Michael Anthony Beach (born October 30, 1963) is an American actor. He has appeared in films Lean on Me (1989), One False Move (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Waiting to Exhale (1995), A Family Thing (1996), Soul Food (1997), Aquaman (2018), and Saw X (2023). On television, he played Al Boulet on the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 2005, Beach was a regular cast member in another NBC drama series, Third Watch, as Monte Parker, and as T.O. Cross in FX's Sons of Anarchy.

Filmography

• 2026Dirty Hands — Dally
• 2025Shelby Oaks — Detective Burke
• 2025War Dawgz — Alonzo Rocker
• Dead Boy Detectives — Tragic Mick
• 2024I'll Be Right There — Albert
• Secret Level — Nik Hanson (voice)
• The Perfect Couple — Dan Carter
• 2023God's Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story — Dillard
• 2023Saw X — Henry Kessler
• DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story — Det. Dennis Murphy
• 2022Immanence — Jonah
• Kingdom Business — Calvin Jordan
• 2022The Devil You Know — Greg Hansen
• 2022The Royal
• Tulsa King — Mark, Mark Mitchell
• Mayor of Kingstown — Captain Moore
• 2021Midnight in the Switchgrass — Detective Yarbrough
• 2021Real Talk — Father Daniels
• 2021The Harder They Fall — Nat's Father (uncredited)
• Cherish the Day — Ben
• 2020Inheritance — Harold Thewlis
• 2020Superintelligence — Saul Gomez
• 2019#truth — Kenneth Little, Police Officer #2
• All Rise — Rick Kramer
• 2019Canal Street — Ronald Morgan
• 2019Foster Boy — Bill Randolph
• 2019Rim of the World — General Khoury
• Stumptown — Major Elders
• 2019Sunny Daze — Mickey
• Swamp Thing — Nathan Ellery (uncredited)
• Truth Be Told — Ingram Rhoades
• 2018Aquaman — Jesse Kane (Manta's Father)
• Barry — Police Detective
• 2018Deep Blue Sea 2 — Carl Durant
• For the People — Douglas Delap
• 2018Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer — DA Dan Molinari
• 2018If Beale Street Could Talk — Frank Hunt
• 2018No Postage Necessary — Harry
• The Rookie — Percy West
• 2017Parker's Anchor — Clinton
• S.W.A.T. — Leroy Henderson
• SEAL Team — Chaplain Ryan Walker
• Lethal Weapon — Bryan Graves
• 2016Patriots Day — Gov. Deval Patrick
• Pitch — Bill Baker
• 2016The Bounce Back — Lester
• 2016The Submarine Kid — Marc
• 2015CSI: Immortality — Harbor Patrol SD Scinta
• 2015Megachurch Murder — Clay King
• Secrets and Lies — Arthur Fenton
• Chicago P.D. — Darius Walker
• Crisis — FBI Director Olsen
• Scorpion — Sandhog Chief
• The 100 — Charles Pike
• 2013500 MPH Storm — Simon Caprisi
• 2013Assassins Tale — Roman
• 2013Broken City — Tony Jansen
• 2013Insidious: Chapter 2 — Detective Sendal
• 2013Notes from Dad — Manny Gauza
• 2013Scrapper — Hollis Wallace
• 2013The Exchange — Howard
• 2013Things Never Said — Will Jackson
• 2012David E. Talbert's: A Fool and His Money
• 2012Red Dawn — Mayor Jenkins
• 2012Sparkle — Rev. Bryce
• The Client List — Harold Clemens
• 2011Justice for Natalee Holloway — Agent Delaney
• Lie to Me — James
• 2009Pastor Brown — Avery Callagan
• 2009Play Dead — Devon
• 2009Relative Stranger — James Clemons
• 2008First Sunday — Deacon
• 2008Hell Ride — Goody Two Shoes
• Sons of Anarchy — Taddarius Orwell 'T.O.' Cross
• 2008Stargate: The Ark of Truth — Col. Abe Ellis
• Brothers and Sisters — Noah Guare
• 2006Lenexa, 1 Mile — Paddy
• 2006Like Mike 2: Streetball — Senior
• Shark — Lester Spence
• Criminal Minds — Father Marks
• Grey's Anatomy — Mr. Baker
• Numb3rs — Len Walsh
• The Closer — Coach Rich Carr
• Justice League Unlimited — Commander (voice), Devil Ray (voice), Mr. Terrific (voice)
• Stargate Atlantis — Colonel Abe Ellis
• NCIS — Robert Flowers
• 2002Crazy As Hell — Ty Adams
• Without a Trace — Chuck Barr
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Andy Abbott
• 1999Made Men — Miles
• Third Watch — Monte Parker
• 1998Asunder — Michael Hubbs
• 1998Johnny Skidmarks — Mike
• 1998Ruby Bridges — Abon Bridges
• 1997Casualties — Clark Cooper
• 1997Ms. Scrooge — Reverend Luke
• 1997Soul Food — Miles
• Spawn — Terry Fitzgerald (voice)
• 1996A Family Thing — Virgil
• 1996Dr. Hugo — Hobbs
• 1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault — Legrand
• 1995Bad Company — Tod Stapp
• 1995Sketch Artist II: Hands That See — George
• 1995Waiting to Exhale — John, Sr.
• 1995White Man's Burden — Policeman #1 Outside Bar
• ER — Al Boulet
• 1994Knight Rider 2010 — Marshal Will McQueen
• 1994Midnight Run for Your Life — Pemberton
• Touched by an Angel — Sam Mitchell
• Under Suspicion — Det. Desmond Beck
• 1993Final Appeal — Det. Thorne
• 1993Short Cuts — Jim Stone
• 1993The Hit List — Det. Akin
• 1993True Romance — Wurlitzer
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Randy Warren
• 1992One False Move — Pluto
• 1991Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor — Perez
• 1991Guilty as Charged — Hamilton
• 1990Cadence — Edward James Webb
• 1990Dangerous Passion — Steve
• 1990Internal Affairs — Dorian Fletcher
• Law & Order — Brian Harris, Mr. Elliot
• Shannon's Deal — Monty Coles
• 1989Lean On Me — Mr. Darnell
• Quantum Leap — Nathaniel Simpson
• 1989Taking a Stand — Jake
• 1989The Abyss — Barnes
• 1988In a Shallow Grave — Quintus Pearch
• 1988Open Admissions — Calvin Jefferson
• 1988Weekend War — Wiley
• 1987End of the Line — Alvin
• 1987Suspect — Parking Lot Attendant
• 1986Streets of Gold — Sonny (as Mike Beach)
• 1986Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo — Rudolph Tyner
• American Playhouse — Quintus Pearch
• Empire City

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist