Michael Weatherly

I have always thought Michael Weatherly is underrated precisely because he makes difficult things look effortless. Sustaining a character as charming and potentially grating as Tony DiNozzo across more than a decade of NCIS, then anchoring Bull as a lead, takes a control of tone few television actors possess. His detours into directing and producing tell me he is more curious than comfortable, which I respect. There is a lightness to his screen presence, a Paris-educated New Yorker's wit, that never tips into smugness. His 2024 return as DiNozzo felt less like nostalgia and more like a craftsman picking up a favorite tool. That longevity is the real story.

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Name (English)

Michael Weatherly

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・ウェザリー

Reading

まいける・うぇざりー

Born

July 8, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / film director / television director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

University

American University of Paris

• Official sitehttps://www.michaelweatherly.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/michaelmweatherly/
• Xhttps://x.com/M_Weatherly
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Weatherly
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221923

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.