Michael Raymond-James is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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. He is best known for playing Rene Lenier in the first season of HBO's series True Blood

True Blood

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and Britt Pollack on FX

FX

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's series Terriers

Terriers (TV series)

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.

Career

Michael started out doing theater and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute

Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute

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 in New York, with George Loros, Jeffery Horn and Robert Castle.

He has starred in Craig Brewer

Craig Brewer

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's Black Snake Moan. He has also guest starred in such series as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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, NCIS

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, Medium

Medium (TV series)

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, Boston Legal

Boston Legal

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, ER

ER (TV series)

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and the season two premiere of Lie to Me

Lie to Me (TV series)

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. He starred in the FX original series Terriers

Terriers (TV series)

Terriers is an American crime comedy-drama television series created by Ted Griffin for FX. It premiered on September 8, 2010. The show was canceled by FX on December 6, 2010 after the first season.-Premise:...

 which was canceled by FX on December 6, 2010 after the first season.

Partial filmography

• Law & Order: SVU (2011)
• The Twenty (2010)
• Terriers
  Terriers (TV series)
  Terriers is an American crime comedy-drama television series created by Ted Griffin for FX. It premiered on September 8, 2010. The show was canceled by FX on December 6, 2010 after the first season.-Premise:...
  
  (2010) (US TV)
• True Blood
  True Blood
  True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
  
  (2008) (US TV)
• Black Snake Moan (2006)

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