Michael Landes Biography

Fast Facts

• Spent early years in New York City, but moved to California when he was 13
• Trained at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles
• Originated the role of Jimmy Olsen in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in 1993, but was replaced by Justin Whalin after the first season because producers thought he looked too much like series lead Dean Cain
• For his role in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, he did research by following photographers from the Los Angeles Times for a couple of weeks
• Met his wife on the set of The Gentleman From Boston (2000)
• In 2010, he starred in an adaptation of David Mamet's House of Games on the London stage
• Appeared as American millionaire Caspar Landry in the BBC's 2012 remake of Upstairs Downstairs
• Father-in-law is celebrated photojournalist Harry Benson, famous for his pictorials of the Beatles, Bobby Fischer and a number of U
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