- Born
- Birth nameRaymond Peter O'Keefe Jr.
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Michael O'Keefe is an American actor, known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, Ben Meechum in The Great Santini, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Darryl Palmer in the Neil Simon movie The Slugger's Wife. He also appeared as Fred on the television sitcom Roseanne from 1993 to 1995.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpousesEmily Donahoe(September 18, 2011 - present) (1 child)Bonnie Raitt(April 27, 1991 - 2000) (divorced)
- Has written lyrics for a number of songs and artists, including two for his ex-wife Bonnie Raitt, one of which, "Longing in Their Hearts," won a Grammy for Raitt. The other song was from Raitt's "Luck of the Draw" album and was entitled "One Part be My Lover."
- Alumnus of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1974.
- Tends to play athletes in movies: he's a basketball player in The Great Santini (1979), a golfer in Caddyshack (1980), a gymnast in Split Image (1982), and a baseball player in The Slugger's Wife (1985).
- While at Mamaroneck High School Michael was cast in The Fantastics at a young age. An old HS friend cast him against Terry Davis as Matt and Luisa. Shortly after High School he attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC and was cast in a Crest Commercial.
- He is of Irish, and a smaller amount of French-Canadian, ancestry.
- A lot of us go back into theater because you learn so much on the journey.
- Making 'Caddyshack' was like an exercise in controlled chaos.
- The cool thing about doing a play is that the final interpretation of a piece is turned over to the actors.
- Directors, writers, and actors are interested in making movies with me. Producers and movie studio people are not interested in me as they are in Kevin Costner or Tom Cruise. That's just the fact of the matter.
- Five Easy Pieces' got to me pretty good. I remember seeing it and thinking, 'That is so cool. I would love to be able to do that.
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