Mike White
Biography
Mike White is an American actor and filmmaker. Born in Pasadena, California, he created The White Lotus, the HBO satirical comedy anthology series that he writes and directs, and has won three Primetime Emmy Awards for it. He won an Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for Chuck & Buck (2000), which he wrote and starred in. His screenplay credits include School of Rock (2003), and he directed films he wrote, such as Brad's Status (2017). He co-created the HBO series Enlightened and served as its executive producer, writer, director, and actor, and he wrote and produced for Dawson's Creek and Freaks and Geeks. His first directing credit was Year of the Dog, which premiered at Sundance in 2007. He also appeared on reality television, competing on The Amazing Race and finishing as runner-up on Survivor: David vs. Goliath.
56years old
Turns 57 on June 28in 261 days
- Born Pasadena
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Michael Christopher White (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 25 years1997 to 2022
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First role
At the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, White's first turn as a director came with Year of the Dog, a film he wrote himself.
Behind the award
White spent three weeks with the screenwriters of The Emoji Movie helping with the structure of the script, and received a Golden Raspberry Award for the project.
Mike White movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Miguel Arteta directed three of these films, Andrew Mogel two and Jarrad Paul two. Jack Black appears in four 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.
Films together
Jack Black's page
Dermot Mulroney's page
Sam Rockwell's page
Jeffrey Tambor's page
James Marsden's page
Kathryn Hahn's page
Miguel ArtetaDirector, 3 films, 1997 to 2002
All films by Miguel Arteta
Andrew MogelDirector, 2 films, 2015
All films by Andrew Mogel
All films by Jarrad Paul
Also two films together8 more actors
- Jemaine ClementBrad's Status (2017) and Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
- Han SotoBad Bromance (2015) and The D Train (2015)
- Donna DuplantierBad Bromance (2015) and The D Train (2015)
- Henry ZebrowskiBad Bromance (2015) and The D Train (2015)
- Kyle BornheimerBad Bromance (2015) and The D Train (2015)
- Denise WilliamsonBad Bromance (2015) and The D Train (2015)
- Russell PosnerBad Bromance (2015) and The D Train (2015)
- Zak PennChuck & Buck (2000) and Star Maps (1997)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mike White's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$298 million
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$131M44.0% of the total
- 2$102M34.3% of the total
- 3$43M14.5% of the total
- 4$17M5.7% of the total
- 5$2.4M0.8% of the total
- 6$1.2M0.4% of the total
- 7$771K0.3% of the total
- 8$118K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.