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'''Michael Jeter''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|iː|t|ər}}; August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his career on stage and screen, Jeter played diverse characters. He won a [[Tony Award]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Award]]. He portrayed Herman Stiles on the sitcom ''[[Evening Shade]]'' from 1990 until 1994.
'''Michael Jeter''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|iː|t|ər}}; August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his career on stage and screen, Jeter played diverse characters. He won a [[Tony Award]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Award]]. He portrayed Herman Stiles on the sitcom ''[[Evening Shade]]'' from 1990 until 1994.


Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. He studied at Memphis State University and later pursued a career in acting. He made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut acting in the musical ''[[Once in a Lifetime (play)|Once in a Lifetime]]'' (1979), followed by ''[[G. R. Point]]''. For his role as Otto Kringelein in the musical ''[[Grand Hotel (musical)|Grand Hotel]]'' (1989) he received a [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]]. Jeter also portrayed [[Giuseppe Zangara]] in the musical ''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]]'' (1989).
Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. He studied at Memphis State University and later pursued a career in acting. He made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut acting in the musical ''[[Once in a Lifetime (play)|Once in a Lifetime]]'' (1979), followed by ''[[G. R. Point]]''. For his role as Otto Kringelein in the musical ''[[Grand Hotel (musical)|Grand Hotel]]'' (1989) he received a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical]]. Jeter also portrayed [[Giuseppe Zangara]] in the musical ''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]]'' (1989).


Jeter gained fame for his roles in ''[[The Fisher King]]'' (1991) and ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'' (1999). His other notable film roles include in ''[[Zelig]]'' (1983), ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990), ''[[Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit]]'' (1993), ''[[Air Bud]]'' (1997), ''[[Mouse Hunt]]'' (1997), ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'' (1998), ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'' (2001), ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]'' (2003), and ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' (2004). He also appeared on ''[[Sesame Street]]'s [[Elmo's World]]'' as the other [[Mister Noodle]] from 2000 to 2003.
Jeter gained fame for his roles in ''[[The Fisher King]]'' (1991) and ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'' (1999). His other notable film roles include in ''[[Zelig]]'' (1983), ''[[Miller's Crossing]]'' (1990), ''[[Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit]]'' (1993), ''[[Air Bud]]'' (1997), ''[[Mouse Hunt]]'' (1997), ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'' (1998), ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'' (2001), ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]'' (2003), and ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' (2004). He also appeared on ''[[Sesame Street]]'s [[Elmo's World]]'' as the other [[Mister Noodle]] from 2000 to 2003.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Jeter was born in [[Lawrenceburg, Tennessee]] on August 26, 1952. His mother, Virginia (née Raines), was a housewife. His father, William Claud Jeter, was a dentist.<ref name=william>{{cite web| url=http://torchbearer.utk.edu/2010/03/william-claud-jeter-1943/| title=William Claude Jeter (1943)| publisher=[[University of Tennessee]]| date=March 10, 2010| access-date=February 28, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305104539/http://torchbearer.utk.edu/2010/03/william-claud-jeter-1943/| archive-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref> Jeter had one brother, William, and four sisters, Virginia, Amanda, Emily, and Lori.<ref name=times>{{cite web| title=Michael Jeter, 50, Dies; Won Acting Prizes| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/02/arts/michael-jeter-50-dies-won-acting-prizes.html| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=April 2, 2003| access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> Jeter was a student at [[Memphis State University]] (now the [[University of Memphis]]) when his interests changed from medicine to acting. He performed in several plays and musicals at the Circuit Theatre and its partner theatre, the Playhouse on the Square, in midtown Memphis. He left [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] to further pursue his stage career in [[Baltimore]], Maryland.
Jeter was born in [[Lawrenceburg, Tennessee|Lawrenceburg]], Tennessee, in 1952. His mother, Virginia (née Raines), was a housewife. His father, William Claud Jeter, was a dentist.<ref name=william>{{cite web| url=http://torchbearer.utk.edu/2010/03/william-claud-jeter-1943/| title=William Claude Jeter (1943)| publisher=[[University of Tennessee]]| date=March 10, 2010| access-date=February 28, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305104539/http://torchbearer.utk.edu/2010/03/william-claud-jeter-1943/| archive-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref> Jeter had one brother and four sisters.<ref name=times>{{cite web| title=Michael Jeter, 50, Dies; Won Acting Prizes| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/02/arts/michael-jeter-50-dies-won-acting-prizes.html| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=April 2, 2003| access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> Jeter was a student at [[Memphis State University]] (now the [[University of Memphis]]) when his interests changed from medicine to acting. He performed in several plays and musicals at the Circuit Theatre and its partner theatre, the [[Playhouse on the Square]], in midtown Memphis. He left [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] to further pursue his stage career in [[Baltimore]], Maryland.


