Michael Stahl-David

To me, Michael Stahl-David will always be the everyman at the center of Cloverfield. Carrying a found-footage blockbuster as Rob Hawkins is harder than it looks; the shaky-cam format strips away an actor's usual tricks and demands raw, believable panic, and he delivered it. Beyond that breakout, his range across stage, television, and film, plus his screenwriting, signals an artist with more tools than a single role suggests. I tend to trust performers who build steadily rather than chase one flashy moment, and Stahl-David reads as exactly that kind of grounded, craft-first actor.

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Name (English)

Michael Stahl-David

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・スタール＝デヴィッド

Reading

まいける・すたーる＝でゔぃっど

Born

October 28, 1982 (age 43)

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

High school

Lincoln Park High School

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/michaelstahldavid/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Stahl-David
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q679387

Tags

• Illinois
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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