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name: "Michael Burgess"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-burgess"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 August 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:14:04.330247+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michael Burgess

Actor. Born 2 August 1964 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 August 1964, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
- **Also known as:** Michael L. Burgess

## Biography

Michael Burgess is an American actor. He was born on 2 August 1964 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

His credits include Cleveland in *Forrest Gump* (1994), the Flight Technician in *Venom* (2018), Principal Fitzpatrick in *Cobra Kai* (2018), the Prison Van Driver in *My Cousin Vinny* (1992) and the Young Doctor in *Days of Thunder* (1990). He has also appeared in *Death Sentence* (2007) as Cop #1, *Black Knight* (2001) as Ernie and *DC's Stargirl* (2020) as Father Craemer.

Burgess is married to Susan Gilmour.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Days of Thunder* (1990), Fi1m 61, as Young Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-thunder.md)

## Also known for

- *Venom* (2018), Flight Technician
- *Cobra Kai* (2018), Principal Fitzpatrick
- *My Cousin Vinny* (1992), Prison Van Driver
- *Death Sentence* (2007), Cop #1
- *Black Knight* (2001), Ernie
- *DC's Stargirl* (2020), Father Craemer
- *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), Handsome Man at Party
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Officer

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