Michael Adler
- Known for
- Acting
Michael Adler – American actor and producer, with no publicly recorded birthplace or birthday. Son of novelist Warren Adler. Earned a B.A. from the University of Southern California and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre (alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Miranda Richardson) and RADA in London, and studied improvisation with The Groundlings. Active since 1988, based in Calabasas, California. He is also VP of Creative Affairs and partner for Adler Entertainment Trust, a production company dedicated to bringing his father's library of books to film, television, and Broadway. His most notable film roles include Schloss in Stand and Deliver (1988), Dr. Hillerman in The War of the Roses (1989), a Conference Room Attorney in Liar Liar (1997), Dr. Alex Dupree in I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Bank Manager in Peppermint (2018), Anderson in A Million Miles Away (2023), and Senator Tobey in The Alto Knights (2025). On television he has appeared in Criminal Minds (2009) as Patrick Meyers, True Detective (2015) as Cliggot, Brothers & Sisters (2008) as Doug Manning, The O.C. (2005) as Jeff Frenkel, NCIS (2003) as CPT Burger, House (2007), NYPD Blue (2004), and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) as Judge Lawrence Gram.
Filmography
The Alto Knights 2025
as Senator Tobey
A Million Miles Away 2023
as Anderson
Peppermint 2018
as Bank Manager
Anderson's Cross 2010
as Coach McCarthy
I Know Who Killed Me 2007
as Alex Dupree
Letters from a Killer 1998
as Building Manager
Liar Liar 1997
as Conference Room Attorney
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood 1996
as Man in White Coat
Chaplin 1992
as Party Guest
Hard to Kill 1990
as Desk Clerk
The War of the Roses 1989
as Dr. Hillerman
The Roses 2025
Executive Producer
Bad Nauheim: Looking for The King 1994
Producer
Credits from TMDB.