---
name: "Michael Zegen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-zegen"
fi1m_id: "michael-zegen"
imdb_id: "nm1652433"
tmdb_id: 80661
wikidata_id: "Q3308598"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 February 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T19:22:18.500824+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."
---

# Michael Zegen

## Identity

Michael Zegen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-zegen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-zegen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1652433
- **TMDB ID:** 80661
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3308598
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Zegen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308598, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1652433/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80661

Actor. Born 20 February 1979 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 February 1979, Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 2013–2017
- **Also known as:** 迈克尔·泽根
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $71m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Zegen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308598, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1652433/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80661

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Frances Ha*](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel*](https://film.one/tv/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel.md) (76)

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## Biography

Michael Zegen is an American actor. He attended Ridgewood High School in New Jersey and graduated from Skidmore College in 2001.

Zegen is known for his television roles as Damien Keefe in *Rescue Me* (2004–2011), Bugsy Siegel in *Boardwalk Empire* (2010–2014) and Joel Maisel in *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017–2023). His film credits include Benji in *Frances Ha* (2013), Maurizio in *Brooklyn* (2015) and Alberto Falcone in *The Penguin* (2024). He created the role of Liam in the off-Broadway production of *Bad Jews* and made his Broadway debut in *A View from the Bridge* (2015). He received Screen Actors Guild Awards for ensemble performance in *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017), Fi1m 76, as Joel Maisel — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel.md)
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Fi1m 83, as Maurizio Fiorello — [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *Frances Ha* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Benji — [page](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Too Much* (2025), series, as Zev
- *Notice to Quit* (2024), as Andy Singer
- *The Penguin* (2024), series, as Alberto Falcone — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-penguin.md)
- *Bad Jews* (2021), as Liam
- *The Stand In* (2020), as Steve
- *Tyrel* (2018), as Eli
- *The Seagull* (2018), as Mikhail
- *Becks* (2018), as Pete
- *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017), series, as Joel Maisel — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel.md)
- *Brooklyn* (2015), as Maurizio Fiorello — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *Frances Ha* (2013), as Benji — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md)
- *Ex-Girlfriends* (2012), as The Blogger
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, as Randall Culver — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, as Benny Siegel — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *The Box* (2009), as Garcin
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Justin Partridge — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Adventureland* (2009), as Eric
- *Assassination of a High School President* (2008), as Steven Loman
- *The Girl Next Door* (2007), as Eddie
- *Bittersweet Place* (2005), as Todd
- *Rescue Me* (2004), series, as Damien Keefe, Damien, Damian O'Keefe, Damian — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/rescue-me.md)
- *Thumb*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Michael Zegen](https://film.one/media/person/120328/gallery-058b9afaa57b.jpg) Michael Zegen — Tabercil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Michael_Zegen_TIFF_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A picture of the main cast of the marvelous mrs. Maisel (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/120328/gallery-2191b7ed32be.jpg) A picture of the main cast of the marvelous mrs. Maisel (2018) — Peabody Awards, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Cast_of_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Michael Zegen](https://film.one/media/person/120328/gallery-899cf841db07.jpg) Michael Zegen — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Zegen](https://film.one/media/person/120328/gallery-a02405d953cc.jpg) Michael Zegen — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Zegen](https://film.one/media/person/120328/gallery-512d77921377.jpg) Michael Zegen — Image via TMDB

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