Michael J. Pagan

Michael J. Pagan is an American actor and screenwriter best known for playing Quincy, the son of Angela Bassett's character, in How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). That role earned him an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Youth Actor in 1999, and a Hollywood Reporter reviewer judged his performance winning. After studying at the Ivanna Chubbuck Studio and the Tasha Smith Acting Studio, he played Sam, the nephew of the character played by Denzel Washington, in the thriller Fallen (1998), and starred as the powerless member of a superhero family in the Disney Channel movie Up, Up and Away (2000). Later credits include the sports films Gridiron Gang (2006) and Forever Strong (2008), guest spots on The Shield, One on One and Cold Case, and the slasher film See No Evil, a role he reprised in See No Evil 2 (2014). He co-wrote Chain Letter (2010) with Deon Taylor and appeared in the film.