Michael Weatherly

This is the 124th post in our Celebrity of the Day series.



Michael Weatherly was born in 1968 in New York. He was born into a wealthy family but always had a passion for the arts. He dropped out of college to pursue a career in acting, at which point his father cut him off from his inheritance.

He was also into music and even played in a band while he was working on his acting career. He got his debut role in 1991 in an episode of the Cosby Show, playing Theo's Roomate.

After that he played Cooper Alden in both Loving and The City. This was followed by a role in the TV Movie Pier 66. He got a few roles in 1997, including his film debut in Meet Wally Sparks, which led to a lead role in the series Significant Others in 1998 but the show only lasted six episodes.

He got his first big break in 2000 when he was cast as Logan Cale in the widely popular sci - fi series Dark Angel opposite Jessica Alba. This lead to him being engaged to Jessica in 2001 but they couple broke up in 2003.

In 2003 he was cast as Anthony DiNozzo (Tony) in NCIS. The show became a hit as well. Michael continues with this role today.

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