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Michael Gaston is known for:

  • Body of Lies
    The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
  • Bridge of Spies
    During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
  • Inception
    Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

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Biography

Michael Gaston (born November 5, 1962, height 6' 3" (1,91 m)) is an American film and television actor. He played agent Quinn on the show Prison Break. He appeared as Gray Anderson on the CBS drama series Jericho. He also appeared in the first season of The Sopranos as a compulsive gambler in trouble with Tony. He portrayed General Tommy Franks in the Oliver Stone film W. Michael Gaston has appeared in over twenty films, including Ransom, Cop Land, 13 Days, The Crucible, Double Jeopardy and High Crimes, Sugar, and Body of Lies as well as the cop partner to Jimmy Smits in the movie Bless the Child. The actor has also had roles in numerous TV dramas, including The Sopranos, The West Wing, Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, Fringe, ABC's The Practice, and 24. He has appeared in comedies as well, including Ally McBeal and Malcolm in the Middle. Gaston has had various on and off Broadway roles, including A Day in the Death of Joe Egg on Broadway, and Henry V and Landscape of the Body. Gaston is married with two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Gaston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.