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Michael David Lally

Michael David Lally

3 movies on Netflix

Biography

Michael David Lally is an American poet who has also acted in film and television, and has published more than 30 books of poetry, counting Frank O'Hara and William Carlos Williams among his influences. Born in Orange, New Jersey and raised in South Orange, he began performing his poems in bars and coffeehouses in 1959, then served in the Air Force and attended the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop on the G.I. Bill. His autobiographical sequence South Orange Sonnets won a New York Poetry Center Discovery Award in 1972. After moving to Los Angeles in 1982, he took screen roles, often as a villain, in films such as Cool World (1992) and White Fang (1991) and on television as Captain Bubb in Deadwood, Walter Hoyt on NYPD Blue and Detective Frank Costa on JAG.

84years old

Turns 85 on May 25in 196 days

  • Born Orange
  • Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20

Movie Career

Films
3
Career span
31 years1961 to 1992

Every film, newest first

  1. 1992Cool WorldIMDb rating 4.9
  2. 1981The NestingIMDb rating 4.9
  3. 1961Snow White and the Three StoogesIMDb rating 5.3

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Awards

Two awards and honors from 1997 to 2000.

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Michael David Lally's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2000American Book AwardsWon
1997PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary AwardWon

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