"Spin City Spin City is an American television sitcom that aired from September 17, 1996, until April 30, 2002, on ABC. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. Fox departed in 2000 at the conclusion of Season 4 due to his battle with Parkinson's disease, and Charlie Sheen assumed the lead role of Charlie Crawford for the remaining two seasons. The show was cancelled in 2002 due to low ratings. The"
"Thatch in Disney's animated film """". ""Spin City"" ran from 1996 to 2002 on American television network ABC. The show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, originally starring Fox as Mike Flaherty, a Fordham Law School graduate serving as the Deputy Mayor of New York. Fox won an Emmy award for ""Spin City"" in 2000, three Golden Globe Awards in 1998, 1999, and 2000, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1999 and 2000. During the third season of ""Spin City"", Fox made the announcement to the cast and crew of the show that he"
"series presents a fictional local government running New York City and follows its Mayor Randall Winston (Barry Bostwick) and his staff as they run the city, although the main person in charge is Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty (Fox). Mike is excellent at his job, dealing with spin and lies, but not so good with his personal life, which he often neglects. Other members of staff at City Hall include press secretary Paul Lassiter (Richard Kind), the office cheapskate, suck-up, and noted coward, who has a habit of being a loudmouth and is often kept in the dark about things; chief"
"as well as Hulu Plus. Over a decade after the cancellation of ""Family Ties"", Michael J. Fox's final episodes on ""Spin City"" featured numerous allusions to the show. In these episodes, Michael Gross played a therapist for Fox's character Michael Patrick Flaherty and the episode contained a reference to an off-screen character named ""Mallory"". In the episode, after Flaherty becomes an environmental lobbyist in Washington D.C., he meets a ""conservative junior senator named Alex P. Keaton."" Meredith Baxter also portrayed Mike Flaherty's mother, Macy Flaherty, in the episodes ""Family Affair"" (Parts 1 and 2). The cast of ""Family Ties"" publicly"
"""50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time"" list. When Michael J. Fox left his next series, ""Spin City"" a decade after ""Family Ties"", his final episodes as a regular (""Goodbye: Part 1 & 2"", Season 4, Episodes 25 and 26) made numerous allusions to ""Family Ties"". Michael Gross (Alex's father Steven) portrays Michael Patrick Flaherty's (Michael J. Fox) therapist and there is a reference to the therapist's unseen receptionist named ""Mallory"". After Flaherty becomes an environmental lobbyist in Washington, he makes a reference to having met the junior senator from Ohio, Alex P. Keaton. Actress Meredith Baxter, who played Alex"
"Michael Boatman Michael Patrick Boatman (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his roles as New York City mayoral aide Carter Heywood in the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"", as U.S. Army Specialist Samuel Beckett in the ABC drama series ""China Beach"", as 101st Airborne soldier Motown in the Vietnam War movie ""Hamburger Hill"", and as sports agent Stanley Babson in the HBO sitcom ""Arli$$"". Boatman was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Gwendolyn Boatman Pugh, a job supervisor for the handicapped, and Daniel Boatman, an army officer. He was raised in"
"the help of Nike via two auctions, one in Hong Kong and the other in London. Michael J. Fox Michael Andrew Fox (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American actor, author, and film producer with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s. He starred in the ""Back to the Future"" trilogy where he portrayed Marty McFly. Other notable roles have included Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"" (1996–2000) and his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton on the American sitcom ""Family Ties"". He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden"
"Michael J. Fox Michael Andrew Fox (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American actor, author, and film producer with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s. He starred in the ""Back to the Future"" trilogy where he portrayed Marty McFly. Other notable roles have included Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"" (1996–2000) and his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton on the American sitcom ""Family Ties"". He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's"