==Career==
==Career==
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Jeter's woebegone look, extreme flexibility, and high energy led [[Tommy Tune]] to cast him in the off-Broadway play ''[[Cloud Nine (play)|Cloud 9]]'' in 1981.<ref name=iobdb>{{cite web| title=Cloud 9| url=http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=705| publisher=[[Lortel Archives]]| access-date=February 28, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228220213/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=705| archive-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> Much of his work specialised in playing eccentric, pretentious, or wimpy characters, as in ''[[The Fisher King]]'', ''[[Waterworld]]'', ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'', ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'' and ''[[Drop Zone (film)|Drop Zone]]''. Occasionally, Jeter was able to stray from type for more diverse characters, such as those he portrayed in ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'', ''[[Air Bud]]'', and ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]''. Jeter is perhaps most known for his role as convicted felon Eduard Delacroix in ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'', a role for which he was nominated along with the rest of the cast for a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]].
Jeter's extreme flexibility, and high energy led [[Tommy Tune]] to cast him in the off-Broadway play ''[[Cloud 9 (play)|Cloud 9]]'' in 1981.<ref name=iobdb>{{cite web| title=Cloud 9| url=http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=705| publisher=[[Lortel Archives]]| access-date=February 28, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228220213/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=705| archive-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> He received acclaim for his role in the Broadway musical ''[[Grand Hotel (musical)|Grand Hotel]]'', for which he won a [[Tony Award]]. He subsequently starred in the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Evening Shade]]'', winning a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for his performance. Much of his work specialised in playing eccentric, pretentious, or wimpy characters, as in ''[[The Fisher King]]'', ''[[Waterworld]]'', ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'', ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'' and ''[[Drop Zone (film)|Drop Zone]]''. In ''The Fisher King'', Jeter portrayed "an unnamed homeless cabaret singer", and "shimmies across the screen with boundless confidence, turning what might have been a grotesque, or at least merely humorous, part into something noble, even indomitable... In a film unafraid of big acting, Jeter goes bigger than anyone."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koresky |first=Michael |title=Michael's Turn: Michael Jeter in The Fisher King |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3606-michael-s-turn-michael-jeter-in-the-fisher-king |access-date=February 2, 2021 |website=The Criterion Collection}}</ref> Occasionally, Jeter was able to stray from type for more diverse characters, such as those he portrayed in ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'', ''[[Air Bud]]'', and ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]''. Jeter is perhaps most known for his role as convicted felon Eduard Delacroix in ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'', a role for which he was nominated along with the rest of the cast for a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]].


In ''The Fisher King'', Jeter portrayed "an unnamed homeless cabaret singer", and "shimmies across the screen with boundless confidence, turning what might have been a grotesque, or at least merely humorous, part into something noble, even indomitable... In a film unafraid of big acting, Jeter goes bigger than anyone."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3606-michael-s-turn-michael-jeter-in-the-fisher-king|title=Michael's Turn: Michael Jeter in The Fisher King|first=Michael|last=Koresky|website=The Criterion Collection|access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref>
He also played [[Mr. Noodle|Mr. Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle]], on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' from 2000 to 2003. He appeared in an episode of ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' in 1999 as Gus, an insurance salesman who arrives in Las Vegas, in the episode "The Man Upstairs".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.touched.com/episodeguide/seasonfive/516.html |title=Touched By An Angel Episode 516: "The Man Upstairs" |publisher=Touched.com |date=February 21, 1999 |access-date=February 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203061215/http://www.touched.com/episodeguide/seasonfive/516.html |archive-date=December 3, 2012 }}</ref>  His last two appearances were in the films ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]'' and ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]''. Both films were in [[post-production]] at the time of his death and, when released, contained a dedication to his memory.<ref name=rooney>{{cite news| title=Review: 'The Polar Express'| url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/the-polar-express-3-1200530031/| last=Rooney| first=David| date=October 24, 2004| work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>Open Range film credits.</ref> The season 35 premiere of ''Sesame Street'', a special entitled "The Street We Live On", was similarly dedicated to Jeter.
 
