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Michael Q. Schmidt
Born
Michael Quentin Schmidt
Years active2001 -
WebsiteMQSchmidt.com
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Michael Quentin Schmidt (born April 20, 1953) is an American actor and fine arts model.

Life

Born in Whittier, California, He was the sixth child born to Marie Slyker Schmidt and Fred W. Schmidt. His father was an electronic engineer in the aerospace industry and mother a dietician and advertising salesperson. Raised in Whittier until he was 12, he has seven siblings, Barbara, Frederick III, Roderick, Robert, David, Patricia, and Diane. His being the fifth son led to his middle name Quentin. The family moved to Orange County in 1966 and Michael attended El Dorado High School in Placentia, California and then California State College, Fullerton, California.

Career

Michael first began modeling in 1996 for Fullerton College. By the end of the year he was also working with artists at California State University, Fullerton, California. By 1998 he was modeling for all the major colleges and universities in Orange County and in 1999 began working for Pasadena's Art Center College of Design. In in early 2000 an art director from Sony contacted Artcenter searching for a very specific physical type to be the basis for a very specialized character in an upcoming film and Michael was brought in to work on 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. He was converted by the CGI artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks Studios into the looming and rather dimwitted fairytale creature of The Mountain Troll. His continued work for Sony led to his working with artists at Disney Film, Disney Television, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon Studios, and the American Animation Guild. [1]

He began more serious acting in 2003, and has been in over 200 film and television projects[2], garnering over 90 IMDB credits[3]. His first featured role was in Cranium Candy Entertainment's [1] "Naked Shadows"[2], filmed in 2003 and released in 2006. Writer/director Kirk Bowman [3] saw great potential in him and kept adding to Michael's character of "Mort the Landlord", turning the original screenplay concept of Mort being a funny but forgettable background player into Mort being the major comedy relief of the film. Michael's next lead roles were in "Flesh Pit" (2004)[4], "Skeletons in the Closet" (2005) [5], and his having multiple roles in "The Three Trials" (2006)[6][4][5][6].

Michael finds ways to share of himself with as large an audience as possible. In June 2007 he appeared on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live as the model in a segment where Aunt Chippy and Uncle Frank learned to draw nude models [7]. In 2003 he began an ongoing series of live appearances as a model for Let's Paint TV, an interactive call-in television show[7] where multi-tasking host & artist John Kilduff[8] instructs on painting while simultaneously running on a treadmill, preparing food or drink[8], and fielding uncensored phone calls[9]. Michael brings inspiration and raised eyebrows when he poses (barely) costumed as the Devil, or a biblical Adam, or as Cupid, or as Nero, or as Bacchus. Most memorable among his episodes of LPTV were the ones in November of 2006 when he posed artistically nude while Kilduff stuffed a chicken [10] [11].

More recently, Michael performed in August 2007 at The Troubadour[12] in Hollywood as part of a live performance called "Muscle's for Bones" which featured Weird Al Yankovic and which was hosted by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. Michael reprised the unabashed (and this time totally uncensored) "Raise My Roof" dance performance he originally shared on the April 8, 2007 "Hamburger" episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. His performance at the Troubadour was so well received that he was asked to bring his shameless enthusiasm to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas as part of The Comedy Festival in November 2007 in order to perform the dance as part of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Live in Vegas". [9] [13]

Partial filmography

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A barbarian king
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Beer security guard
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Various characters
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Tom Goes to the Mayor behind the scenes: Michael as Joy Peters in Season 1, episode 12: "Rebirth"
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on set of film "Your Name Here" with Bill Pullman and Richard Riehle

