Known for Acting
Michael Abbott Jr. (born July 8, 1978) is an American actor. Abbott Jr. is an East Tennessee native and a graduate of The North Carolina School of the Arts Drama School. He has appeared in numerous stage productions in New York City and in productions across the country in some of the nations most prestigious regional theaters. He is also a proud member of John Houseman's Tony-honored, Acting Company. He made his feature film debut in writer and director Jeff Nichol's debut feature film Shotgun Stories in 2007.
Born
July 8, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Tennessee, USA
Filmography
24 films, 7 shows


Appofeniacs
2026 · 1h 31m
country: United States
When Duke goes on a frenzy of reckless deepfake creations, his callous disregard of consequences shows how, with a few clicks of an app on a phone, anyone can create a deceiving video of an unsuspecting victim and ruin their life… or end it.


Verity
2026 · 1h 57m
country: United States
Lowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to finish following an accident. Lowen gradually uncovers Verity's disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords' home to work.


The Drama
2026 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.


Bunny
2025 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Two best friends rally the neighbors in their tenement building to help them hide a dead body over the best/worst night of their lives.


Vicious
2025 · 1h 38m
country: United States
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.


Summer's End
2024 · 20m
country: Unknown
When a chance encounter on a dating app reveals his father’s double life, a troubled young man must face the parallels between his own destructive patterns and his alcoholic father’s infidelity.


The Bikeriders
2024 · 1h 56m
country: United States
After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.


The Last Stop in Yuma County
2024 · 1h 30m
country: United States
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-gotten fortune.


Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · 3h 26m
country: United States
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.


Organ Trail
2023 · 1h 52m
country: United States
A young Abigale Archer is left friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s—fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from a gang of bloodthirsty bandits.


Peace in the Valley
2022 · 1h 28m
country: United States
In the aftermath of a senseless act of violence, a young mother must learn to manage her overwhelming grief—not only for her own peace of mind but for the sake of her young son.


The Dark and the Wicked
2020 · 1h 35m
country: United States
On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.


The Death of Dick Long
2019 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.


Hearts Beat Loud
2018 · 1h 37m
country: United States
In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.


Shifting Gears
2018 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Tom, an over-worked husband and father, abandons his dead-end job to follow his dream of owning his own business. The only problem: he invested everything in a mechanic shop that has a lien in favor of his arch enemy and must now enter a dirt track race to win the prize money and save his family from ruin.


Last Requests
2017 · 18m
country: United States
The day before the expiration of the last meal request program in Texas, a widow who has worked in the Huntsville Death House for 30 years prepares to cook her last, last meal.


Antarctica
2016 · 15m
country: United States
A happily married woman encounters a charming stranger and indulges in an adulterous fling.


Loving
2016 · 2h 3m
country: United Kingdom
In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.


In the Radiant City
2016 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A man must return home to rural Kentucky where he and his family, fragmented and haunted, still carry the stigma of a murder his brother committed 20 years ago.


Mud
2013 · 2h 10m
country: United States
Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.


Pilgrim Song
2012 · 1h 53m
country: Unknown
Seeking escape from his stalled relationship and unhappy place in the world, a recently pink-slipped music teacher sets out to hike Kentucky's Sheltowee Trace Trail. Among the verdant hills of Appalachia, he encounters various strange characters and becomes the reluctant companion of a gregarious father and son who ultimately help him rediscover what he's been missing.


Vacation!
2010 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Four girlfriends reunite for a week of partying on the beach, and it's all sand, sun and margaritas until one of them turns up dead.


Shotgun Stories
2007 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.


A Beautiful Mind
2001 · 2h 15m
country: United States
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.