"and ""El Cortez"". His guest appearances on television include ""NYPD Blue"", ""Quincy"", ""Midnight Caller"", ""Sisters"", """" as Bruno Mannheim, ""JAG"", ""The X-Files"", ""The West Wing"", and """". Weitz portrayed Anthony Zacchara on ""General Hospital"" from 2007-12. Weitz married actress Cecilia Hart in 1971; later divorcing in 1980. Weitz has been married to Vivian Davis since 1986; they have one son. In 2001, Weitz was named honorary mayor of Reseda, Los Angeles. Bruce Weitz Bruce Peter Weitz (born May 27, 1943) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Sgt. Michael ""Mick"" Belker in the NBC"
"Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, he also shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfus, and Richards. From 1996 through 1998, Alexander was nominated in the same two categories, co-winning the ensemble award in 1997 and 1998. In 1999, he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for the last time, but lost to Michael J. Fox for his portrayal of Michael Flaherty on ""Spin City"". In 1992 and 1993, Alexander won the American Comedy"
"Joe Flaherty Joe Flaherty (born June 21, 1941) is an American actor, comedian and voice artist. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy ""SCTV"" from 1976 to 1984 (on which he also served as a writer), and as Harold Weir on ""Freaks and Geeks"". Joseph O'Flaherty was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved to Chicago, where he started his comedy career with the Second City Theater as Joe O'Flaherty. Along with several other Second City performers, he began appearing on the ""National Lampoon Radio Hour"" from 1973 to 1974. After seven years in Chicago, he"
"who portrayed his girlfriend, Ellen. When Fox left the TV series ""Spin City"", his final episodes made numerous allusions to ""Family Ties"": Michael Gross (who played Alex's father Steven) portrays Mike Flaherty's (Fox's character's) therapist, and there is a reference to an off-screen character named ""Mallory"". Also, when Flaherty becomes an environmental lobbyist in Washington, D.C., he meets a conservative senator from Ohio named Alex P. Keaton, and in one episode Meredith Baxter played Mike's mother. As a consequence of working in ""Family Ties"", as well as his acting in ""Teen Wolf"" and ""Back to the Future"", Fox became a"
"Chris Flaherty is a member of the band Idlehurst and owns two vocal and music studios in Sewell, Nj and Woodbury, Nj called Resonance School of Music. Daniel Flaherty Daniel Flaherty (born June 11, 1993) is an American actor, known for his role as Stanley Lucerne on the MTV teen drama series ""Skins"". By the age of 17, Flaherty was already a veteran of the indie-arty short film scene, having acted in Spark, Vacant, The Parade, and Portnoy. He also makes music; Daniel writes songs, sings, and plays guitar in a local New Jersey band. Other hobbies include skateboarding and"
"Chris Noth Christopher David ""Chris"" Noth ( ; born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Mike Logan on ""Law & Order"" (1990–95), Big on ""Sex and the City"" (1998–2004), and Peter Florrick on ""The Good Wife"" (2009–16). He reprised his role of Mike Logan on """" (2005–08), and reprised his role of Mr Big in the films, ""Sex and the City"" (2008) and ""Sex and the City 2"" (2010). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television for ""Sex and the City"" in"
"Paul Giamatti Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor and producer. He first garnered attention for his breakout role in ""Private Parts"" (1997) as Kenny ""Pig Vomit"" Rushton, which led to him playing more supporting roles such as Sergeant Hill in ""Saving Private Ryan"" (1998), Bob Zmuda in ""Man on the Moon"" (1999) and John Maxwell in ""Big Momma's House"" (2000). He won acclaim for his leading roles as Harvey Pekar in ""American Splendor"" (2003), Miles Raymond in ""Sideways"" (2004) and Mike Flaherty in ""Win Win"" (2011) while continuing to play supporting roles, like"
"writers David and Paul Flaherty (the latter being a writer on ""SCTV""). He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He has a son and a daughter: Gudrun Flaherty and Gabriel Flaherty. Celebrities impersonated by Flaherty on SCTV include: Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, William F. Buckley, Jack Klugman, Robert Mitchum, Bing Crosby, Don Knotts, Yassir Arafat, Richard Nixon, Alistair Cooke, Slim Whitman, the corpse of Albert Schweitzer, Gregory Peck, Eddie Anderson (as 'Rochester'), Alan Alda, Elvis Presley, Hugh Beaumont, John Huston, Larry Fine, Pope Paul VI, Geraldo Rivera, Art Garfunkel, Broderick Crawford, Jacques Cousteau, Lowell Thomas, Henry Fonda, Marcello Mastroianni, Sylvester"
"Stallone, Shoo Boxx, Paul Bradley, Aaron Copland, Dom DiMaggio, Dick Beddoes, Gavin MacLeod, Prince Philip, Tom Wolfe, Peter O'Toole, Salvador Dalí, Gene Siskel, Hugh Hefner, and musician Paul Revere. Flaherty appeared in a cameo in the deleted scenes from ""Anchorman"" as the salacious News Director who first employs Rita Genkin after her graduation from Syracuse University. He encourages her to wear a swimsuit to do the weather. Flaherty appeared as an immigration Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in the ""Canadian Road Trip"" episode of ""That '70s Show"" alongside fellow SCTV member Dave Thomas. Joe Flaherty Joe Flaherty (born June 21,"
