Michael McLafferty
Actor · Born September 5, 1972 (54) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael was raised in Oahu, Hawaii, until the age of 7; he then lived in Englewood, Colorado, and moved to southern Maine when he was 13. After graduating from Marshwood H.S. in Eliot, Maine, an Academic All-American, he attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. He studied engineering, played football, ran track, and explored Manhattan every chance he got. Fashion photographer Bruce Weber discovered Michael and used him in multiple shoots for Ralph Lauren. It was at the first shoot in Miami where Michael chose the road less traveled and he has been acting ever since. He got his first acting coach, Geoffrey Horne, from a chance meeting with Mickey Rourke in Miami the day he resigned from school. He took Mickey's advice; he has continued to study acting and will forever be researching the human experience.
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Biography from IMDb.
- September 5, 1972 (54)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor
- 20 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
What are Michael McLafferty's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Tommy in Lure (2010)
- Shadowas Tommy in Drawn Into the Night (2022)
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Michael McLafferty's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Michael McLafferty's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
31 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.
Drawn Into the Night(2022)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped from the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Deadly Excursion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Circle(2015)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Anatomy of Deception(2014)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Sam & Cat(2013)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Key and Peele(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Lure(2010)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Breathing Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Crank(2006)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Hot Properties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Inconceivable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
House(2004)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
CSI: NY(2004)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Gristle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
NCIS(2003)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Lost Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Half & Half(2002)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Everwood(2002)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Jawbreaker(1999)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Providence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Charmed(1998)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Bombshell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Suddenly Susan(1996)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
The West Side Waltz(1995)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Barefoot Executive(1995)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Hope and Gloria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Trade Winds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 31 titles from 1993 to 2022; peak year 2009.
Film career
Peak 2009 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1997Screen debut· Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
- 2022Career best· Drawn Into the Night
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Michael McLafferty's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 12th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 20 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 41/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 26. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Michael McLafferty work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael McLafferty's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill McAdams Jr. shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Bill McAdams Jr.Shared titles: Drawn Into the Night (2022), Lure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Bill McAdams Jr.
Writers
- Jessica SonnebornShared titles: Drawn Into the Night (2022), Lure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Jessica Sonneborn
Actors
- Augie DukeShared titles: Drawn Into the Night (2022), Lure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Augie Duke
- Casey ReinhardtShared titles: Drawn Into the Night (2022), Lure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Casey Reinhardt
- Josh HammondShared titles: Drawn Into the Night (2022), Lure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Josh Hammond
- Kevin DiNovisShared titles: Drawn Into the Night (2022), Lure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin DiNovis
Cinematographers
- Ross BerrymanShared titles: Drawn Into the Night (2022), Lure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Ross Berryman
Producers
- Tom Wright Jr.Shared titles: Drawn Into the Night (2022), Lure (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Wright Jr.