Michael McMillian

Michael McMillian
Born	October 21, 1978 (1978-10-21) Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Occupation	Actor, writer
Years active	1995–present

Michael McMillian (born October 21, 1978) is an American actor and writer, known for his roles as Henry Gibson on What I Like About You and Steve Newlin on the HBO series True Blood. McMillian is also the creator and writer of the comic book, Lucid, for Before the Door Pictures and Archaia Studios Press.

Biography

McMillian was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and grew up in Olathe, Kansas, attending Blue Valley Northwest High School through his sophomore year. In 1995, McMillian transferred to Interlochen Arts Academy where he studied acting, playwriting and screenwriting. He has said that during his teen years, he was not a "full-on nerd [but was] reading comic books ... wasn't good in sports" and "got picked on a lot". McMillian went on to attend Carnegie Mellon University, where he was spotted and signed by an agent after a senior class showcase.

McMillian has acted in films and television shows and has contributed voice work to a number of video games. He garnered attention for his starring role in the independent film Dorian Blues, playing a young man struggling with his family's reaction to his coming out. He played Greg in the original pilot episode of Luis, but gave up the series in favor of making his then-recurring What I Like About You character, Henry Gibson, a regular. McMillian also penned an episode during the third season of What I Like About You. He also played the role of Harper in the TNT's Saved. His most recent film role was in Imagine That.

In 2009 McMillian wrote and created the magic-themed comic book mini-series, Lucid, for Before the Door Pictures and Archaia Studios Press. He is also co-writer of the second True Blood comic book series produced by IDW publishing and HBO.

Education

Interlochen Arts Academy, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama

Selected filmography

• Hot in Cleveland (2011) - Owen - "How I Met My Mother"
• CSI: NY (2011) - Neil Cooper - "Party Down" (1 episode)
• Beauty and the Briefcase (2010) - Tom
• The Whole Truth (2010) - Walter Williams - "Judicial Discretion" (1 episode)
• The Mentalist (2009) - Drew Abner (1 episode)
• Imagine That (2009) - Brock Pressman
• True Blood (15 episodes, 2008–2009, 2011) - Steve Newlin
• Dimples (2008) - Henry
• Scrubs (1 episode, 2007) - Patrick
• The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) - Napolean
• Saved (13 episodes, 2006) - Harper Sims
• Big Love (2 episodes, 2006) - Chad
• Without a Trace (1 episode, 2005) - Paul Cartwright
• What I Like About You (27 episodes, 2003–2005) - Henry Gibson
• Veronica Mars (1 episode, 2005) - Pete Kaminski
• Men of Valor (2004) (VG) (voice) - Hoss
• Dorian Blues (2004) - Dorian Lagatos
• Miracles (1 episode, 2003) - Kevin Kettridge
• Shindig (1 episode, 2003) - Young Hopeful

External links

• Michael McMillian at the Internet Movie Database