1. Michael John Berryman was born on September 4,1948 and is an American character actor.
23 Facts About Michael Berryman
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Berryman was born with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, a rare condition characterized by the absence of sweat glands, hair, and fingernails; his unusual physical appearance has allowed Berryman to make a career out of portraying characters in a number of cult films, horror films and B movies.
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Michael Berryman first came to prominence for his roles in Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes.
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Michael Berryman has appeared in a wide range of feature films and television series, including Star Trek, The X-Files, and Highway to Heaven, in which he portrayed Satan.
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Michael John Berryman was born September 4,1948, in Los Angeles, California, the second of two children of Sloan and Barbara Berryman.
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Michael Berryman is of partial German descent; his German great-grandfather was a doctor who worked in Vienna.
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Michael Berryman's mother was a nurse, and his father was a US Navy neurosurgeon who was deployed to the Hiroshima fallout zone in the wake of the atomic bombing.
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Michael Berryman was born with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, a rare genetic condition that affects the development of sweat glands, skin, hair, and fingernails.
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The condition led Michael Berryman to develop craniosynostosis, requiring him to undergo cranial reconstructive surgery as a child.
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Michael Berryman was raised Roman Catholic and attended Saint Monica Preparatory in Santa Monica.
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Michael Berryman played Pluto in Wes Craven's 1977 horror film The Hills Have Eyes and the 1985 sequel The Hills Have Eyes Part II.
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Michael Berryman has made appearances in the science fiction and fantasy movies My Science Project, Weird Science, Armed Response, Evil Spirits, The Guyver, and Brutal.
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Michael Berryman appeared in the 1975 Academy Award-winning drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Michael Berryman had a role in The Crow as "The Skull Cowboy", Eric Draven's guide to the land of the living.
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Michael Berryman's scenes were cut from the original theatrical release, but can be found on some DVD releases under "Deleted Scenes".
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Michael Berryman has appeared in Star Trek and some episodes of The X-Files.
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Michael Berryman appeared in the 1985 Motley Crue video for "Smokin' In the Boys Room", as well as the introduction to the band's song "Home Sweet Home".
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Michael Berryman portrayed the devil in two episodes of Highway to Heaven: "The Devil and Jonathan Smith" and "I Was a Middle-Aged Werewolf".
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Michael Berryman is a popular draw at genre conventions, such as the 2002 Horrorfind convention in Baltimore, Maryland, and the 2007 Eerie Horror Film Festival in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Michael Berryman appeared in 2001 and 2002 at the Horrorfind convention in Baltimore, Maryland, and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 7 and 8 attending as a guest of "The Milwaukee County Massacre", a horror film convention and music festival.
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Michael Berryman starred in the British-Canadian horror film Below Zero, directed by Justin Thomas Orstensen.
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Michael Berryman was a special guest at the third annual San Antonio Horrific Film Fest in August 2010, the Cinema Wasteland convention in April 2011 and the Contamination Convention in Missouri in June 2012.
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Michael Berryman is a strong advocate for environmental protection and lived on a wolf sanctuary for ten years.