"counsellor for the hospital, claiming to be reformed. Chaplin is the son of a jazz musician and a novelist. As a teen, Chaplin attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York. He and his wife, Daisy, producer Harold Prince's daughter, changed their surnames to Chaplin, his mother-in-law's professional surname. Alexander Chaplin Alexander 'Sandy' Chaplin (born March 20, 1971) is an American actor. Chaplin's most prominent role was that of speechwriter James Hobert on the sitcom ""Spin City"". He was born as Alexander Gaberman in New York City. As with the rest of the ""Spin City"" main cast,"
"Alexander Chaplin Alexander 'Sandy' Chaplin (born March 20, 1971) is an American actor. Chaplin's most prominent role was that of speechwriter James Hobert on the sitcom ""Spin City"". He was born as Alexander Gaberman in New York City. As with the rest of the ""Spin City"" main cast, Chaplin has featured in creator Bill Lawrence's subsequent sitcom, ""Scrubs"", playing a drug addict who tries to trick Elliot into giving him prescription medication in ""My Moment of Un-Truth"" and later tricks Jordan into giving him money in ""My Rite of Passage"". His character later appeared in ""My Scrubs"" as a drugs"
"moved to Toronto to help establish the Toronto Second City theatre troupe. During those years, he was one of the original writer/performers on ""SCTV"", where he spent eight years on the show, playing such characters as Big Jim McBob (of ""Farm Film Report"" fame), Count Floyd/Floyd Robertson, and station owner/manager Guy Caballero who goes around in a wheelchair only for respect. Other memorable Flaherty characterizations included emotional talk show host Sammy Maudlin, seedy saxophonist-private eye Vic Arpeggio, aggressive elocution lecturer Norman Gorman, myopic public television host Hugh Betcha, and ""crazy as a snake"" ex-convict Rocco. ""SCTV"" ceased production in 1984."
"on April 2, 2017. Dane DeHaan Dane William DeHaan ( ; born February 6, 1986) is an American actor. His roles include Andrew Detmer in ""Chronicle"" (2012), Harry Osborn in ""The Amazing Spider-Man 2"" (2014), Lockhart in Gore Verbinski's ""A Cure for Wellness"" (2016), and the title character in Luc Besson's ""Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets"" (2017). DeHaan was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. His father, Jeff, is a computer programmer, and his mother, Cynthia Boscia, is an executive at Metlife. He has an older sister, Meghann, and had what the ""New York Times Magazine"" has described as"
"Daniel Flaherty Daniel Flaherty (born June 11, 1993) is an American actor, known for his role as Stanley Lucerne on the MTV teen drama series ""Skins"". By the age of 17, Flaherty was already a veteran of the indie-arty short film scene, having acted in Spark, Vacant, The Parade, and Portnoy. He also makes music; Daniel writes songs, sings, and plays guitar in a local New Jersey band. Other hobbies include skateboarding and ultimate frisbee. His resume lists ""fearless roller coaster rider"" as one of his skills. Daniel originally went to the New York open call but didn’t get a"
"in Roseville. The city is the hometown of ""MacGyver"" and ""Stargate SG-1"" star Richard Dean Anderson, ""WKRP in Cincinnati"" star Loni Anderson (no relation), and ""Six Feet Under"", ""Dirty Sexy Money"" and ""Parenthood"" star Peter Krause. In August 2006, resident Jim Kramer won the United States Scrabble Open in Phoenix to become the National Scrabble Association (NSA) champion. Robert Bell served as Roseville City Attorney and in the Minnesota State Legislature. The late Jim Lange, a TV host, was also a resident, as was John Albers, CEO of 7 Up. David Frederickson, who has served as Commissioner of the Minnesota"
"Baker in ""Sorry!"", as Mickey Lister in Coronation Street, and a photographer in ""Steptoe and Son"". More recently, Roy played Nick the taxi driver in ""EastEnders"" (2000), as well as the part of Mr. Hill in ""Pride & Prejudice"" (2005), and Gaffer Tom in ""Robin Hood"" (2010). Holder was born in Birmingham. He plays in several celebrity golf tournaments throughout the year and is currently 1st team captain at his home club. Roy Holder Roy Holder (born 15 June 1946) is an English television actor who has appeared in various programmes including ""Ace of Wands"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Spearhead"", the ""Doctor Who"""
"Michael Smiley Michael Smiley (born 1963) is a Northern Irish comic and actor who lives in London. Smiley was born in 1963 in Belfast and grew up in Holywood. He moved to London in his 20s with his wife. He began doing stand-up in 1993, after accepting a bet at an open-mic night. He had worked as a cycle courier (like his character in ""Spaced"") and as an acid house DJ. He became well known for his role as Tyres O'Flaherty, the bicycle riding raver, in two episodes of the Channel 4 sitcom ""Spaced"", and for his appearances at the"