He also played [[Mr. Noodle|Mr. Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle]], on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' from 2000 to 2003. He appeared in an episode of ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' in 1999 as Gus, an insurance salesman who arrives in Las Vegas, in the episode "The Man Upstairs".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.touched.com/episodeguide/seasonfive/516.html |title=Touched By An Angel Episode 516: "The Man Upstairs" |publisher=Touched.com |date=February 21, 1999 |access-date=February 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203061215/http://www.touched.com/episodeguide/seasonfive/516.html |archive-date=December 3, 2012 }}</ref>  His last two appearances were in the films ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]'' and ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]''. Both films were in [[post-production]] at the time of his death and, when released, contained a dedication to his memory.<ref name=rooney>{{cite news| title=Review: 'The Polar Express'| url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/the-polar-express-3-1200530031/| last=Rooney| first=David| date=October 24, 2004| work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>Open Range film credits.</ref> The season 35 premiere of ''Sesame Street'', a special entitled "The Street We Live On", was similarly dedicated to Jeter.


==Personal life and death==
==Personal life and death==
Jeter was gay and met his partner Sean Blue in 1995; they were together until Jeter's death in 2003.
Jeter was gay and was in a relationship with his partner, Sean Blue, from 1995 until Jeter's death in 2003.


Jeter was HIV-positive and disclosed his diagnosis in a 1997 interview on ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''. Despite this, he remained healthy for many years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-12-06/lifestyle/9912030812_1_hiv-status-herman-stiles-michael-jeter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915225708/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-12-06/lifestyle/9912030812_1_hiv-status-herman-stiles-michael-jeter |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |title=Healthy Despite His Hiv, Jeter Says It's Nothing To Hide |date=December 6, 1999 |access-date=September 15, 2018 |newspaper=[[Sun Sentinel]] |author-link=The New York Times}}</ref> Jeter also announced while accepting his 1990 Tony that he had recovered from [[substance abuse]].<ref>{{cite journal
He was HIV-positive and publicly disclosed his diagnosis in a 1997 interview on ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''. Despite this, he remained healthy for many years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-12-06/lifestyle/9912030812_1_hiv-status-herman-stiles-michael-jeter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915225708/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-12-06/lifestyle/9912030812_1_hiv-status-herman-stiles-michael-jeter |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |title=Healthy Despite His Hiv, Jeter Says It's Nothing To Hide |date=December 6, 1999 |access-date=September 15, 2018 |newspaper=[[Sun Sentinel]] |author-link=The New York Times}}</ref> While accepting his 1990 Tony Award, Jeter also announced that he was in recovery from [[substance abuse]].<ref>{{cite journal
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2mQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62 |date=May 13, 2003 |page=62 |issue=889 |issn=0001-8996 |publisher=Here Publishing |journal=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |title=In memoriam. Michael Jeter |last=Ferber |first=Lawrence}}</ref>
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2mQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62 |date=May 13, 2003 |page=62 |issue=889 |issn=0001-8996 |publisher=Here Publishing |journal=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |title=In memoriam. Michael Jeter |last=Ferber |first=Lawrence}}</ref>


On March 30, 2003, Jeter was found dead by Blue at his home in [[Hollywood Hills]], California. He was 50 years old.<ref name=cbs>{{cite web| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/31/entertainment/main547217.shtml| title=Actor Michael Jeter Dead At 52| first=Bootie| last=Cosgrove-Mather|publisher=CBS News| date=August 31, 2004| access-date=February 28, 2014}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Blue said that Jeter died of complications after an [[epileptic seizure]]. Jeter was [[cremated]], and his ashes were given to charity.<ref name=advocate>{{cite news| title=Corrections| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6| page=6| work=The Advocate | date=September 17, 2004|publisher = Here| access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref>
In 2003, Blue found Jeter dead at his home in [[Hollywood Hills]], California; he was 50 years old.<ref name=cbs>{{cite web| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/31/entertainment/main547217.shtml| title=Actor Michael Jeter Dead At 52| first=Bootie| last=Cosgrove-Mather|publisher=CBS News| date=August 31, 2004| access-date=February 28, 2014}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> According to Blue, the cause of death was complications following an [[epileptic seizure]]. Jeter was [[cremated]], and his ashes were given to Blue.<ref name=advocate>{{cite news| title=Corrections| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6| page=6| work=The Advocate | date=September 17, 2004|publisher = Here| access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref>


