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{{Short description|American actor, filmmaker, and celebrity baseball fan}}

'''Michael Sergio''' is an [[actor]], director, writer and producer best known for parachuting into [[Shea Stadium]] during Game 6 of the [[1986 World Series]], wearing a sign proclaiming "Go [[New York Mets|Mets]]". Immediately arrested, Sergio spent a short time in jail because he would not reveal the name of the pilot who flew him over [[Queens]] that evening. Senator [[Al D'Amato]] later intervened on his behalf, and Sergio was released.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stadium Parachutist Released from Jail After F.A.A. Relents |first=Leonard |last=Buder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/13/nyregion/stadium-parachutist-released-from-jail-after-faa-relents.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 13, 1987 |access-date=2011-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dropping In The Series |first=Stephen |last=Kiesling |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068903/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930235703/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068903/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=October 9, 1989 |access-date=2011-09-03}}</ref>

==Career==
Michael Sergio portrayed Rick in the [[cult classic]] [[slasher film]] ''[[The House on Sorority Row]]'' (1983).

He won a [[Daytime Emmy Awards|Daytime Emmy]] for directing the ''Ringling Bros. 1996 TV Circus Special''<ref name="Observe">{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Andrew |last2=DiGiacomo |first2=Frank |title=Jeanne Moreau: La Bitch Is Back |url=https://observer.com/1999/05/jeanne-moreau-la-bitch-is-back/ |access-date=30 March 2025 |agency=Observer.com |date=3 May 1999}}</ref>  and was nominated for a [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Directing]] for ''Creating the Wizard of Oz on Ice'' at the [[23rd Daytime Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daytime Emmy Awards (1996) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000206/1996/1/?ref_=ev_tl_yr_4 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>

Sergio also wrote and directed the independent feature ''Under Hellgate Bridge'' (2000), featuring ''[[The Sopranos]]'' regulars [[Dominic Chianese]], [[Vincent Pastore]], and [[Frank Vincent]].<ref>{{cite book|date=2000|author=Sergio, Michael (Writer, Director)|title=Under Hellgate Bridge|publisher=RottenTomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/under_hellgate_bridge/}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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===Actor===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Michael Sergio film and television actor credits<!-- [[WP:ACCESSIBILITY]] & [[MOS:TABLECAPTION]] -->
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1983 || ''[[The House on Sorority Row]]'' || Rick || Film
|-
| 1986–1987 || ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'' || Gus || TV series
|-
| 1989 || ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'' || Disimone
| Episode: "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 4#ep74|The Sins of Our Fathers]]"
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Kojak: Fatal Flaw]]'' || Thompson || TV movie
|-
| 1990–1992 || ''[[Mathnet]]'' || Sgt. Abruzzi || 4 episodes
|}

==See also==
*[[James Miller (parachutist)]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDB name|0785135|Michael Sergio}}
* [http://www.cavupictures.com/ Michael Sergio's distribution company, CAVU Pictures]

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