Michael Anthony Angarano (born December 3, 1987) is an American actor. He became known for his roles in the film '' Music of the Heart'' (1999) and the television series '' Cover Me'' (2000–2001), as well as for playing a recurring role as Elliott in the sitcom ''

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''. Since then he has starred in a number of films including '' Sky High'' (2005), ''

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'' (2008), '' Haywire'' (2011), '' The English Teacher'' (2013), and ''

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'' (2017). He has also appeared in the television series ''

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'' (2017–2018) and '' This Is Us''. The latter earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2019.

Early life

Angarano was born in

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, to Michael and Doreen Angarano; he has two sisters and a younger brother. He is of Italian descent. His family owns and operates the dance studio Reflections in Dance in

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. Angarano graduated from

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Career

In the late 1990s, Angarano was one of the finalists for the role of young

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in ''

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'', but lost to Jake Lloyd. Angarano played the 11-year-old version of William Miller in

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's semi-autobiographical film '' Almost Famous'' in 2000. In 2000, 12-year-old Angarano acted in '' Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family''. The following year, he landed his first major film role in '' Little Secrets'', opposite

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and David Gallagher. Three years later, he starred in the

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TV-movie ''

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''. He played the lead role in 2005's '' Sky High'' alongside Kelly Preston,

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, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Other film roles include parts in '' The Bondage'', '' Black Irish'', '' Man in the Chair'', '' Snow Angels'', ''

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'', '' One Last Thing...'', ''

'' alongside

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and

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, ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Red State''. Angarano did not study

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before starring in ''

'' with

and

. Once cast he studied in China for eight hours a day for two weeks with action choreographer Woo-Ping Yuen. Over the seven months of shooting his skills and confidence grew. Angarano's fight scenes were filmed during the last 35 days of shooting. On television, from 2001 to 2006, he had a recurring role on ''

'' as Elliott, the son of Jack McFarland, a role he reprised in an episode of the show's 2017 reboot. In 2007, he appeared in four episodes of the show '' 24'' as Scott Wallace, a teenager taken hostage by a terrorist. From 2014 to 2015, he played Dr. Bertram "Bertie" Chickering, Jr. on Cinemax's period drama ''

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''. Angarano has also played Eddie Zeidel on the Showtime series ''

''.

Personal life

From 2005 to early 2009, Angarano was in a relationship with American actress

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. He then dated English actress Juno Temple from 2013 to 2016. In September 2019, he confirmed his relationship with American actress

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. On November 2, 2020, the couple revealed that they were engaged and expecting a child. Their son, Leon Frederick, was born in 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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UltimateDisney.com Interview – November 2005
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angarano, Michael 1987 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Los Angeles Male actors from New York City American people of Italian descent People from Brooklyn