==Acting credits==
==Acting credits==
===Film===
===Film===
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|-
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| ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''
| ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''
| Dr. L. Ron Bumquist
| Dr. L. Ron Bumquist
| Drug expert / guest speaker
|
|-
|-
| ''[[The Naked Man (1998 film)|The Naked Man]]''
| ''[[The Naked Man (1998 film)|The Naked Man]]''
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| ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]''
| ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]''
| Percy
| Percy
| [[Posthumous publication|Posthumous release]]<BR>Dedicated to his memory
| [[Posthumous publication|Posthumous release]]; dedicated to his memory
|-
|-
! 2004
! 2004
| ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]''
| ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]''
| Smokey / Steamer
| Smokey / Steamer
| [[Voice acting|Voice]]<BR>Posthumous release; final film role<BR>Dedicated to his memory
| [[Voice acting|Voice]]; posthumous release; final film role; dedicated to his memory
|}
|}


===Television===
===Television===
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|-
|-
! Year
! Year
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| ''[[Duckman]]''
| ''[[Duckman]]''
| Dr. William Blay
| Dr. William Blay
| Voice; Episode: "Ajax & Ajaxer"
| Voice; episode: "Ajax & Ajaxer"
|-
|-
| ''[[Second Noah]]''
| ''[[Second Noah]]''
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| ''[[Johnny Bravo]]''
| ''[[Johnny Bravo]]''
| Lawrence the Camel
| Lawrence the Camel
| Voice; Episode: "Blarney Buddies/Over the Hump/Johnny Meets Farrah Fawcett"
| Voice; episode: "Over the Hump"<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Michael Jeter (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Michael-Jeter/ |access-date=December 24, 2025 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
|-
! 1998–1999
! 1998–1999
| ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]''
| ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]''
| Biederman
| Biederman
| Voice; 4 episodes
| Voice; 4 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | 1998
! rowspan=2 | 1998
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| ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''
| ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''
| Nate Horowitz
| Nate Horowitz
| Voice; Episode: "Gerald's Game/The Fishing Trip"
| Voice; episode: "Gerald's Game/The Fishing Trip"<ref name="btva" />
|}
|}


=== Theater ===
=== Theater ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
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! Result
! Result
! Ref.
! Ref.
|-
!1979
| colspan=2 | [[Theatre World Award]]
| ''G.R. Point''
| {{won}}
|
|-
! rowspan=4|1990
| [[Tony Award]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| rowspan=4 | ''[[Grand Hotel (musical)|Grand Hotel]]'' || {{won}} ||<ref name=msn>{{cite web| url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/michael-jeter/| title=Michael Jeter: Biography| publisher=MSN Entertainment| access-date=February 28, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050438/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/michael-jeter/| archive-date=December 3, 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award]] || [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]|| {{won}} || rowspan=3|<ref>Michael Jeter, 50; 'Mr. Noodle' on Sesame Street by Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer,  ''Los Angeles Times'', April 1, 2003.</ref>
|-
| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] || Outstanding Actor in a Musical || {{won}}
|-
| colspan=2|Clarence Derwent Prize || {{won}}
|-
|-
!1991
!1991
| rowspan=5|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
| rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
| rowspan=3|[[Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]]
| rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]]
| rowspan=3|''[[Evening Shade]]''
| rowspan=4|''[[Evening Shade]]''
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|
|
|-
|-
!1992
!rowspan=2|1992
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Sesame-Street-actor-Michael-Jeter-dies/29521049222229/ |title='Sesame Street' actor Michael Jeter dies |date=April 1, 2003 |access-date=September 15, 2018 |location=Los Angeles |work=[[United Press International, Inc.]]}}</ref>
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Sesame-Street-actor-Michael-Jeter-dies/29521049222229/ |title='Sesame Street' actor Michael Jeter dies |date=April 1, 2003 |access-date=September 15, 2018 |location=Los Angeles |work=[[United Press International, Inc.]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|-
!rowspan=2|1993
!rowspan=2|1993
| rowspan=3|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]]
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|
|
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! 1995
! 1995
| ''[[Chicago Hope]]''
| ''[[Chicago Hope]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
! 1992
| [[Golden Globe Award]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television]]
| ''Evening Shade''
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|
|
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| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|
|
|-
! rowspan=4|1990
| [[Tony Award]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| rowspan=4 | ''[[Grand Hotel (musical)|Grand Hotel]]'' || {{won}} ||<ref name=msn>{{cite web| url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/michael-jeter/| title=Michael Jeter: Biography| publisher=MSN Entertainment| access-date=February 28, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050438/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/michael-jeter/| archive-date=December 3, 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award]] || Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical || {{won}} || rowspan=3|<ref>Michael Jeter, 50; 'Mr. Noodle' on Sesame Street by Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer,  ''Los Angeles Times'', April 1, 2003.</ref>
|-
| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] || Outstanding Actor in a Musical || {{won}}
|-
| colspan=2|Clarence Derwent Prize || {{won}}
|-
!1979
| colspan=2 | [[Theatre World Award]]
| ''G.R. Point''
| {{won}}
|-
|-
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 18:31, 25 December 2025

