Michael Rothhaar has been a professional actor since 1975 and a professional theatre director since 1985. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the 1997 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and the 1997 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in Ardèle, as well as the 1997 Drama Logue Award in Direction for Mrs. Warren's Profession.
As an actor, he has appeared in numerous productions, including The Front Page and The Corn Is Green on Broadway, The Nutty Professor and Space Jam in feature films, Frankenstein and Brand Off-Broadway, The Foreigner in San Francisco, Shear Madness in Los Angeles, Uncle Vanya at the Geffen, and the American premiere of Dog Days.
He has also worked in television, with recurring roles on Family Law and Ally Mc Beal, as well as appearances on Arliss, NYPDBlue, The X-Files, Murder One, Star Trek-The Next Generation, Murphy Brown, Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, L.A. Law, Civil Wars, Picket Fences, Step By Step, Hudson Street, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Married...With Children, Snoops and Love And War.
Michael's regional theatre credits include Sleuth and Charley's Aunt at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Tempest and The Andersonville Trial at Michigan's Meadow Brook Theatre, Terra Nova at the Washington Stage Guild in Washington, D.C., Candida and Bedroom Farce at Maryland's Olney Theatre, and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award-winning production of The Visit at the Pacific Resident Theatre.
He has worked with notable directors such as Jerry Zaks, Vivian Matalon, Michael Langham, and Simon Gray, as well as accomplished performers like John Lithgow, Richard Thomas, Imogene Coca, Wallace Shawn, René Auberjonois, Dennis Franz, Kathleen Quinlan, Eddie Murphy, Robert Foxworth, Dixie Carter, Peter Donat, Ray Walston, Peter Gallagher, Brent Spiner, Cecily Tyson, Orson Bean, Alley Mills, Tony Danza, Mariel Hemingway, Alan King, John Astin, Louie Anderson, and Michael Jordan.
Michael served as the Artistic Director of Pennsylvania's Allenberry Playhouse from 1987 to 1992, directing 40 productions, including Lettice And Lovage, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Agnes Of God, The Foreigner, Blithe Spirit, Driving Miss Daisy, The Miracle Worker, Steel Magnolias, Broadway Bound, The Diary Of Anne Frank, Lend Me A Tenor, Cabaret, Guys And Dolls, and My Fair Lady.
He has also directed Otherwise Engaged, Candida, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Waiting For Godot, The Private Ear And Macbeth....According To The Fifth Grade for Pacific Resident Theatre, and Mrs. Warren's Profession and The Millionairess at the Washington Stage Guild.
Michael is the father of accomplished actor Will Rothhaar and the step-father of Charles F. Linehan, who is engaged to be an Assistant D.A. in Manhattan.
