Michael Zegen | |
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Born | February 20, 1979 |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Michael Zegen (born February 20, 1979) [1] [2] is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Rescue Me (2004–2011), Boardwalk Empire (2011–2014), and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023).
Zegen was born to a teacher mother and a lawyer father, and lived in Glen Rock, New Jersey, before moving to nearby Ridgewood when he was five. He has two brothers. [3] He is Jewish. His mother was born in Austria in a displaced persons' camp, and his maternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors from Ukraine and Poland. [4] [5] [6] [7] He attended Ridgewood High School, where he was active in the school's theater program. [8] Zegen is a 2001 graduate of Skidmore College. [9]
His role on Rescue Me began as a recurring character in seasons 1–3, playing the nephew of series lead Tommy Gavin ( Denis Leary). In seasons 5–6, he was promoted to the main cast when his character began probationary firefighter school to become a firefighter. [10]
In 2010, Zegen was cast as gangster Bugsy Siegel for the second, third, and fifth season of the HBO series, Boardwalk Empire. [11] In 2011, Zegen, along with James Ransone, was cast in supporting roles in the HBO comedy series How To Make It In America. In mid-2011, Zegen was cast in a recurring guest role in the second season of the AMC series The Walking Dead. [12] In 2014 he created the role of Liam off-Broadway in the dark comedy Bad Jews. [3] [5] Zegan made his Broadway debut in A View from the Bridge in 2015. [13] In 2017, Zegen played Joel Maisel in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. [14] For the role he has won two Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series awards from the Screen Actors Guild. He returned to Broadway in 2021 to star in Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress. [13]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Bittersweet Place | Todd | |
2007 | The Girl Next Door | Eddie | |
2008 | Assassination of a High School President | Steven Lohman | |
2009 | Adventureland | Eric | |
Taking Woodstock | Bernie (Young Man #1) | ||
The Box | Garcin | ||
2012 | Frances Ha | Benji | |
Ex-Girlfriends | The Blogger | ||
2015 | Brooklyn | Maurizio | |
2017 | Becks | Pete | |
2018 | Tyrel | Eli | |
The Seagull | Mikhail | ||
2020 | The Stand In | Steve | |
TBA | Zoo | Andy Singer | [15] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | The Sopranos | Partygoer | 1 episode |
2004–2011 | Rescue Me | Damien Keefe | 42 episodes |
2006 | Love Monkey | Luther | 1 episode |
2009 | Mercy | Jason Keener | 1 episode |
2011 | How to Make It in America | Andy Sussman | 4 episodes (Season 2) |
2011–2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Ben Siegel | 11 episodes (Seasons 2–3; 5) |
2012 | The Walking Dead | Randall Culver | 4 episodes (Season 2) |
2014 | Girls | Joe | 3 episodes (Season 3) |
2016 | BrainDead | Ben Valderrama | 1 episode |
2017–2023 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Joel Maisel | 34 episodes |
TBA | The Penguin | Alberto Falcone | Upcoming limited series |
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