Michael J. Anderson (October 31, 1953) is an American actor known for his role as the Man from another place in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks, notable for being a 'little person'.
Anderson was born with a genetic bone condition osteogenesis imperfecta. He grew up in a wheelchair. In his late 20s he was the subject of a 30-minute documentary called "Little Mike" (1984), directed by Norris J. Chumley, which began as an NYU student film production. He formed the New York band Wayward Gene and the Natural Selection which played in local clubs. He also worked for NASA as a computer expert.
Anderson appeared in a few episodes of Twin Peaks. The Man From Another Place is attired in a red suit and speaks in an unusual manner. He first appears in Special Agent Dale Cooper's cryptic dream about the murder of Laura Palmer, set in a red room. Anderson's Man also materializes in Lynch's film prequel to Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. His character expresses more malevolent intent in the film than he did in the series.
Anderson portrayed a full-size man in Lynch's Mulholland Drive, using a prosthetic body. From 2003 to 2005, Anderson played carnival manager Samson Leonhart on the HBO series Carnivàle.
Among his other appearances are in the soap opera Port Charles, guest appearances like: "Peter Dreeb" in the Picket Fences episode "Mr. Dreeb Comes to Town", a hotel manager in the The X-Files episode "Humbug", Rumpelstiltskin in the "If Wishes Were Horses" episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and as a returning leprechaun in the eighth season of the supernatural dramedy series Charmed.
Anderson used phonetically reversed speaking as a secret language with his junior high school friends and then coincidentally played a character in Twin Peaks where he used the same method of speaking.
Television appearances
Anderson at CarneyCon, 2006
Twin Peaks (1990-1991) as The Man From Another Place in 4 episodes
Fools Fire (1992) as Hopfrog
Picket Fences (1992) as Peeter Dreeb in the episode 'Mr Dreeb comes to Town
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Rumpelstiltskin in the episode "If Wishes Were Horses"
Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine (1994) as bartender #1
The X-Files (1995) as Mr. Nutt in the episode "Humbug"
The Phantom Eye (1999) as Doll Man/Carl
Port Charles (1999) as Peter Zorin
Black Scorpion (2001) in episode 'Crime Time'
Snow White (2001) as Sunday (Violet)
Carnivàle (2005) as Samson in 22 episodes
Charmed (2006) as O'Brian the Leprechaun in 2 episodes
Filmography
Buddies (1983)
The Great Land of Small (1987) as Fritz/The King
Suffering Bastards (1989) as Little Elvis
No such thing as Gravity (1989) as the botanist
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (1990) as Sushi chef
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990) as lightman
Mannequin: On the Move (1991) as Jewel box bearer
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) as The Man From Another Place
Night Trap (1993) as police officer
Caged Hearts (1995) as John
Murder too Sweet (1994) as Harry the Huckster
Street Gun (1996) as Lamar
Maggie (1998) in the episode Ka-boom
Club Vampire (1998) as Kiddo
Minimum Wage (1999) as Zeke Bleak
Warriors of Virtue (1997) as Mudlap, film, and surrounding merchandise)
Mulholland Drive (2001) as Mr Roque
Sticky Fingers (2003) as Irate Man
Tiptoes (2003) as Bruno
Big Time (2004) as Henri Blunderbore
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NAME
Anderson, Michael J.
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DATE OF BIRTH
1953-10-31
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Denver, Colorado
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