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name: "Mike Houston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-houston"
roles: []
born: "23 February 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T07:46:52.291976+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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# Mike Houston

Actor. Born 23 February 1976 in Denver, Colorado, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 February 1976, Denver, Colorado, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:**  Michael Joseph Houston ,  Michael Houston 
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $406m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Houston_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113331376, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2005766/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/205128

## Biography

Mike Houston is an American actor. Born and raised in Colorado, he received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder and completed the Two Year Sanford Meisner Intensive Acting Program at the William Esper Studio in New York City. He is a founding and current ensemble member of The Collective.

Houston's film credits include *The Taking of Pelham 123* (2009), *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), *Deliver Us from Evil* (2014), *The Drop* (2014), *Bridge of Spies* (2015) as Man in Courtroom, and *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024). On television he has appeared in *Gossip Girl* (2007), *Boardwalk Empire*, *Jessica Jones* (2015), *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–2019) as CO Lee Dixon, *The Blacklist*, and *She Said* (2022), in which he provided the voice of Harvey Weinstein.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024), Fi1m 54, as Additional Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/joker-folie-a-deux.md)
- *Bridge of Spies* (2015), Fi1m 75, as Man in Courtroom — [page](https://film.one/film/bridge-of-spies.md)
- *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), Fi1m 87, as Train Station Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-llewyn-davis.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *Bury Me When I'm Dead* (2025), as Buck Campbell
- *The Binding* (2025), as Stephen
- *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024), as Additional Guard — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/joker-folie-a-deux.md)
- *Command Z* (2023), series, as Bob Shiner
- *She Said* (2022), as Harvey Weinstein
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, as Sheriff Lancaster
- *All Square* (2018), as Petey
- *First Samurai in New York* (2018), as Bull Doyle
- *The Drowning* (2016), as Louis
- *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2015), series, as Harvey
- *Bridge of Spies* (2015), as Man in Courtroom — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/bridge-of-spies.md)
- *Sneaky Pete* (2015), series, as Dennis
- *True Story* (2015), as Visiting Room Guard #2
- *The Drop* (2014), as Donny
- *Deliver Us from Evil* (2014), as Nadler
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, as Porter (Casino Manager) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Perfectly Normal* (2014), as Curtis
- *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), as Train Station Cop — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-llewyn-davis.md)
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Detective Marcus Heber
- *Blood Ties* (2013), as Policeman #2
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, as CO Lee Dixon — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *The Happy House* (2013), as Skip
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Marty Bledsoe
- *I'm Not Me* (2011), as Mark Lawton
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Officer Fordes — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Erik Newsome
- *Weekends at Bellevue* (2011), as Southerland
- *Rocksteady* (2010), as Boss Man
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Uniformed Cop, Officer Mowery
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, as Ralph — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *White Collar* (2009), series, as Customs Official
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Policeman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3* (2009), as Money Car Driver
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, as Polo Event Security Guard
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as FBI Agent
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Fred Colson, Matt Walsh — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *These Little Ones Perish*, Actor

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