Michael Charles Chiklis (born August 30, 1963) is an American actor, television director and television producer. He is best known for his role as LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2002, and was nominated in 2003. He is also known for playing Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish, The Thing in two Fantastic Four movies, and Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama No Ordinary Family. Additionally, he co-starred as Vincent Savino in the CBS crime drama Vegas. In 2014 Chiklis joined the cast of American Horror Story for its fourth season, American Horror Story: Freak Show. The following year he was cast as Nathaniel Barnes, in the second season of Gotham, as a series regular.

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Chiklis in 2014
Born
Michael Charles Chiklis

(1963-08-30) August 30, 1963 (age 61)
Alma materBoston University College of Fine Arts
Occupation(s)Actor, television director, television producer
Years active1989–present
Spouse
Michelle Chiklis
(m. 1992)
Children2
Websitemichaelchiklis.com
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