# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-j-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:40:48.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-j-anderson"
name: "Michael J. Anderson"
slug: "michael-j-anderson"
description: "Michael J. Anderson is a retired American actor. He is best known for his role as The Man from Another Place in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks and the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. He is also known for playing Samson on the HBO series Carnivàle."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_J_Anderson_2.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1953-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump