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Michael A. Goorjian

Michael A. Goorjian

Director · Born 1971-02-04 · San Francisco, California, USA

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Biography

Michael A. Goorjian (born February 4, 1971; San Francisco) is an American filmmaker, writer and actor. Goorjian won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his role as David Goodson in the television film David's Mother (1994). He is also known for his role as Justin, Neve Campbell’s love interest on the series Party of Five (1994–2000), as well as Heroin Bob in the film SLC Punk! (1998) and its sequel, Punk's Dead (2016). As a director, Goorjian achieved recognition for his first major independent film, Illusion (2004), which he wrote, directed and starred in alongside Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas. Goorjian was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. His father, Peter, is Armenian, with his paternal grandparents being survivors of the Armenian genocide; his mother, Sarah, is of Scottish-American descent. Goorjian grew up in Oakland, California, and attended Bishop O'Dowd High School, which had a strong drama program. At the age of 14, he decided to audition for a local theatre company, thinking it was a ‘cool way’ to skip class; after successfully landing the lead role in a 'not-so-cool' play called Computer Crazy, Goorjian soon found…

Directed

  1. Amerikatsi (2022) — Director
  2. The Shift (2009) — Director
  3. You Can Heal Your Life (2007) — Director
  4. Illusion (2004) — Director
  5. Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square (1991) — Director
  6. Oakland Underground (1997) — Director
  7. Call Waiting (1998) — Director
  8. Players' Club (2006) — Director
  9. The War Prayer (2007) — Director
  10. Tales of Everyday Magic (2012) — Director
  11. Painting the Future (2012) — Director
  12. My Greatest Teacher (2012) — Director
  13. Entanglement (2012) — Director
  14. The Magic Hand of Chance (2012) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Lucifer (2016) — Elliot Richards
  2. House (2004) — Sean Randolph
  3. CSI: Miami (2002) — John Stockman
  4. Lie to Me (2009) — Franko James Vincent / Glen Welsh
  5. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) — College Boy 1
  6. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Aaron Pratt
  7. Monk (2002) — Jacob Carlyle
  8. Chaplin (1992) — Charles Chaplin Jr.
  9. Forever Young (1992) — Steven
  10. Hard Rain (1998) — Kenny
  11. Alias (2001) — Andre Sterescu
  12. The Wizard of Lies (2017) — Dan Horwitz
  13. The Lincoln Lawyer (2022) — Alex Grant
  14. SLC Punk (1998) — Bob
  15. Newsies (1992) — Skittery
  16. Without a Trace (2002) — Ricky Wilson
  17. Covert Affairs (2010) — Borz Altan
  18. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Budd Glaser
  19. Growing Pains (1985) — Hank Miller
  20. Party of Five (1994) — Justin Thompson
  21. Chicago Hope (1994) — Jacob Joffe
  22. Conversations with God (2006) — Roy
  23. Broken (2007) — Thomas
  24. Do Not Disturb (1999) — Billy Boy Manson
  25. The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (1993) — Scott Chapman
  26. Amerikatsi (2022) — Charlie
  27. Blind Justice (1994) — Soldier #1
  28. Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2 (2016) — Bob
  29. Land of Dreams (2022) — Bartender
  30. David's Mother (1994) — David Goodson
  31. Amerikana (2001) — Peter
  32. Illusion (2004) — Christopher
  33. Go for Broke (2002) — Rome / Romie
  34. Life in a Day (1999) — Dr. Peter Hamilton
  35. Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square (1991) — Self
  36. Eyes (2005) — Bobby Creech
  37. Something More (2000) — Sam
  38. Deal of a Lifetime (2000) — Henry
  39. The Mesmerist (2002) — Coroner #1
  40. Art House (1998) — Danny Farthing