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Michael Jeter (Template:IPAc-en; August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his career on stage and screen, Jeter played diverse characters. He won a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. He portrayed Herman Stiles on the sitcom Evening Shade from 1990 until 1994.

Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. He studied at Memphis State University and later pursued a career in acting. He made his Broadway debut acting in the musical Once in a Lifetime (1979), followed by G. R. Point. For his role as Otto Kringelein in the musical Grand Hotel (1989) he received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Jeter also portrayed Giuseppe Zangara in the musical Assassins (1989).

Jeter gained fame for his roles in The Fisher King (1991) and The Green Mile (1999). His other notable film roles include in Zelig (1983), Miller's Crossing (1990), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Air Bud (1997), Mouse Hunt (1997), Patch Adams (1998), Jurassic Park III (2001), Open Range (2003), and The Polar Express (2004). He also appeared on Sesame Street's Elmo's World as the other Mister Noodle from 2000 to 2003.

Early life and education

Jeter was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, in 1952. His mother, Virginia (née Raines), was a housewife. His father, William Claud Jeter, was a dentist.[1] Jeter had one brother and four sisters.[2] Jeter was a student at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) when his interests changed from medicine to acting. He performed in several plays and musicals at the Circuit Theatre and its partner theatre, the Playhouse on the Square, in midtown Memphis. He left Memphis to further pursue his stage career in Baltimore, Maryland.

Career

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Jeter's extreme flexibility, and high energy led Tommy Tune to cast him in the off-Broadway play Cloud 9 in 1981.[3] He received acclaim for his role in the Broadway musical Grand Hotel, for which he won a Tony Award. He subsequently starred in the CBS sitcom Evening Shade, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance. Much of his work specialised in playing eccentric, pretentious, or wimpy characters, as in The Fisher King, Waterworld, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Green Mile and Drop Zone. In The Fisher King, Jeter portrayed "an unnamed homeless cabaret singer", and "shimmies across the screen with boundless confidence, turning what might have been a grotesque, or at least merely humorous, part into something noble, even indomitable... In a film unafraid of big acting, Jeter goes bigger than anyone."[4] Occasionally, Jeter was able to stray from type for more diverse characters, such as those he portrayed in Jurassic Park III, Air Bud, and Open Range. Jeter is perhaps most known for his role as convicted felon Eduard Delacroix in The Green Mile, a role for which he was nominated along with the rest of the cast for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

He also played Mr. Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle, on Sesame Street from 2000 to 2003. He appeared in an episode of Touched by an Angel in 1999 as Gus, an insurance salesman who arrives in Las Vegas, in the episode "The Man Upstairs".[5] His last two appearances were in the films Open Range and The Polar Express. Both films were in post-production at the time of his death and, when released, contained a dedication to his memory.[6][7] The season 35 premiere of Sesame Street, a special entitled "The Street We Live On", was similarly dedicated to Jeter.

Personal life and death

Jeter was gay and was in a relationship with his partner, Sean Blue, from 1995 until Jeter's death in 2003.

