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Michael Backes(I)

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Michael Backes was born on 26 July 1955 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Jurassic Park (1993), Rising Sun (1993) and Congo (1995).
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    Known for

    Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)
    Jurassic Park
    8.2
    • Additional Crew
    • 1993
    Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes in Rising Sun (1993)
    Rising Sun
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 1993
    Congo (1995)
    Congo
    5.3
    • Producer
    • 1995
    The Abyss (1989)
    The Abyss
    7.5
    • Additional Crew
    • 1989

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    • James Cromwell, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, Theresa Russell, Tobey Maguire, Ted Raimi, Thomas Haden Church, Joe Virzi, Elizabeth Banks, Mike Alexander, Frank Anello, Becky Ann Baker, Dylan Baker, Elya Baskin, Joe Bays, Andre B. Blake, Bruce Campbell, Craig Castaldo, Terrell Clayton, Alan Cohn, Grant Curtis, Robert Curtis Brown, Gregg Daniel, Walt Dohrn, Dean Edwards, Hal Fishman, James Franco, Anne Gartlan, Lucy Gordon, Topher Grace, Rosemary Harris, Bryce Dallas Howard, Andrew James Jones, Ron King, Mark Kubr, Stan Lee, Tim Maculan, Sonya Maddox, Joe Manganiello, Danny Mann, Carolyn Neff, Bill Nunn, Ayesha Orange, Edward Padilla, Michael Papajohn, John Paxton, Alyssa Lakota, Timothy Patrick Quill, Emilio Rivera, Cliff Robertson, Bill E. Rogers, Shade Rupe, J.K. Simmons, Peter Sohn, Evelyn O. Vaccaro, Steve Valentine, Marc Vann, Jennifer Weston, Keith Woulard, Dan Callahan, Jeshua Vargas, Gary Flamik, Mageina Tovah, Claudia Katz Minnick, Toni Wynne, April Parker Jones, Martha Millan, Margaret Laney, Christina Cindrich, Dawn Marie Anderson, Reynaldo Gallegos, Natali Jones, Sincerely A. Ward, Nick Vlassopoulos, Gerald Bunsen, Jim Coope, David Backus, Vanessa Ross, Aimee Miles, Natalie McNeil, Jen Oda, Perla Haney-Jardine, Dan Cummings, Kristi Clainos, Brittany Krall, David Collihan, Joseph O'Brien, Peter Donato, Rogelio T. Ramos, Linda Lee, Graig F. Weich, Arne Starr, Liam Stone, Ray Wineteer, Samantha Ressler, Stella Stark, Julie Jei, Derrick 'Phoenix' Thomas, Michael Ciesla, Tiffany L. Baker, La Rivers, Tanya Bond, Tony Besson, Kristin Somo, Brigid Turner, Ramon Adams, Marc C. Cancassi, Silq Webster, Anya Avaeva, Bernadette Lords, Bria Roberts, Sandrine Marlier, Jhing, Kellie Aiken, Abigail Skinner, Anjelia Pelay, Crystal Marie Denha, Kathryn Bryding, Michael McLaughlin, Nick Poltoranin, Paul Edney, Chuck Gerena, Arick Salmea, Kevin Fung, Christopher Stadulis, Jennifer Sparks, Carol Chaikin, Lorne Raimi, Emma Raimi, Taylor Hemhauser, Austin Hendrickson, Nasir Stewart, Jessi Collins, Menachem Mendel Boymelgreen, Henry Raimi, Vance Hammond, Logan Fry, Daniel Shafer, Dan Maysen, Cesar Di Parra, Eric Shackelford, Veronica, Amy V. Dewhurst, Robert Myers, Samantha Kelly, Vanessa Reseland, Sujeilee Candele, Irina Costa Jelinek, Christopher Jude, Halla, Brianna Leann Florian, Tiffany Ashley Florian, Amanda Florian, Laura McDavid, Tony Galtieri, Jimmy Star, Natalie Fabry, John Crann, Angelis Alexandris, Trenton Willey, Marmee Regine Cosico, Shaun Patrick Flynn, Brian Hopson, Tajna Tanovic, Aija Terauda, Daniel Mignault, Pierangeli Llinas, Philip Vaiman, Luis Rosa, A.J. Adelman, Fredrick Weiss, Donn R. Nottage, Don Pravda, Keith Fausnaught, Claude Jay, Tia Latrell, Kadrolsha Ona Carole, Michele-Nanette Miller, Emily Eckes, Tom Coughlin, Austin Rospert, Karen Schiff Freeman, and Roger Petan in Spider-Man 3 (2007)
      Spider-Man 3
      6.3
      • scientific consultant
      • 2007
    • Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, and Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 (2004)
      Spider-Man 2
      7.5
      • scientific consultant
      • 2004
    • Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck in Jurassic Park (1993)
      Jurassic Park
      8.2
      • display graphics supervisor
      • 1993
    • The Abyss (1989)
      The Abyss
      7.5
      • systems consultant
      • 1989
    • Val Kilmer in Real Genius (1985)
      Real Genius
      6.9
      • technical consultant
      • 1985

    Visual Effects



    • George Clooney and Nicole Kidman in The Peacemaker (1997)
      The Peacemaker
      6.0
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 1997
    • The Fly II (1989)
      The Fly II
      5.2
      • computer graphics consultant
      • 1989

    Actor



    • Val Kilmer in Real Genius (1985)
      Real Genius
      6.9
      • Air Force Controller
      • 1985

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • July 26, 1955
      • Bloomington, Illinois, USA
    • Spouse
      • Martha CoolidgeMarch 22, 1984 - ? (divorced, 1 child)
    • Parents
        James Glenn Backes
    • Other works
      In addition to his visual effects work, Backes is a partner in Oxonian LLC, a media company he founded with author Michael Crichton and computer scientist David Smith. In late 1998, he began writing an untitled computer-animated feature film with Mark Dippe, the director of Spawn.

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      Became friends with Michael Crichton after his then-wife, Martha Coolidge, directed Crichton's then-wife, Anne-Marie Martin, in the pilot episode of Sledge Hammer! (1986). The two women became friends, and later expectant mothers at around the same time, and decided they should introduce their respective husbands.

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