Michael Weatherly

Overview

Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. was born on July 8, 1968 in New York City, to Patricia Ruth (Hetherington) and Michael Manning Weatherly, Sr. Raised in Fairfield, CT, he left college to pursue a career in acting. He also had a great passion for music, and played in a band while pursuing his acting career. He began acting professionally and landed his first job as Theo Huxtable's roommate on The Cosby Show (1984) and a role in the independent film Trigger Happy (2001) opposite Rosario Dawson. This led to numerous guest spots on television and brought him to Los Angeles, where he landed a regular role in the FOX series Significant Others (1998). He met director Whit Stillman, who cast him in The Last Days of Disco (1998) opposite Chloë Sevigny. Michael also starred as Christina Applegate's ex-husband on the series Jesse (1998) and had roles in The Specials (2000) opposite Rob Lowe, Venus and Mars (2001) opposite Lynn Redgrave and Gun Shy (2000) opposite Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock.

In 1995 he married actress Amelia Heinle, who appeared with him in The City (1995) and Loving (1983). Unfortunately, their marriage ended in divorce in 1997, despite the birth of their son August in 1996. Michael resides in Los Angeles. Weatherly married internist Dr. Bojana Jankovic on September 30, 2009. The couple live in Los Angeles with their two children, a daughter Olivia, and a son Liam.
- IMDb mini biography by: eyesonly@mynock.com (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)

Had a falling out with his father and was disinherited from the family fortune when he told his parents he was going into acting professionally. The falling out and disinheritance were written into the background of his character Anthony DiNozzo on NCIS.
Son of Michael Manning Weatherly, Sr., who made millions as the American importer of the Swiss Army Knife, and Patricia, a hospital administrator.
Played Robert Wagner in The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004). Robert Wagner plays Michael's character's father on NCIS (2003).
When NCIS (2003), in which he stars, wanted to release a soundtrack, they invited him to record a song. He recorded "Bitter and Blue". The success of the song led to Michael recording several more songs, including "Pretty Baby", "All Fall Apart", "Lovlihead", and "Suffer for Me".
Was engaged to Dark Angel (2000) co-star Jessica Alba. In a 2008 interview with Elle Magazine, Alba called Weatherly her "first love" and heavily hinted that she lost her virginity to him.

[on his wife Bojana] I found the supermodel doctor who likes to cook. I'm the luckiest guy in the world, right?
I was fresh out of drama school and had no idea what I was doing. They hustled me along and Bill Cosby tolerated my rookie behavior. It was great. Once you have 'The Cosby Show' on your resume, you can keep going.