Biography
Three-foot-seven-inch actor best known for his work with David Lynch as the creepy "Man From Another Place" who talks backward on Lynch's cult soap opera "Twin Peaks" (1990-91). Previously Anderson had appeared in Lynch's multi-media theater piece Industrial Symphony No. 1" (1989) and was the subject of an award-winning documentary portrait, "Little Mike: A Videoportrait of Michael Anderson" (1985) for which he wrote and performed the song …
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Career Milestones
1999 | Reunited with Lynch for a role in the ABC pilot "Mulholland Drive"; when network passed on the series, Lynch shot additional footage and crafted a feature film; premiered at Cannes in 2001 where it shared the Best Director prize; released theatrically in 2001 | |
1999 | Was associate producer and co-star of "Minimum Wage" | |
1997 | Had supporting role in "Warriors of Virtue" | |
1991 | Played Jewel-Box Bearer in feature film, "Mannequin Two: On the Move" | |
| Sang own material in "Lacazar de Paree" on Broadway | ||
1986 | Feature film acting debut in dual role of Fritz and the King in "The Great Land of Small" | |
| Cast in MTV video magazine, "Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes" and appeared in such music videos as Mick Jagger's "Let's Work", Yoko Ono's "Hell In Paradise", Bruce Spingsteen's "Tunnel of Love", Robert Palmer's "You Look Like a Woman" and the Alan Parsons Project's "Stereotomy" (date approximate) | ||
1986 | Quit his corporate job and moved to New York | |
1985 | Was the subject of documentary film, "Little Mike: A Videoportrait of Michael Anderson" | |
| Served as troubleshooter for Martin Marietta Corporation's NASA computer systems for four years in the mid-1980s | ||
| Spent a decade driving from town to town, living in his car and playing guitar and singing on street corners to earn living | ||
| Developed ability to speak backwards in high school | ||
| Began composing music at an early age | ||