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Biography
Michael Groo Massee (September 1, 1952 – October 20, 2016) was an American actor. Massee is perhaps best known for his roles as Funboy in the 1994 film The Crow and The Gentleman in the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man. He also reprised this role in the 2014 sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Career
In 1993, Massee portrayed the character Funboy in the film The Crow, starring Brandon Lee. Massee was the actor who fired the shot that killed Lee by accident on the set in 1993, due to an improperly prepared prop gun. He was so traumatized by the event that he returned to New York and took a year off from acting. He refused to view the film. In an interview in 2005, 12 years after the incident, Massee revealed that he still had nightmares about it, going on to say, "I don't think you ever get over something like that."
In 1995, Massee played the cop Newton in the film Tales from the Hood. He has provided the voice for the villain Spellbinder in The Batman, as well as appearing on the television series 24 as the villain Ira Gaines. He provided the voice of Bruce Banner for the Ultimate Avengers animated film, as well as the sequel Ultimate Avengers 2. He appeared in the film Seven alongside Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. He appeared in David Lynch's Lost Highway as Andy. He played the physical manifestation of Management (a.k.a. Lucius Belyakovin) on HBO's Carnivàle. He guest-starred in the The X-Files episode "The Field Where I Died". He also appeared in the 2005 NBC TV miniseries Revelations as the main antagonist. In 2006, he guest-starred in Criminal Minds as a serial killer on death row. He also guest-starred in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Reunion" as a rock star. He appeared in the American TV series FlashForward as villain Dyson Frost. He appeared as a hunter, Kubrick, on the series Supernatural in 2007.
Massee portrayed imprisoned serial killer Charles Hoyt in the first two seasons of the TV series Rizzoli & Isles. He played the role of Gustav Fiers (alias The Gentleman) in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and reprised the role in the 2014 sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Personal life and death
Massee was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1952. He and his wife Ellen together owned a clothing boutique in Los Angeles. He spoke French and appeared in 2014 in the French series Interventions.
He died of stomach cancer in Los Angeles on October 20, 2016 at the age of 64.
Filmography
Films
- My Father is Coming (1991) as Joe (in his first film debut)
- The Crow (1994) as Funboy
- Six Days Six Nights (1994) (uncredited)
- Home of Angels (1994) as Detective Baines
- Sahara (1995) as Leroux
- Tales from the Hood (1995) as Newton
- Se7en (1995) as Man in Booth at Message Parlor
- The Low Life (1995) as Bartender
- Burnzy's Last Call (1995) as Luke
- Guy (1996) as Mark
- Mojave Moon (1996) as Fifth Guy
- One Fine Day (1996) as Eddie Parker
- Lost Highway (1997) as Andy
- The End of Violence (1997) as Guy in Bar
- The Game (1997) as Airbag EMT Galliano
- Playing God (1997) as Gage
- Amistad (1997) as Prison Guard
- Jamaica Beat (1997) as Ian Benjamin
- The Florentine (1999) as Nick
- Bad City Blues (1999) as Eugene Grimes
- The White River Kid (1999) as Ralph Pines
- The Theory of the Leisure Class (2001) as McMillon
- Corky Romano (2001) as Angry Gunman
- Catwoman (2004) as Armando
- Ultimate Avengers (2006) as Dr. Bruce Banner (voice)
- Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (2006) as Dr. Bruce Banner (voice)
- Underdog (2007) as Supershep (voice)
- The Resident (2011) as Security Tech
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) as The Gentleman
- CBGB (2013) as Officer Sam
- At the Devil's Door (2014) as Uncle Mike
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) as The Gentleman
- The Last Survivors (2014) as Walker
- The Wolves of Savin Hill (2015) as Theo
- Everlasting (2016) as Leor
- Last Man Club (2016) as John (in his final film role)
TV series
- The Marshal (1995) (1 episode) as Stanley
- Picket Fences (1996) (1 episode)
- The X-Files (1996) (1 episode) as Vernon Ephesian
- Murder One (1996) (2 episodes) as Donny McKee
- The Big Easy (1997) (1 episode) as Roland Sava
- The Last Don (1997) (2 episodes) as Jim Losey
- Millenium (1998) (1 episode) as Purdue
- L.A. Doctors (1999) (1 episode) as Howard
- Nash Bridges (1997-2001) (2 episodes) as Gerard Marquette / Harley Corzine
- 24 (2001-2002) (12 episodes) as Ira Gaines
- The Practice (2002) (1 episode) as Norman Tucker
- Threat Matrix (2003) (1 episode) as Campbell Prokop
- Dragnet (2003) (1 episode) as Victor Hellman
- Carnivàle (2003-2005) (5 episodes) as Russian Soldier / Young Lucius Belyakov
- Revelations (2005) (6 episodes) as Isaiah Haden
- The Batman (2005) (1 episode) as Spellbinder
- Criminal Minds (2006) (1 episode) as Jacob Dawes
- Alias (2006) (2 episodes) as Dr. Gonzalo Burris
- Cold Case (2007) (1 episode) as Kiril
- Supernatural (2007) (2 episodes) as Kubrick
- Shark (2008) ( 1 episode) as Duncan Mercer
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2008) as Jordie Black
- CSI: NY (2009) (1 episode) as Casey Steele
- FlashForward (2009-2010) (8 episodes) as D. Gibbons / Dyson Frost
- Law & Order; LA (2010) (1 episode) as Denis Watson
- Human Target (2011) (1 episode) as Henry Claypool
- House (2011) (1 episode) as Frank
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011) as Stan Richardson
- Fringe (2012) (1 episode) as Anson Carr
- Dakota (2012) (1 episode) as George
- Rizzoli & Isles (2010-2013) as Charles Hoyt
- Ironside (2013) (1 episode) as Stan Nagy
- Interventions (2014) (6 episodes) as Jean-Francois Montfort
- The Blacklist (2015) (2 episodes) as Karakurt