Michael Costello is an American actor best remembered for playing the role of Secretary General McGath on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

's seaQuest DSV

SeaQuest DSV

seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...

, and was a star on the educational PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

 series The Real Adventures of Sherlock Jones and Proctor Watson.

Biography

Michael Costello has over the years been in films, theater, and TV as an actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, director, and writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

. In addition, he has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...

, The University of Texas, and St. Edwards University. He is currently the head of the Acting Department at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.

Filmography

Actor

• Friday Night Lights
  Friday Night Lights (TV series)
  Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series adapted by Peter Berg, Brian Grazer and David Nevins from a book and film of the same name. The series details events surrounding a high school football team based in fictional Dillon, Texas, with particular focus given to team...
  
   (TV) (Eyes Wide Open) (2006) .... Dr. Kroll
• Dogs Bark (2002) .... Dr. Dick Mason
• American Outlaws
  American Outlaws
  American Outlaws is a 2001 Western film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, and Ali Larter.-Plot:The southern army is trying to track down the Yankee army during the civil war...
  
   (2001) .... Senator
• Conquest: Frontier Wars
  Conquest: Frontier Wars
  Conquest: Frontier Wars is a real-time strategy engine released in 2001 by Ubisoft and Fever Pitch Studios. The bulk of the development was done at Digital Anvil in Austin, Texas, a startup developer originally owned by Chris Roberts.-Gameplay:...
  
   (VG) (2001) (voice) .... Warlod, Oxidator, Halsey (as Mike Costello)
• Walker, Texas Ranger
  Walker, Texas Ranger
  Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full...
  
   (TV) (6 episodes) (1996–2001)
• Natural Selection
  Natural Selection (film)
  Natural Selection is a 2011 comedy-drama film written and directed by Robbie Pickering. It stars Rachael Harris, Matt O'Leary, John Diehl, and Jon Gries. The film was accepted by South by Southwest for the 2011 Narrative Feature Competition. - Synopsis :...
  
   (1999) .... David Haltner
• To Live Again (TV) (1998) .... D.A. Vic LeBlanc
• The Cape (TV) (Pilot) (1996).... NASA Official #1
• seaQuest DSV
  SeaQuest DSV
  seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...
  
   .... Secretary General McGath
• Second Noah
  Second Noah
  Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997-Premise:...
  
   (TV) (The Good Samaritan) (1996) .... Peter
• Pointman
  Pointman
  Pointman is a TV movie pilot and TV series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network in 1994 to 1995. The premise is the main character is framed and convicted of fraud while he was an investment banker...
  
   (TV) (The Jumper) (1995) .... Peter
• Fortune Hunter (TV) (Millennium) .... Emcee
• That Night
  That Night
  That Night is a 1992 romantic drama film written and directed by Craig Bolotin, and starring C. Thomas Howell and Juliette Lewis. It is based on the novel of the same name by Alice McDermott....
  
   (1992) .... Don O'Connor
• Toy Soldiers (1991) .... Angry Parent
• Ironclads
  Ironclads (film)
  Ironclads is a 1991 made-for-television movie produced by Ted Turner's TNT company about the events behind the creation of the CSS Virginia from the remains of the USS Merrimack and the battle between the Virginia and the USS Monitor in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862-March 9, 1862...
  
   (1991) (TV) .... Engineer Ramsey
• Heartbreak Hotel
  Heartbreak Hotel (film)
  Heartbreak Hotel is a 1988 comedy film written and directed by Chris Columbus and starring David Keith and Tuesday Weld. Set in 1972, the story deals with one of the many "legends" involving Elvis Presley about his fictional kidnapping, and his subsequent redemption from decadence.The film was...
  
   (1988) .... Doctor Charles Devereux
• D.O.A.
  D.O.A. (1988 film)
  D.O.A. is a 1988 very loose remake of the 1950 film noir of the same name, sharing the same premise but otherwise having a different story and characters....
  
   (1988) .... College President
• Lone Star Kid (1988) (TV)
• Buck James (TV) (Pilot) (1987)
• The Real Adventures of Sherlock Jones and Proctor Watson (TV) (1987)

External links

• Michael Costello The Biz Online
• Official Resume Acclaim Talent Agency