Angel". He got the role of journalist Logan Cale, for which Weatherly was nominated for a Saturn Award.
One of the most successful projects in Michael's career was the series "Marine Police: Special Department", in which he worked until 2016.
The creative biography of Weatherly has about forty film roles. He also directed the documentary "Jamaican" and several episodes of the series "Marine Police: Special Department".
Today the actor continues to work actively in the cinema. From 2016 to the present time he has been starring in the TV series "Mr. Bull".
Personal life
Michael married actress Amelia Heinle in 1995. A year later, they had a son, and in 1997 the couple announced their divorce.
In 2000, Michael began an affair with actress Jessica Alba. They met on the set of the movie "Dark Angel" and dated for three years. In 2003, Michael and Jessica's wedding was supposed to take place, but this never happened. In the same year, their relationship ended.
In 2007, at one of the parties, Michael met Boyana Jankovic, who two years later became his wife. In 2012, the couple had a daughter, Olivia, and a year later, a son, Liam. Boyana is a physician by profession, she is also fond of literature, is the author of several works and tries herself as a screenwriter on television.
