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Michael Ensign (born February 13, 1944) is a British-American actor
Actor

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Michael Ensign (born February 13, 1944) is a British-American actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
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Biography


Early life

Ensign was born in Safford
Safford, Arizona

Safford is a city in Graham County, Arizona, Arizona, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 8,932....
, Arizona
Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
 and was raised in both the United States and England
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , founded 1861, is a leading United Kingdom drama school in west London.Henry Wylde founded the London Academy of Music in 1867 and was Principal there....
 and spent the first ten years of his professional career working in the theatre
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
 in Britain.

Career

He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. Located primarily at Stratford-upon-Avon, with bases also in London and Theatre Royal, Newcastle, it is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly-funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal National Theatre....
 and appeared in Irene
Irene (musical)

Irene is a musical theater with a book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy , and music by Harry Tierney.Based on Montgomery's play Irene O'Dare, it is set in New York City's Upper West Side and focuses on immigrant shop assistant Irene O'Dare, who is introduced to Long Island's upper class when she's hired by one of its l...
, Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard which, along with Buried Child, A Lie of the Mind and True West , comprises the playwright's family tragedies....
, and The Red Devil Battery Sign
The Red Devil Battery Sign

The Red Devil Battery Sign is a 1975 in literature drama written by United States playwright Tennessee Williams, produced during his lifetime in Great Britain by Gene Persson....
 in the West End
West End theatre

West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English language world....
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Ensign's film credits include Midnight Express
Midnight Express (film)

Midnight Express is a film, based on Billy Hayes ' Midnight Express adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Hayes was a young United States student sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey....
, Superman, Raise the Titanic!
Raise the Titanic!

Raise the Titanic! is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler published in the United States by the Viking Press in 1976. In 1980, the book was adapted for a feature film of the same name, minus the exclamation mark....
, WarGames
WarGames

WarGames is a 1983 in film drama film/thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film starred Matthew Broderick in his second major film role, and featured Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood , and Barry Corbin....
, Mr. Mom
Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom is a 1983 comedy film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by John Hughes about a stay-at-home dad. It stars Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Jeffrey Tambor, Ann Jillian, Christopher Lloyd, and Martin Mull....
, Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is a 1984 in film comedy film about three eccentric New York City parapsychology-turned-ghost exterminators. The film was released in the United States on June 8, 1984....
, Life Stinks
Life Stinks

Life Stinks is a 1991 in film comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. It is known as one of the few Mel Brooks films that is not a parody film. The film co-stars Lesley Ann Warren and Jeffrey Tambor....
, Titanic
Titanic (1997 film)

Titanic is a 1997 United States romantic film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic....
, Not Another Teen Movie
Not Another Teen Movie

Not Another Teen Movie is a 2001 in film comedy film released on December 14, 2001 by Columbia Pictures. It is a parody of the teen film and other cinematic portrayals of adolescence which have accumulated in Hollywood over the last few decades....
, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 surrealism biographical film depicting the life of popular game show host/producer Chuck Barris, who claimed to have also been an assassin for the Central Intelligence Agency ....
, All Of Me, House, Rough Magic, The Couch Trip License To Drive, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Kiss Me Goodbye, Vice Squad, Children of the Corn 3, Solaris, Maxie, Star Chamber, Born Yesterday, Bringing Down the House
Bringing Down the House (film)

Bringing Down the House is a 2003 in film comedy film, written by Jason Filardi and directed by Adam Shankman. The film stars Queen Latifah and Steve Martin....
, Down with Love
Down with Love

Down with Love is a romantic comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and written by Eve Ahlert, and starring Ren?e Zellweger and Ewan McGregor....
 and Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit (film)

Seabiscuit is a 2003 in film United States drama film based on the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand....
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Ensign's many television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 appearances include Boston Legal
Boston Legal

Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008....
, Alias
Alias (TV series)

Alias is an United States action movie Television program created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006....
, Monk
Monk (TV series)

Monk is an Television in the United States comedy-drama Television program created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the main character....
, JAG
JAG

JAG is an United States Adventure /legal drama television show that was produced by Donald P. Bellisario, in association with Paramount Pictures CBS Paramount Television and, for the first season only, Universal Media Studios....
, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
, Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise

Enterprise, retitled Star Trek: Enterprise at the start of its third season, was a science fiction television program created by Brannon Braga and Rick Berman and set in the Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry....
, The X Files, Friends
Friends

Friends is an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolves around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses....
, Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. The show was created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor and is the fourth incarnation of Star Trek, which began with the 1960s series Star Trek: The Original Series, created by Gene Roddenberry....
, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television program that premiered in 1993 and ran for seven seasons, ending in 1999. Rooted in Gene Roddenberry?s Star Trek universe, it was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, at the request of Brandon Tartikoff, and produced by CBS Paramount Television....
, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, about 70 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, the program features a new crew and a new Starship Enterprise....
, MacGyver
MacGyver

MacGyver is an United States adventure television series, produced in the United States and Canada, about the wiktionary:laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent Angus MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson....
, Dynasty
Dynasty (TV series)

Dynasty is an United States prime time television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989....
, Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest is an United States primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990....
, M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (TV series)

M*A*S*H is an United States television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 in film feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS....
 and The A-Team
The A-Team

The A-Team is an United States Action film adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-Special Forces who work as Mercenary while being on the run from the military for a "Miscarriage of justice"....
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Ensign also voices Dr. Nefarious Tropy in most of the Crash Bandicoot games, with the exception of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex is a platform game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube video game consoles. The PlayStation 2 version was released in North America on October 29, , in Europe on November 23, , and in Japan on December 20, ....
, in which Corey Burton
Corey Burton

Corey Burton is an animation voice acting. He is perhaps best known as the evil Brainiac in the DC animated universe, the Decepticon Shockwave in the Transformers Universe, and as Captain Hook in Walt Disney's Peter Pan movies....
 voiced the character.

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