Biografi
Michael Rothhaar has been a professional actor since 1975 and a theatre director since 1985. In 1997, he received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and the Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in Ardèle, as well as a Drama Logue Award for Direction of Mrs. Warren's Profession, both staged at Pacific Resident Theatre. His acting credits include Broadway appearances in The Front Page and The Corn Is Green; feature films such as The Nutty Professor and Space Jam; Off-Broadway productions like Frankenstein and Brand; performances with the San Francisco company of The Foreigner; the Los Angeles company of Shear Madness; the Geffen's production of Uncle Vanya; and the American premiere of Dog Days, written and directed by Simon Gray. He has also worked at The Mark Taper Forum, covering in Expecting Isabel.
On television, Rothhaar has appeared in numerous series including Family Law (recurring as Judge Prentiss), Ally McBeal, Arliss, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Murder One, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Murphy Brown, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, L.A. Law, Civil Wars, Picket Fences, Step By Step, Hudson Street, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Married... With Children, Snoops, and Love and War.
His regional theatre work features notable performances in Sleuth and Charley's Aunt at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Tempest, and The Andersonville Trial at Meadow Brook Theatre in Michigan; Terra Nova at the Washington Stage Guild in Washington, D.C.; Candida and Bedroom Farce at Maryland's Olney Theatre; and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award-winning production of The Visit at Pacific Resident Theatre.
Throughout his career, Rothhaar has collaborated with esteemed directors such as Tony Award-winners Jerry Zaks and Vivian Matalon, acclaimed director Michael Langham, and renowned English playwright Simon Gray. He has shared the stage with distinguished actors including John Lithgow, Richard Thomas, Imogene Coca, Wallace Shawn, René Auberjonois, Dennis Franz, Kathleen Quinlan, Eddie Murphy, Robert Foxworth, Dixie Carter, Peter Donat, Ray Walston, Peter Gallagher, Brent Spiner, Cicely Tyson, Orson Bean, Alley Mills, Tony Danza, Mariel Hemingway, Alan King, John Astin, Louie Anderson, and Michael Jordan.
From 1987 to 1992, Rothhaar served as Artistic Director of Pennsylvania's Allenberry Playhouse, where he directed 40 productions, including Lettice and Lovage, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Agnes of God, The Foreigner, Blithe Spirit, Driving Miss Daisy, The Miracle Worker, Steel Magnolias, Broadway Bound, The Diary of Anne Frank, Lend Me a Tenor, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, and My Fair Lady. Additional directing credits include Otherwise Engaged, Candida, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Waiting for Godot, The Private Ear, and Macbeth... According to the Fifth Grade at Pacific Resident Theatre; Mrs. Warren's Profession and The Millionairess at the Washington Stage Guild; and the 1994 southern California tour of Sleuth.
Michael Rothhaar is the father of Will Rothhaar, an accomplished actor, and the stepfather of Charles F. Linehan, who is soon to become an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan.
