Biography
Michael Des Barres is an English actor and singer. Born Michael Philip Des Barres on 24 January 1948 in Hove, Sussex, he trained at the Corona Academy drama school in London and began acting as a child.
His film roles include a part in To Sir, with Love (1967) and Damiani in Under Siege (1992). He has appeared in numerous television series, among them MacGyver as Murdoc, Mulholland Drive (2001) and episodes of Suits, Bones and NCIS.
Des Barres has also pursued a music career, fronting the glam rock band Silverhead and replacing Robert Palmer in The Power Station, with whom he performed at Live Aid in 1985.
