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Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer

29 movies on Netflix

Biography

Miguel Ferrer was an American actor who started with guest roles on television in the early 1980s. Born in Santa Monica, California, and raised in Hollywood and Beverly Hills, he trained at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. His breakthrough came as Bob Morton in RoboCop (1987). He went on to play a resourceful vigilante in Revenge (1990), Commander Arvid Harbinger in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), and a drug informant in Traffic (2000), and he appeared as Vice President Rodriguez in Iron Man 3 (2013). On television, he was known as FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield on Twin Peaks, Dr. Garret Macy on Crossing Jordan, and Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles. He also voiced Shan Yu in Mulan (1998) and Delgado in Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011), and received a Grammy nomination for a Lion King II read-along. He died in 2017.

61years old at death

  • Born Santa Monica
  • Died Santa Monica
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
  • Miguel José Ferrer de Otero (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
29
Career span
34 years1983 to 2017

Genres

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  1. First role

    Ferrer was cast in his first television role by his friend Bill Mumy, who put him in the series Sunshine as a drummer.

  2. Behind the camera

    In 1984, Ferrer took the director's chair for Mark Medoff's play When Ya Coming Back, Red Ryder? The production was staged at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida.

Miguel Ferrer movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Mulan1998 Adventure, Animation, Familyas Shan-Yuvoice

    IMDb rating 7.7351K votes

  2. RoboCop1987 Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Morton

    IMDb rating 7.6312K votes

  3. Traffic2000as Eduardo Ruiz

    IMDb rating 7.5232K votes

  4. Hot Shots! Part Deux1993as Harbinger

    IMDb rating 6.6105K votes

  5. Iron Man 32013as Vice President Rodriguez

    IMDb rating 7.1984K votes

  6. Justice League: The New Frontier2008as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhuntervoice

    IMDb rating 6.823K votes

  7. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992as Albert Rosenfeld

    IMDb rating 7.3120K votes

  8. The Man2005as Agent Peters

    IMDb rating 5.628K votes

Most often with

John Badham directed two of these films, John Sayles two. Frank C. Turner appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Miguel Ferrer's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.7 billion

20 of the 29 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 29 films: 20 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 20Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Iron Man 32013as Vice President Rodriguez
    $1.2B45.9% of the total
  2. 2
    Rio 22014as Big Boss (voice)
    $499M18.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Mulan1998as Shan-Yu (voice)
    $304M11.5% of the total
  4. 4
    Traffic2000as Eduardo Ruiz
    $208M7.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Hot Shots! Part Deux1993as Harbinger
    $134M5.0% of the total
  6. 6
    Mr. Magoo1997as Ortega Peru
    $75M2.8% of the total
  7. 7
    RoboCop1987as Morton
    $53M2.0% of the total
  8. 8
    Blank Check1994as Quigley
    $31M1.2% of the total
Point of No Return (1993), $30.0 millionAnother Stakeout (1993), $30.0 millionThe Guardian (1990), $17.0 millionRevenge (1990), $15.6 millionThe Man (2005), $13.5 millionDeepStar Six (1989), $8.1 millionJustice League: The New Frontier (2008), $5.2 millionTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), $4.2 millionSunshine State (2002), $3.4 millionThe Man Who Wasn't There (1983), $2.4 millionSilver City (2004), $1.4 millionThe Night Flier (1997), $125,397

$131 millionfrom the other 12 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total