Michael Papajohn

Michael Papajohn is an American character actor, stuntman and former college baseball player for the LSU Tigers baseball team. He played Dennis Carradine in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

Early life Papajohn was born and raised in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, to a Greek American family. He graduated from Vestavia Hills High School in 1983 and went on to play for two years at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft. Instead of signing a contract, he accepted a baseball scholarship to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

College career Nicknamed “Poppy”, Papajohn was an outfielder for Skip Bertman's LSU Tigers. He was named to the Southeastern Conference's 1986 baseball tournament All-Tournament Team. Papajohn, along with teammates Mark Guthrie, Joey Belle, Jeff Reboulet, Jeff Yurtin, Jack Voigt and Barry Manuel, helped LSU make its first appearance in the College World Series in 1986.

Acting career Papajohn got his start in acting while he was a student at Louisiana State University. Already an athlete, he was hired to be a stunt performer in the film Everybody's All-American which was being filmed on the campus of LSU and featured football action sequences filmed during LSU football games in Tiger Stadium. From there he moved on to being a stunt performer in films such as Money Talks and Starship Troopers and acting in films like Predator 2, For Love of the Game, where he plays New York Yankees slugger Sam Tuttle, and Spider-Man and Spider-Man 3, in which he plays Dennis Carradine, the robber that was thought to have killed Uncle Ben with a pistol; Papajohn also makes a cameo appearance as a different character in the film series' reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. He has also starred in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Terminator Salvation, S.W.A.T., Land of the Lost, G-Force in 2009,The Assault and Jeepers Creepers 3 in 2017.

Filmography

1988: Everybody's All-American as Unknown 1990: Predator 2 as Subway Gang 1991: The Last Boy Scout as Hitman 1992: The Babe as Heckler 1992: Mr. Baseball as Rick 1994: Little Big League as Tucker Kain 1995: Dominion as John 1995: The Indian in the Cupboard as a Cardassian 1995: Wild Bill as Extra (uncredited) 1996: Naked Souls as Driver 1996: Eraser as CIA Agent Schiffer 1997: Spawn as Glen, Zack's Dad 1998: My Giant as Tough Guy #1 1998: The Waterboy as Unknown 1999: Inferno as Creep 1999: For Love of the Game as Sam Tuttle 2000: Charlie's Angels as Bathroom Thug 2000: The Patriot of America as Payne (voice) 2001: The Animal as Patrolman Brady 2001: Rustin as Trent Cotee 2002: Whacked as Shannon 2002: Spider-Man as Carjacker 2002: The Hot Chick as Security Guard 2003: A Man Apart as Fake Uniformed Cop (uncredited) 2003: Hulk as Technician #5 2003: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Paramedic #1 2003: S.W.A.T. as Bistro Gangster #3 2003: House of Sand and Fog as Carpenter 2004: The Last Shot as Ed Rossi Jr. 2005: The Longest Yard as Guard Papajohn 2005: Domino as Cigliutti Goon (uncredited) 2006: Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector as Diner Manager 2006: How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Man at Table 2007: Spider-Man 3 as Dennis Carradine/Carjacker 2007: Delta Farce as Bill's Neighbor 2007: Live Free or Die Hard as Gabriel's Henchman (uncredited) 2007: I Know Who Killed Me as Jacob K. / Joseph K. 2008: Superhero Movie as Robber, 'Gimme Your Wallet' 2008: Yes Man as Security Guard (uncredited) 2009: Terminator Salvation as Carnahan 2009: Land of the Lost as Astronaut (uncredited) 2009: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Colin 'Cal' Banes 2009: G-Force as FBI Techie 2010: Jonah Hex as Saber Guard 2010: The Assault as Pillot 2011: Drive Angry as Tattooed Cult Member 2011: The Hit List as FBI Special Agent Drake Ford 2012: This Means War as German Goon 2012: For the Love of Money as Little Guy 2012: The Amazing Spider-Man as Alfie (uncredited) 2012: The Dark Knight Rises as Prison Guard (uncredited) 2012: The Bourne Legacy as CIA Agent Larry 2012: Gangster Squad as Mike 'The Flea' 2013: Pawn Shop Chronicles as Spectator #1 2013: Bering Sea Beast as Jonas 2013: Escape Plan as Prisoner Beaten by Breslin 2013: Homefront as Hitman #4 2013–2015: Banshee as Delmont Munson, Bald Thug 2014: Devil's Due as Officer Miska 2014: Rage as Vory 2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Cannon-Gunner 2014: Get On Up as 1949 Cop 2014: Nightcrawler as Security Guard 2014: Selma as Major John Cloud 2015: Wild Card as Pit Boss 2015: Jurassic World as InGen Contractor 2015: American Ultra as Otis 2015: Nocturna as Lonny 2016: My Many Sons as Pete's Dad 2016: Cold Moon as Ed Gieger 2016: Ozark Sharks as Rick 2016: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back as DC Policeman at Restaurant 2016: Live by Night as Maso's Crew (uncredited) 2017: Reborn as Dyson 2017: Vengeance: A Love Story as J.J. Breen 2017: Jeepers Creepers 3 as Frank 2019: Welcome to Acapulco as Apex 2019: Black and Blue as Sergeant Leader 2020: Walkaway Walk as Coach Manny 2020: Unhinged as Homer 2023: Big George Foreman as Officer Dell 2023: The Iron Claw as Olympic Coach 2024: Madame Web as The Burglar (uncredited) 2025: On the Grid as Sheriff