My Take
Michael Massee is the kind of actor who could make your skin crawl without saying a word — and honestly, that's a rare gift. From Kansas City to Hunter College to Hollywood, he built a career as one of cinema's most reliable unsettling presences, and I mean that as the highest compliment. His turn as Funboy in The Crow is legitimately chilling, and the fact that he was so shaken by the on-set accident involving Brandon Lee says everything about the kind of thoughtful, conscience-driven person he was behind the intensity. He showed up in David Lynch's Lost Highway and immediately fit that dreamlike dread like a glove. By the time he popped up as the Gentleman in The Amazing Spider-Man films, he was still quietly stealing scenes. He passed away in October 2016, and the character-actor world lost someone genuinely irreplaceable — the guy you couldn't take your eyes off even when he wasn't the one talking.
Overview
Michael Groo Massee (September 1, 1952 – October 20, 2016) was an American actor. Active on screen for three decades, he frequently portrayed villainous characters. His film roles include Funboy in the dark fantasy The Crow (1994), Newton in the horror anthology Tales from the Hood (1995), Andy in the neo-noir Lost Highway (1997), and the Gentleman in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Massee
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・マッシー
- Reading
- まいける・まっしー
- Born
- August 16, 1955 – October 20, 2016
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Goat
- Origin
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Hunter College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.