"will be working on the project with his good friend Devon Werkheiser as well as Taylor Spreitler and Justin Deeley. The pilot episode was released April 2, 2012. The series will continue to air at [www.never-fade-away.com] In his spare time, he enjoys surfing, skateboarding, long-boarding, soccer, swimming and tennis. Drew Garrett Drew Garrett (born Drew Garrett Nelson, April 21, 1989) is an American actor. He was best known for his role as Michael Corinthos III in the television series ""General Hospital"". Garrett was born in Jupiter, Florida, to Randy Nelson and Karole Cooney, a former Kravis Center front-of-house manager, and"
"as well as a 2 episode stint on ""The Education of Max Bickford"" as Whammo. He resides in New York City. Lanny Flaherty at Aveleyman Lanny Flaherty Lanny Flaherty (born July 27, 1942) is an American actor of film and television. He has given his most memorable performances in ""Lonesome Dove"", ""Natural Born Killers"", """" and ""Signs"". Flaherty attended University of Southern Mississippi after high school. He also had a brief role in ""Men in Black 3"" and has appeared as Jack Crow in Jim Mickles 2014 adaptation of ""Cold in July"". Other film appearances include ""Winter People"", ""Millers Crossing"","
"2015, Keach became a Polish citizen. He suffered a mild stroke in March 2009, from which he has made a full recovery. Stacy Keach Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor of stage, film, and television. Highly prolific, he has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer, which he played in numerous stand-alone television films and at least three different television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The role earned him a Golden Globe"
"Robert Clohessy Robert Clohessy (born June 10, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Correctional Officer Sean Murphy on the HBO prison drama ""Oz"" from seasons 3-6, in addition to playing Warden Boss James Neary on the HBO crime drama ""Boardwalk Empire"" for the first two seasons and Lieutenant Sid Gormley on police drama ""Blue Bloods"". Clohessy was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of John Clohessy, a police officer. He graduated from SUNY Purchase. He fought in the 1975 Golden Gloves in Madison Square Garden. He graduated from Pearl River High School in"
"Alan Ruck Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He played Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), and Stuart Bondek, the lecherous, power-hungry member of the mayor's staff in the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"". His other notable films include ""Bad Boys"" (1983), ""Three Fugitives"" (1989), ""Young Guns II"" (1990), ""Speed"" (1994), ""Twister"" (1996), and ""Kickin' It Old Skool"" (2007). In 2016, he co-starred with Geena Davis in an updated Fox TV adaptation of William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel ""The Exorcist."" Ruck was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to"
"revival of ""Absurd Person Singular"". Mireille gave birth to their daughter Vesper in 2010. On February 12, 2014, the couple announced their second child was on the way and their son Larkin was born in July 2014. Alan Ruck Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He played Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), and Stuart Bondek, the lecherous, power-hungry member of the mayor's staff in the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"". His other notable films include ""Bad Boys"" (1983), ""Three Fugitives"" (1989), ""Young Guns II"" (1990), ""Speed"""
"Children"". Later Scarry guest starred in television shows such as ""Scandal"" (TV series) ""Mad Men"", ""Desperate Housewives"", ""The Office"", ""Cold Case"", ""7th Heaven"", ""Star Trek The Next Generation"". He appeared in the recurring role of city councilman Brendan Kelly on the Showtime series ""Weeds"". Among his feature films are ""The Negotiator"", ""Space Cowboys"", and ""Addams Family Values"". Scarry had lead roles in several independent films such as ""The Absence of Light"" and ""Dating Games People Play"". Rick Scarry Rick Scarry (born November 14, 1942) is an American character actor and writer who has appeared in over 100 television shows, 22"
"in Berkshire, England. She filed for divorce on February 6, 2013, after 17 years of marriage. The couple has two sons. Steven Weber (actor) Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television show ""Wings"" which aired from April 1990 to May 1997 on NBC and as Sam Blue in ""Once and Again"". He had a recurring role on ""iZombie"" as Vaughn du Clark. He plays Mayor Douglas Hamilton on """" in a recurring role. Weber was born in Briarwood, Queens, New York. His mother,"