Partial television

  • National Lampoon Network's Master Debaters (2003)
    • Master Debators (#1.1) (2003)
  • Let's Paint TV (2001-2007)[41]
    • Multiple episodes (2003-2007)
    • Portrait of the Devil: Part 1 (19 November 2003)
    • Portrait of the Devil: Part 2 (26 November 2003)
    • Portrait of Adam and Eve: Part 1 (11 December 2003)
    • Portrait of Adam and Eve: Part 2 (18 December 2003)
    • Portrait of Aphrodite and Eros (Venus and Cupid): Part 1 (2 February 2004)
    • Portrait of Aphrodite and Eros (Venus and Cupid): Part 2 (11 February 2004)
    • Let's Paint Mythology: Part 1 Nero (20 February 2006)
    • Let's Paint Mythology: Part 2 Bacchus (27 February 2006)
    • Let's Paint, Exercise, and Dress a Chicken!: Part 1 (11 November 2006)
    • Let's Paint, Exercise, and Dress a Chicken!: Part 2 (18 November 2006)
  • Mysterious Worlds (2003-2007)
    • Salida Massacre (2004)
  • Girls Behaving Badly (2003-2004)
    • Type Dirty to Me (#3.3)" (2004)
  • Distraction (2005-2006)
    • Naked Sports Event #(1.5) (2005)
    • First Nudist Phonebooth (#1.13) (2005)
    • Fourth Nudist Phonebooth (#2.14) (2006)
    • Third Nudist Phonebooth (#2.8) (2006)
    • Second Nudist Turtable) (#2.13) (2006)
  • Tom Goes To The Mayor (28 episodes) (2004-2006) [42]
    • Bear Traps (#1.1) (14 November 2004)
    • Toodle Day (#1.4) (12 December 2004)
    • Rats Off to Ya (#1.5) (19 December 2004)
    • Porcelain Birds (#1.6) (17 April 2005)
    • Vehicular Manslaughter (#1.7) (24 April 2005)
    • Boy Meets Mayor (#1.8) (1 May 2005)
    • Calcucorn (#1.9) (8 May 2005)
    • Gibbons (#1.10) (15 May 2005)
    • Pipe Camp (#1.11) (22 May 2005)
    • Rebirth (#1.12) (5 June 2005)
    • Vice Mayor (#1.13) (12 June 2005)
    • A Look Behind the Scenes (#1.14) (12 June 2005)
    • My Big Cups (#2.1) (4 June 2006)
    • Saxman (#2.6) (10 June 2006)
    • Bass Fest (#2.2) (11 June 2006)
    • Jeffy the Sea Serpent (#2.3) (19 June 2006)
    • White Collarless (#2.4) (26 June 2006)
    • Wrestling (#2.5) (3 July 2006)
    • Spray a Carpet or Rug (#2.7) (17 July 2006)
    • Surprise Party (#2.8) (24 July 2006)
    • C.N.E. (#2.9) (31 July 2006)
    • Zoo Trouble (#2.11) (13 August 2006)
    • The Layover (#2.12) (20 August 2006)
    • Couple's Therapy (#2.13) (28 August 2006)
    • Glass Eyes (#2.14) (4 September 2006)
    • Undercover (#2.15) (11 September 2006)
    • Puddins (#2.16) (18 September 2006)
    • Joy's Ex (#2.17) (24 September 2006)
  • Showtime, Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
    • Hair (#3.8) (2005)
  • Totally Busted (2005)
    • Megalor (#3.4)
  • North Mission Road (2003-2007)
    • Hells Angels Mystery (#3.3) (2005)
  • Untold Stories of the E.R. (2005-2007)
    • Exorcism in the E.R. (2005)
    • Say Your Prayers (#3.3) (2005)
  • Fresh Baked Video Games (2006)
    • Counterfire: Battlefront 2 (#1.4) )2006)
  • Attack of the Show
    • Tony Hale, XXL Games (2006)
  • José Luis sin censura (2001-2007) [43]
  • Fear Files (2006)
    • Zombies (#1.1) (2006)
  • The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (2006-2007)
    • Christmas with the Dickinsons (#2.0) (2006)
  • Designing Your Future (2007) [44]
    • Art Models (#1.17) (2007)
  • Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
    • Abstinence (#1.7) (2007)
    • Anniversary (#1.9) (2007)
    • Hamburger (#1.8) (2007)
    • Missing (#1.10) (2007)
    • Live in Vegas (#2.0) (2007
  • Pants-Off Dance-Off (2006)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live (2005-2007)
    • Aunt Chippy and Uncle Frank Learn to Draw (2007)
  • Lindsay Fully Loaded (2007) [45]
  • Sunset Tan (2007)
  • Reno 911 (2003-2007)
    • (various characters in season 5)
  • Praise the Lord (1973-2007) [46]
    • Carman's Reality Check (2007)

Music videos

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References

  1. ^ modeling resume on actor's official website
  2. ^ Projects List on actor's official website
  3. ^ IMDB Filmography for Michael Q. Schmidt
  4. ^ Twitch Films: Update on Randy Greif's THE THREE TRIALS
  5. ^ Pulp Movies: Review of "The Three Trials"
  6. ^ Horror Movies Database: About The Three Trials
  7. ^ Pressbox.co.uk: Let's Paint TV celebrates 6th anniversary
  8. ^ Reuters: Multitasking artist shows how to do it all
  9. ^ LA Weekly: The joy of painting Saddam
  10. ^ MetaFilter: Let's Paint and Exercise TV
  11. ^ Meathous: Let’s Paint, Exercise, and Make Blended Drinks
  12. ^ Troubadour events for August 2007
  13. ^ Tim and Eric website
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