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name: "Michael Stahl-David"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-stahl-david"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 October 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T03:12:54.823632+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 Stahl-David

Actor. Born 28 October 1982 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 October 1982, Chicago, Illinois, USA

## Biography

Michael Stahl-David is an American actor born on 28 October 1982 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Theatre Arts.

He is known for his role as Sean Donnelly in the NBC series *The Black Donnellys* (2007) and as Rob Hawkins in the film *Cloverfield* (2008). Other credits include James Surdoval in the HBO miniseries *Show Me a Hero* (2015), Chris Feistl in *Narcos* (2015), and appearances in *Person of Interest* (2011), *New Girl* (2011), *The Good Wife* (2009), *In Your Eyes* (2014), *Evil* (2019) and *Please Stand By* (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Show Me a Hero* (2015), Fi1m 78, as Jim Surdoval — [page](https://film.one/tv/show-me-a-hero.md)

## Also known for

- *Cloverfield* (2008), Rob Hawkins
- *Narcos* (2015), Chris Feistl
- *New Girl* (2011), Ian
- *Evil* (2019), Tom McCrystal
- *In Your Eyes* (2014), Dylan Kershaw
- *The Congress* (2013), Steve (voice)
- *Protector* (2026), Detective John Blake
- *Please Stand By* (2018), Jack

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