Michael Raynor

Michael Raynor is an American actor, director and writer. He is best known for his role as Joseph Morgan in ER, Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden in From the Earth to the Moon, Mick in the movie A Brother's Kiss and Frank in the movie Federal Hill.

Early life Raynor met and became best friends with Nick Chinlund, who was later his co-star in the movie A Brother's Kiss. Off-Broadway.

Raynor's film credits include leads in Shadow Boxing (1993), The Waiting Game (1999) (with Will Arnett), Tripfall (2000) (opposite Eric Roberts and John Ritter), The Reunion (1998), The First Man (1996) (opposite Leslie Ann Warren and Heather Graham), A Brother's Kiss (1997) (with Cathy Moriarty, Rosie Perez and John Leguizamo), Federal Hill (1994) (Deauville Film Festival Winner, Critics Award and Audience Award) as well as Allison Eastwood's, Rails & Ties (2007), The Pavilion (2004), Sonic Impact (2000) (with Ice-T), The Taxman (1998) (with Joe Pantoliano and Michael Chiklis), Mike Nichols’ Wolf (1994), The Advocate (2013) and For the Love of Money (2012).

His television work includes From the Earth to the Moon (as Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden), Bella Mafia (opposite Jennifer Tilly), and In The Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (opposite Nicholas Turturro, Adam Arkin and Melissa Leo), as well as guest starring roles on Criminal Minds, Castle, Southland, Law & Order: LA, Cold Case, CSI, ER, Law & Order, Shark, NYPD Blue, Brooklyn South, Brimstone, Everybody Hates Chris, and My Own Worst Enemy.

Notable work

Who Is Floyd Stearn? was originally developed with Mark Travis. The New York Times called Who Is Floyd Stearn? “the best family confessional play they’ve seen” and The New York Post named Raynor to a "2005 Galaxy of New Stars" list after the Off-Broadway run produced by his childhood friend, Rick Waxman.

The JewishJournal.com wrote an article about Who is Floyd Stearn? which painted a picture of the emotional turmoil Raynor has faced while dealing with his father's absence.

Howard Stern was so moved by the production, he wrote Raynor and talked about his own relationship with his father.

Filmography

Film

Television