Role Film actor | Name Michael Zorek Years active 1983-1994 Parents Warren Zorek, Jane Zorek | |
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Born May 25, 1960 (age 64) ( 1960-05-25 ) New York City, New York, United States Spouse Shelly Friedland (m. 2000) Movies Private School, Hot Moves, The Woman in Red, Camp Nowhere, Spellcaster Similar People Noel Black, Jonathan Prince, Gene Wilder, Sergio Salvati | ||
Children Diana Zorek, Jeremy Zorek |
Michael Zorek is an American film and television actor perhaps best known for such films and television series as Private School, Family Ties, The Facts of Life, Hot Moves, The Woman in Red, Camp Nowhere and Teen Wolf Too.

In June 2002, Zorek was featured in an article in The New York Times about life as a stay-at-home father after leaving his job as an account executive at a Manhattan public relations firm. In May 2013, The Huffington Post published a follow up article by the same author of The New York Times piece, Lisa Belkin.

Zorek's son Jeremy is also an actor and performed in a 2011 national tour of Billy Elliot.



Filmography
Actor
1995
Eek! The Cat (TV Series) as
Kopp / Kopp (segment "Klutter")
- Bonfire of the Vanna Tea (1996) - Kopp (voice)
- Valley of the Dogs/Klutter (1995) - Kopp (segment "Klutter") (voice)
1995
Can't Hurry Love (TV Series) as
Man
- Glove Story (1995) - Man
1994
Camp Nowhere as
Chez Cheez Guy
1989
Matlock (TV Series) as
Cultist #2
- The Cult (1989) - Cultist #2
1988
Spellcaster as
Harlan
1987
Teen Wolf Too as
Squirrely Assistant
1986
Life with Lucy (TV Series) as
Pizza Delivery Man
- World's Greatest Grandma (1986) - Pizza Delivery Man
1984
Family Ties (TV Series) as
Flaum
- Starting Over (1986) - Flaum
- Best Man (1984) - Flaum
1985
Newhart (TV Series) as
Mr. Duncan
- The Prodigal Darryl (1985) - Mr. Duncan
1984
The Facts of Life (TV Series) as
Victor
- Talk, Talk, Talk (1984) - Victor
- Slices of Life (1984) - Victor
1984
Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) as
Benjamin
- Undercover Lover (1984) - Benjamin
1984
Hot Moves as
Barry
1984
The Woman in Red as
Shelly
1984
High School U.S.A. (TV Movie) as
Chuckie Dipple
1984
Young Hearts (TV Movie) as
Beef
1983
High School U.S.A. (TV Movie) as
Chuckie Dipple
1983
Private School as
Bubba
Miscellaneous
1990
Betsy's Wedding (production assistant)
Self
2009
Hot Moves: Micheal Zorek (Video documentary short) as
Self
2009
Hot Moves: Peter Foldy, Jim Sotos, Adam Silbar (Video documentary short) as
Self
References
Michael Zorek Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA