Michael Bowen

• Name — Michael Bowen • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1982–present • Parents — Michael Bowen and Sonia Sorel • Relatives — * Max Henius (great-grandfather) • Robert Carradine (half-brother) • Keith Carradine (half-brother) • Martha Plimpton (half-niece) • Ever Carradine (half-niece) • Sorel Carradine (half-niece) Michael Bowen is an American actor. He is known for portraying Nicolas Cage's romantic rival, Tommy, in the film Valley Girl (1983), Danny Pickett on the ABC series Lost, and Jack Welker on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2012–2013).

Bowen is the only son of Beat painter Michael Bowen Sr. and actress Sonia Sorel (née Henius; 1921–2004) who was Bowen's first wife. His maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, a Danish immigrant to America who himself was of Polish-Jewish descent, and his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg. He grew up in San Francisco knowing "interesting characters—revolutionary-type people," which inspired his portrayal of Uncle Jack on the AMC series Breaking Bad. Through his mother's other marriage he is the half-brother of actors Robert and Keith Carradine of the Carradine family. He is the half-uncle of actresses Martha Plimpton and Ever Carradine.

Besides his TV work and his appearance as Tommy in Valley Girl, Bowen has more than 130 film credits to his name as of 2022, including The Godfather Part III (1990), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Magnolia (1999), Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003), Walking Tall (2004), and Django Unchained (2012). On November 30, 2015, Fox announced he would play Matches Malone on Gotham. His most recently released film is A Soldier's Revenge, which was released in 2020.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1983 — Knight Rider — Bobby Shell — Episode: "Return to Cadiz" • 1985 — Highway to Heaven — Jack Harm — Episode: "Plane Death" • 1989 — 21 Jump Street — Charlie Sharp — Episode: "High High" • 1990 — China Beach — Stepakoff — Episode: "One Small Step" • 1992 — Matlock — Jay Reynolds — Episodes: "The Assassination: Part 1" and "Part 2" • 1994 — ER — Dante Valerio — Episode: "The Gift" • 1996 — NYPD Blue — David Tierney — Episode: "A Tushful of Dollars" • 1997 — JAG — Denny — Episode: "Full Engagement" • 2001 — The X-Files — Dwight Cooper — Episode: "Surekill" • 2003–2010 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Marty Cooperman / Jason Richter — Episodes: "Jackpot" and "Cold Blooded" • 2006–2007 — Lost — Danny Pickett — 7 episodes • 2009 — Criminal Minds — Tommy Anderson — Episode: "Haunted" • Dark Blue — Dan Kemp — Episode: "Ice" • 2010 — Scoundrels — Charlie — 5 episodes • 2012 — Revolution — Ray Kinsey — Episode: "The Plague Dogs" • 2012–2013 — Breaking Bad — Jack Welker — 7 episodes • 2014 — Raising Hope — Mullet — Episode: "How I Met Your Mullet" • 2016 — Gotham — Matches Malone — Episode: "This Ball of Mud and Meanness" • 2016, 2022 — Animal Kingdom — Vin — 3 episodes • 2020 — Beef House — Brad — Episode: "Army Buddy Brad" • 2021 — Grey's Anatomy — Roy Davis — Episode: "With a Little Help from My Friends" • 2022 — Law & Order: Organized Crime — Guard — Episode: "Spirit in the Sky"