Mike Binder
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Mike Binder (born June 2, 1958) is an American filmmaker, stand-up comedian, and actor.[1]
Life and career
Binder, descended from
Beginning his career as a screenwriter and
Binder's directorial debut was with his second screenplay, 1992's Crossing the Bridge.
Binder gained further prominence with his 20-episode 2001-02 HBO comedy series, The Mind of the Married Man, which he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in as the central character "Micky Barnes".[7][8] That same year, his independently produced film The Sex Monster won "Best Film" and Binder won "Best Actor" at the 2001 Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.
Binder wrote and directed three mid-2000s films in which he also played supporting roles. The first, The Upside of Anger, starring Joan Allen and Kevin Costner, premiered at the January 2005 Sundance Film Festival; thirteen months later, Man About Town with Ben Affleck, was first seen at the February 2006 Santa Barbara International Film Festival and, after another 13 months, Reign Over Me was released; Binder directed, wrote, and appeared in the film, starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. His most recent film is 2014's Black or White, starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer.
As an actor, Binder has appeared in
Binder has directed most of the screenplays he has written, and has acted in many of them as well. As a writer, he has written screenplays for Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Tim Allen and Reese Witherspoon.[citation needed]
Binder's first novel,
Filmography
Year | Title | Credited as | Role | Notes | |||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | ||||
1990 | Coupe de Ville | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||
1992 | Crossing the Bridge | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
1993 | Indian Summer | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
1994 | Blankman | Yes | No | No | Yes | Dr. Victor Norris | |
1999 | The Sex Monster | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Marty Barnes | Comedy Arts Festival for Best Actor Comedy Arts Festival for Best Film |
2000 | The Contender | No | No | No | Yes | Lewis Hollis | |
2001– 2002 | The Mind of the Married Man | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Micky Barnes | TV show , Creator
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2001 | Fourplay | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Ben Greene | |
The Search for John Gissing | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Matthew Barnes | ||
2002 | Minority Report | No | No | No | Yes | Leo Crow | |
2005 | The Upside of Anger | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Adam "Shep" Goodman | |
2006 | Man About Town | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Morty | |
2007 | Reign Over Me | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Bryan Sugarman | |
2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | No | No | No | Yes | Sam Shapiro | |
Two Dollar Beer | No | Yes | executive | No | TV movie | ||
2011 | Fanboy | No | No | No | Yes | Acting coach | |
One Day | No | No | No | Yes | Dexter's agent | Uncredited | |
2014 | Black or White | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2016 | Billions | Yes | No | No | No | ||
2017–2018 | Nashville | Yes | No | No | No | ||
Ray Donovan | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||
2019 | Paper Tiger | Yes | No | No | No | Stand-up comedy special | |
2020 | The Comedy Store | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | TV series; Documentary |
References
- All Movie Guide. 2007. Archived from the originalon 2007-11-06.
- ^ WTF Podcast with Marc Maron (February 2, 2016), Mike Binder - WTF Podcast with Marc Maron #677, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2017-01-09
- ^ Canby, Vincent (April 23, 1993). "Movie Review: Indian Summer (1993)". The New York Times. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ Hinson, Hal (April 24, 1993). "'Indian Summer'". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Indian Summer: The Movie". Camp Tamakwa. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- The Lewiston Journal.
- ^ Tomashoff, Craig (September 22, 2002). "TELEVISION/RADIO; A Few Brave Husbands Have Sex on Their Minds". The New York Times.
- ^ Salamon, Julie (September 11, 2001). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Three Guys With One Thought". The New York Times.
- ^ "Mike Binder". Yahoo!.
- ^ "Keep Calm". Kirkus Reviews. 2016.
External links
- Mike Binder at IMDb