He was HIV-positive and publicly disclosed his diagnosis in a 1997 interview on Entertainment Tonight. Despite this, he remained healthy for many years.[8] While accepting his 1990 Tony Award, Jeter also announced that he was in recovery from substance abuse.[9]

In 2003, Blue found Jeter dead at his home in Hollywood Hills, California; he was 50 years old.[10] According to Blue, the cause of death was complications following an epileptic seizure. Jeter was cremated, and his ashes were given to Blue.[11]

Acting credits

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Hair Woodrow Sheldon
1981 Ragtime Special Reporter
1982 Soup for One Mr. Kelp
1983 Zelig Freshman No. 2
1986 The Money Pit Arnie
1989 Dead Bang Dr. Alexander Krantz
Tango & Cash Floyd Skinner
1990 Just Like in the Movies Vernon
Miller's Crossing Adolph
1991 The Fisher King Homeless Cabaret Singer
1993 Bank Robber Night Clerk No. 1
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Father Ignatius
1994 Drop Zone Earl Leedy
1995 Waterworld Gregor
1997 Air Bud Norm Snively
Mouse Hunt Quincy Thorpe
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Dr. L. Ron Bumquist
The Naked Man 'Sticks' Varona
Thursday Dr. Jarvis
Zack and Reba Oras
Patch Adams Rudy
1999 True Crime Dale Porterhouse
Jakob the Liar Avron
The Green Mile Eduard Delacroix
2000 South of Heaven, West of Hell Uncle Jude
The Gift Gerald Weems
2001 Jurassic Park III Udesky
2002 Welcome to Collinwood 'Toto'
2003 Open Range Percy Posthumous release; dedicated to his memory
2004 The Polar Express Smokey / Steamer Voice; posthumous release; final film role; dedicated to his memory

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1979 My Old Man George Gardner Television film
1980 Another World Arnie Gallo Unknown episodes
From Here to Eternity Private Ridgley
Lou Grant Max Galt Episode: "Dogs"
1981 Alice at the Palace Caterpillar / Dormouse Television film
1986 Night Court Confessing Crook Episode: "The Night Off"
1987 Designing Women Calvin Klein Episode: "Old Spouses Never Die – Part 1"
1988 Crime Story Senator Michael Gaspari Episode: "The Hearings"
Hothouse Dr. Art Makter 7 episodes
1990–1994 Evening Shade Herman Stiles 98 episodes
1993–1995 Picket Fences Peter Lebeck 3 episodes
1993 Tales of the City Carson Callas
Gypsy Goldstone Television film
1994 Aladdin Runtar Voice; Episode: "StinkerBelle"
1995 Chicago Hope Bob Ryan Episode: "A Coupla Stiffs"
1996 Dream On Dr. Enoch Episode: "Finale with a Vengeance"
Suddenly Susan Lawrence Rosewood Episode: "Dr. No"
Mrs. Santa Claus Arvo Television film
The Boys Next Door Arnold Wiggins
1997 Duckman Dr. William Blay Voice; episode: "Ajax & Ajaxer"
Second Noah The Chicken Man Episode: "Diving In"
Murphy Brown Vic Episode: "You Don't Know Jackal"
Johnny Bravo Lawrence the Camel Voice; episode: "Over the Hump"[12]
1998–1999 The Wild Thornberrys Biederman Voice; 4 episodes[12]
1998 Veronica's Closet Edwin Murloff Episode: "Veronica's Blackout"
The Ransom of Red Chief Bill Driscoll Television film
1999 Touched by an Angel Gus Zimmerman Episode: "The Man Upstairs"
2000–2003 Sesame Street Mr. Noodle's Brother, Mister Noodle Elmo's World segments
2002 Taken William Jeffries Episode: "Taken"
Hey Arnold! Nate Horowitz Voice; episode: "Gerald's Game/The Fishing Trip"[12]

Theater

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Once in a Lifetime Jolson / Bellboy Circle in the Square
1979 G.R. Point Straw Playhouse Theatre, Broadway
1980 Alice in Concert Ensemble The Public Theatre
1981 Cloud 9 Betty / Gerry Lucille Lortel's Theatre de Lys
1982 Greater Tuna Performer Circle in the Square Downtown
1989 Grand Hotel Otto Kringelein Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway
Assassins Giuseppe Zangara Playwrights Horizons

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Project Result Ref.
1979 Theatre World Award G.R. Point Won
1990 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical Grand Hotel Won [13]
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Won [14]
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Won
Clarence Derwent Prize Won
1991 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Evening Shade Nominated
1992 Won [15]
Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television Nominated
1993 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Picket Fences Nominated
1995 Chicago Hope Nominated
1999 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture The Green Mile Nominated

References

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  14. ↑ Michael Jeter, 50; 'Mr. Noodle' on Sesame Street by Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2003.
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