Born on July 8th, 1968 in New York City and raised in Fairfield, CT, Michael Weatherly left college to pursue a career in acting. He also liked music and played in a band during the start of his acting career.
While playing in the band, he began acting professionally and landed his first job as Theo's roommate on The Cosby Show, and a role in the independent film. This led to numerous guest spots on television and brought him to Los Angeles. After moving to Los Angeles, he landed a series regular role in the FOX television series Significant Others. Most recently, Weatherly starred as Christina Applegate's ex-husband Roy in the television series Jesse, and in the films The Specials opposite Rob Lowe, Venus and Mars
opposite Lynn Redgrave and Gun Shy opposite Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock. Weatherly was once married to actress Amelia Heinle, they had a son, August, who was born in 1996. Weatherly now lives in Los Angeles, where he is busy with his job portraying Special Agent Tony DiNozzo in the CBS drama series NCIS.
Bio from: tv.com
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His billionaire father, Michael Weatherly, Sr. owes his fortune to importing Swiss Army knives to the U.S.
His mother, Patricia, is a helath director.
Michael is the uncle of Alexandra Breckenridge from Dirt
and She's the Man.
He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series at the 2002 Saturn Awards for his role in the series Dark Angel.
He worked in the videotape library of ABC, a big part of his job was to log and cart around one-inch reels of tape.
Michael studied at Brooks School in MA.
He once had a dream that model Andie MacDowell was trying to kill him.
He first made his mark in the industry with a regular role on the ABC soap Loving.
Michael has been on over 11 TV shows; as permanent cast or as a guest.
He is listed as one of "T.V's Sexiest Men" for his role on NCIS.
He has approximately 11 siblings. One brother, named Will, and 5 sisters
Michael was sent to survival camp at the age of 12 because his mother thought he needed to be toughened up.
He attended Fairfield Country Day School in Fairfield, Connecticut.
He has one son, August, born in 1996, with ex-wife Amelia Heinle.
Michael was engaged to Dark Angel co-star Jessica Alba.
He attended Boston University, American University in Washington DC, American University in Paris (1 semster) and Menlo University (studied communications) before dropping out of college to pursue an acting career.
Played in a band to supplement his acting in the early days of his career - he plays guitar and piano. He sold shoes, delivered pizzas, and dabbled in songwriting.
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