Known best for his intensity and emotional vulnerability, "as convincing in his long slow burns as in his explosions of anger" (Amy Taubin, Village Voice), Michael Rodrick first caught audiences' attention with Tim McCann's independent feature Desolation Angels (Winner, International Critic's Prize, Toronto Film Festival). Michael played the leading role of Nick Adams, a character tortured with jealousy and rage by the date-rape of his girlfriend. The film was presented by directors Jonathan Demme and Barbet Schroeder.
Rodrick followed with the lead role of Ryan in Under Hellgate Bridge. As Ryan, a recovered heroin addict recently released from prison, Rodrick, opposite Sopranos stars Dominick Chianese and Vincent Pastore, gave another strong performance as a character plagued by guilt, frustration, and an overwhelming need for redemption.
Rodrick was raised in Jersey City, NJ, one of four brothers; his father a union carpenter and his mother a legal secretary. Rodrick began acting late in his junior year of high school. He auditioned for the prestigious NJ Governor's School of the Arts for Theatre and was one of twelve to make the cut for the entire state. He received a full scholarship to Catholic University's drama program, one of the oldest in the nation.
Rodrick created the role of Cameron on NBC's Another World. The character grew immensely popular with fans. Alyssa Milano fell for him as a lust possessed officer on Charmed, while Sidney Lumet handpicked him for his pilot episode of 100 Centre Street. In the fall of 2003, Rodrick completed filming of the leading role in Nowhere Man, directed by Tim McCann, his performance has been praised as "relentlessly intense." (LA Times).
As of late, Rodrick has appeared in several Bruckheimer television dramas including the highest-rated Cold Case to date, as a police officer who murders one of his twin children. He recurred as Stokes on Fox's 24, a deadly military operative hell-bent on killing Jack Bauer. He hijacked P. Diddy's yacht on CSI: Miami, ran a ponzi scheme on Without A Trace, and played an erratic gun runner on the series finale of Saving Grace. In 2010, Rodrick appeared as a UFO cult leader for Bones on Fox, lieutenant governor for The Mentalist, and a serial killer running the Boston Marathon on Rizzoli & Isles.
