A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Mikey
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born:
October 29, 1986
Mike Markoff is a classically trained actor that began his career in the Chicago theater scene as a child- where he studied at Second City and The Chicago Shakespeare Theater. He later took to New York where he trained under legendary acting coach Anthony Abeson- shortly thereafter, his career took off in Los Angeles on the large and small screen with over 50 film and television credits. Mike is known for his wide range as well as his intense preparation and commitment to character roles both dramatic and comedic, with a particular prowess for emotionally complex roles and antihero characters. Most recently, he was handpicked by Richard Linklater for the 2023 film Hitman - in which he plays opposite Glen Powell. He also stars in the highly anticipated drama When Jack Came Back, playing the titular role of Jack opposite legendary actors Lindsay Wagner and Lance Henrikson.
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.