Muse Watson
Biography
Muse Watson is an American actor who was born and raised in Alexandria, Louisiana. He became interested in acting at Berea College, where he played Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, then toured in Man of La Mancha and Promises, Promises, and later worked in manufacturing in Tennessee. He calls Something to Talk About (1995) his breakout role. His most familiar parts include the recurring television roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland on Prison Break, along with Ben Willis, the killer he played in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) featured him as the vampire C. W. Niles. He was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award in 2002, and won best actor at the Trail Dance Film Festival in 2011, for A Christmas Snow (2010).
78years old
Turns 79 on July 20in 280 days
- Born Alexandria
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 27 years1989 to 2016
First and latest
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A change of course
Watson spent seven years at Pathway Bellows, then relocated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he worked as a manufacturing representative and still found time for auditions and plays.
Early training
Watson became interested in acting at Berea College, where he scored the role of Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, then left to tour in Man of La Mancha and Promises, Promises.
A change of course
While he lived in Chattanooga, Watson was hired for extras casting on King Kong Lives. He became a Teamster and built his own truck fleet, which he rented out to East Coast productions.
Own stunts
Watson handled the bulk of his own stunts for I Know What You Did Last Summer, and one of them was a very long sequence underwater.
Big break
Watson said his "breakout role" was in the film Something to Talk About. After that and a guest appearance on Matlock, he relocated to Los Angeles, where Marion Dougherty helped him get an agent.
About the name
Muse Watson was credited as Robert Gravel before he took his current name. As Gravel, he did stunt driving for Steel Magnolias and Mississippi Burning.
Muse Watson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tracy Trost directed two of these films. Mark Boone Junior 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
Mark Boone Junior's page
Robert Patrick's page
Jeffrey Combs's page
John Hawkes's page
Jennifer Love Hewitt's page
Freddie Prinze Jr.'s page
Tracy TrostDirector, 2 films, 2010
All films by Tracy Trost
Also two films together5 more actors
- Donna BiscoeDead Birds (2005) and Frankenfish (2004)
- Wallace MerckWhite Lightnin' (2009) and Black Rainbow (1989)
- John BennesI Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Black Rainbow (1989)
- Deborah HobartI Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Something to Talk About (1995)
- Cameron Ten NapelA Christmas Snow (2010) and The Lamp (2010)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Muse Watson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$810 million
11 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$312M38.5% of the total
- 2$140M17.3% of the total
- 3$126M15.5% of the total
- 4$84M10.4% of the total
- 5$77M9.5% of the total
- 6$30M3.7% of the total
- 7$15M1.9% of the total
- 8$13M1.6% of the total
$12.1 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total