Michael Weston

Michael Weston (born Michael Rubinstein, October 25, 1973) is an American television and film actor. His best-known roles are the private detective Lucas Douglas in House, the deranged and sadistic kidnapper Jake in Six Feet Under, and Private Brian Dancer in Scrubs, as well as Harry Houdini in Houdini & Doyle.

Early life Michael Rubinstein was born in New York City, the son of actors John Rubinstein and Judi West. His paternal grandfather was Polish-Jewish piano virtuoso Arthur Rubinstein. He is also the great-grandson of Polish conductor Emil Młynarski, the founding conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and principal conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Acting career Weston holds a degree in Theater and Arts from Northwestern University, and in 2000 he changed his surname to "Weston" as there was already a "Michael Rubinstein" in the Screen Actors Guild. Weston is a good friend and former roommate of actor Zach Braff and has appeared in several features with him; including Getting to Know You (1999), Garden State, Wish I Was Here and The Last Kiss, and in a multi-episode arc as an injured soldier on Braff's television show Scrubs. Weston has also appeared as Simon Marsden, Olivia Benson's half-brother on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Series creator David Shore planned a spinoff show with Weston's character as the lead in 2008, but the show never went into production.

Weston appeared in the Gerard Butler action film Gamer in 2009. He made a guest appearance on White Collar and Burn Notice (in which the main character, Michael Westen, has a name very similar to his). In 2012, he starred in the A&E television movie Coma.

In 2016, he appeared as Harry Houdini in Houdini & Doyle.

Personal life Weston has been married to musician Priscilla Ahn since 2010.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Getting to Know You Jimmy 2000 Coyote Ugly Danny Sally Bugs Credited as Michael Rubinstein Lucky Numbers Larry Cherry Falls Ben 2002 Wishcraft Brett Bumpers Hart's War Pfc. W. Roy Potts Evil Alien Conquerors Kenny 2004 Helter Skelter Bobby Beausoleil Television movie Garden State Kenny 2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Deputy Enos Strate 2006 The Last Kiss Izzy 2007 Wedding Daze Ted 2008 Pathology Dr. Gallo 2009 State of Play Hank Crank: High Voltage Paramedic Gamer The producer 2010 Love, Wedding, Marriage Gerber 2011 The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Jim 2012 Liberal Arts Miles 2013 Expecting Casey 2014 Wish I Was Here Jerry 2015 See You in Valhalla Don Burwood Gravy Anson 2017 The Mad Whale Tobias 2018 Speed Kills Shelly Katz 2020 Adam Ross

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Night Man Episode: 1.17 "Chrome II" 2003 Frasier Ice Sculptor Episode: 10.14 "Daphne Does Dinner" 2004 Monk Morris Episode: 3.7 "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month" 2004–2005 Six Feet Under Jake Episodes: 4.5 "That's My Dog" 4.8 "Coming And Going" 4.12 "Untitled" 5.10 "All Alone" 2006 ER Rafe Hendricks Episodes: 12.22 "Twenty-One Guns" 13.1 "Bloodline" 2006 Saved Tim Reston Episode: 1.2 "The Lady & the Tiger" 2007, 2014 Psych Counselor Adam Hornstock Episode: 1.12 "Cloudy...Chance of Murder" 8.3 "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement" 2007 Scrubs Private Brian Dancer Episodes: 6.7 "His Story IV" 6.9 "My Perspective" 6.10 "My Therapeutic Month" 6.12 "My Fishbowl" 2007, 2012, 2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Simon Marsden Episodes: 8.13 "Loophole" 8.16 "Philadelphia" 8.19 "Florida" 8.22 "Screwed" 13.16 "Child’s Welfare" 21.6 "Murdered at a Bad Address" 2008–2010 House Lucas Douglas Episodes: 5.2 "Not Cancer" 5.3 "Adverse Events" 5.5 "Lucky Thirteen" 6.7 "Known Unknowns" 6.8 "Teamwork" 6.9 "Ignorance Is Bliss" 6.12 "Remorse" (cameo) 6.13 "Moving the Chains" 6.14 "5 to 9" 6.18 "Knight Fall" 2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Ryan Morton; Tripp Linson; Carsten Episode: 9.15 "Kill Me If You Can" 2009 NCIS: Los Angeles LAPD Detective John Quinn Episode: 3.10 "The Debt" 2009 Supernatural (young) Charlie Episode: 4.12 "Criss Angel Is a Douchebag" 2009 Burn Notice Spencer Episode: 3.5 "Signals and Codes" 2010 The Good Guys Carson Episode: 1.17 "The Getaway" 2011 CSI: NY Frank Waters Episode: 8.9 "Means to an End" 2012 White Collar David Cook Episode: 4.3 "Diminishing Returns" 2012 Coma Peter Arno 4 hour TV movie Based on the 1977 novel by Robin Cook 2013 The Office Roger Episode: 9.16 "Moving On" 2014 Those Who Kill Space Cowboy Episodes: 1.8 "Insomnia" 1.9 "Untethered" 1.10 "Surrender" 2015 Elementary Oscar Episodes: 3.16 "For All You Know" 3.24 "A Controlled Descent" 2016 Houdini & Doyle Harry Houdini Season 1 2017 Rosewood Owen Panitch Episode: 2.10 "Bacterium & the Brothers Panitch" 2017 Hawaii Five-0 Oliver Mathus Episode: "Mohala I Ka Wai Ka Maka O Ka Pua" 2018–2019 The Resident Gordon Page Season 2 2019 Into the Dark Lonnie Episode: "Treehouse" 2020–2021 Home Before Dark Frank Briggs Jr. Main Role 2026 "Grey's Anatomy" Quinn Durston Episode: "Take Me to the River"