Michael Gross Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a DVD Exclusive Award for best actor for "Tremors 3: Back to Perfection" in 2001
• Supporter of many programs focusing on animal welfare, responsible gun ownerships, fighting drugs, AIDS research, Lou Gherig's disease, helping Southwestern Native American tribes and many others
• Won an Obie Award in 1982 for his work in the off-Broadway production of "No End of Blame․"
• Earned his degree in speech and theater at the University of Illinois at Chicago and his master's in acting from Yale University's School of Drama
• Married casting director Elza Bergeron in 1984, with whom he has two children
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV movie "A Girl Named Sooner" in 1975
• Quote: "[on preferring work in TV or film] "But all things being equal, I look for good writing․ Wherever that good writing leads me, that's where I tend to wander․""
• Best known for playing Steven Keaton in "Family Ties" and Burt Gummer in the "Tremors" series
• Has the same birthday as "Family Ties" co-star Meredith Baxter, who played his wife in the popular TV sitcom of the 1980s
• A lifelong railroad fan, he co-owns the Santa Fe Southern Railway train in Santa Fe, N․M