Michael Emerson: The head of the makeup department, Steve LePorte, built this amazing prosthetic out of latex and other unknown materials. It looks so real, it's complete with rubber veins and nerves and a latex tumor. It has plumbing inside it so that blood can well up in there. It's amazing. (Talking about his makeup on Lost)
Michael Emerson: I have thought right along that Benjamin Linus and his people are rebels or renegades or freedom fighters of some sort and that they are at war with whoever the real powers were that built and control the island. But I don’t have a lot of evidence for that either. That’s just sort of a feeling I have. I do feel like there are worse people out there than the others. I don’t know if worse is the right word. That implies a sort of value judgment. Maybe I should say there are scarier people out there than the others. (His theory of the show Lost)
Michael Emerson: I know my wife likes Locke, but she likes Sayid too. I don't know - there's so many likeable characters to choose from. You've got to love Locke, though; he's a sturdy fellow and you feel sympathy with him. You feel like you're in good hands. (Talking about his favorite character in Lost)
Michael Emerson: I don't know. Hubris? Arrogance? Over-education? I don't know what it could be. (Talking about what he thinks his character on Lost is guilty of)
Michael Emerson: Things that are sparsely played, and have an empty quality to them, I find very appealing. (Referring to his role on ABC's Lost)
Michael Emerson: It worries me a little bit the reach and power of TV. More people saw me in The Practice than will ever see me in all the stage plays I ever do. Which is sort of humbling. Or troubling. Or both.
Michael Emerson: You work four days, and then one line is left when you see it. Demoralizing. (About doing movies)
Michael Emerson and his wife, Carrie Preston, have had roles in movies together since getting married in 1998. The list of movies in which they both appear in includes Straight-Jacket, Grace & Glorie, and The Journey
Michael Emerson was originally hired to appear in just three episodes of Lost, but was so impressive that producers made him into a key character in the third season.
Aside from playing the villain all the time, Michael Emerson also has a soft side. He played the role of a clown in the made for TV movie, Orpheus Descending in 1990.
Michael Emerson co-narrated a version of James Patterson's novel, Four Blind Mice , with Peter J. Fernandez.
Michael Emerson played the character Arnold Dudley in the 1998 television mini-series Grace & Glorie.
Michael Emerson was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; however grew up in Toledo, Iowa.
Michael Emerson's name on ABC's hit series Lost was originally "Henry Gale". It wasn't until many episodes later we learned his real name to be "Ben Linus".
Michael Emerson appeared in the horror movie Saw as a character named Zip.
Michael Emerson was the narrator of the radio play adaptation of Neil Gaiman's short story, Murder Mysteries.
Michael Emerson narrated the audio book CD of The Amalgamation Polka by Stephen Wright, which was published in February of 2006.
Michael Emerson was the voice of George Washington in a 2003 experimental documentary film about the relationship between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton called Favorite Son.
Some of the more famous films Michael Emerson has acted in are The Laramie Project, Saw and The Legend of Zorro.
When Michael Emerson married his first wife in 1986. He moved with his wife to Jacksonville, Florida to live after they tied the knot.
Michael Emerson married his first wife in 1986, however, they later divorced in 1993.
In 1995, Michael Emerson graduated from the prestigious Professional Actor Training M.F.A. program at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
Michael Emerson is 5 feet 8 inches tall. This is also 1.73 meters.
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