Michael Papajohn

American actor

Michael Papajohn
Born	(1964-11-07) November 7, 1964 (age 59) Vestavia Hills, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, stuntman
Years active	1988–present
Children	1

Michael Papajohn (born November 7, 1964) is an American character actor, stuntman and former college baseball player for the LSU Tigers baseball team. He played Dennis Carradine in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

Early life

Papajohn was born and raised Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, to a Greek American family.^[1] He graduated from Vestavia Hills High School in 1983 and went on to play for two years at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. Instead of signing a contract, he accepted a baseball scholarship to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

College career

Nicknamed Poppy, Papajohn was an outfielder for Skip Bertman's LSU Tigers. He was a member of the 1986 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament All-Tournament Team and he, along with teammates Mark Guthrie, Joey Belle, Jeff Reboulet, Jeff Yurtin, Jack Voigt and Barry Manuel, among others, helped LSU make its first College World Series appearance in 1986.

Acting career

Papajohn got his start in acting while he was a student at Louisiana State University. Already an athlete, he was hired to be a stunt performer in the film Everybody's All-American which was being filmed on the campus of LSU and featured football action sequences filmed during LSU football games in Tiger Stadium. From there he moved on to being a stunt performer in films such as Money Talks and Starship Troopers and acting in films like Predator 2, For Love of the Game, where he plays New York Yankees slugger Sam Tuttle, and Spider-Man and Spider-Man 3, in which he plays Dennis Carradine, the robber that was thought to have killed Uncle Ben with a pistol; Papajohn also makes a cameo appearance as a different character in the film series' reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. He has also starred in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Terminator Salvation, S.W.A.T., Land of the Lost, G-Force in 2009,The Assault and Jeepers Creepers 3 in 2017.

Filmography

1988 Everybody's All-American as Unknown
1990 Predator 2 as Subway Gang
1991 The Last Boy Scout as Hitman
1992 The Babe as Heckler
1992 Mr. Baseball as Rick
1994 Little Big League as Tucker Kain
1995 Dominion as John
1995 The Indian in the Cupboard as a Cardassian
1995 Wild Bill as Extra (uncredited)
1996 Naked Souls as Driver
1996 Eraser as CIA Agent Schiffer
1997 Spawn as Glen, Zack's Dad
1998 My Giant as Tough Guy #1
1998 The Waterboy as Unknown
1999 Inferno as Creep
1999 For Love of the Game as Sam Tuttle
2000 Charlie's Angels as Bathroom Thug
2000 The Patriot of America as Payne (voice)
2001 The Animal as Patrolman Brady
2001 Rustin as Trent Cotee
2002 Whacked as Shannon
2002 Spider-Man as Carjacker
2002 The Hot Chick as Security Guard
2003 A Man Apart as Fake Uniformed Cop (uncredited)
2003 Hulk as Technician #5
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Paramedic #1
2003 S.W.A.T. as Bistro Gangster #3
2003 House of Sand and Fog as Carpenter
2004 The Last Shot as Ed Rossi Jr.
2005 The Longest Yard as Guard Papajohn
2005 Domino as Cigliutti Goon (uncredited)
2006 Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector as Diner Manager
2006 How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Man At Table
2007 Spider-Man 3 as Dennis Carradine/Carjacker
2007 Delta Farce as Bill's Neighbor
2007 Live Free or Die Hard as Gabriel's Henchman (uncredited)
2007 I Know Who Killed Me as Jacob K. / Joseph K.
2008 Superhero Movie (2008) as Robber, 'Gimme Your Wallet'
2008 Yes Man as Security Guard (uncredited)
2009 Terminator Salvation as Carnahan
2009 Land of the Lost as Astronaut (uncredited)
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Colin 'Cal' Banes
2009 G-Force as FBI Techie
2010 Jonah Hex as Saber Guard
2010 The Assault as Pillot
2011 Drive Angry as Tattooed Cult Member
2011 The Hit List as FBI Special Agent Drake Ford
2012 This Means War as German Goon
2012 For the Love of Money as Little Guy
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man as Alfie (uncredited)
2012 The Dark Knight Rises as Prison Guard (uncredited)
2012 The Bourne Legacy as CIA Agent Larry
2012 Gangster Squad as Mike 'The Flea'
2013 Pawn Shop Chronicles as Spectator #1
2013 Bering Sea Beast as Jonas
2013 Escape Plan as Prisoner Beaten By Breslin
2013 Homefront as Hitman #4
2013–2015 Banshee as Delmont Munson, Bald Thug
2014 Devil's Due as Officer Miska
2014 Rage as Vory
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Cannon-Gunner
2014 Get On Up as 1949 Cop
2014 Nightcrawler as Security Guard
2014 Selma as Major John Cloud
2015 Wild Card as Pit Boss
2015 Jurassic World as InGen Contractor
2015 American Ultra as Otis
2015 Nocturna as Lonny
2016 My Many Sons as Pete's Dad
2016 Cold Moon as Ed Gieger
2016 Ozark Sharks as Rick
2016 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back as DC Policeman At Restaurant
2016 Live by Night as Maso's Crew (uncredited
2017 Reborn as Dyson
2017 Vengeance: A Love Story as J.J. Breen
2017 Jeepers Creepers 3 as Frank
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as InGen Contractor
2019 Welcome to Acapulco as Apex
2019 Black and Blue as Sergeant Leader
2020 Unhinged as Homer
2023 The Iron Claw as Olympic Coach

References

^ "Michael Papajohn interview: 'I'm so proud to be Greek.'". Efimerida NY – GR Press – Greek Radio-TV New York. October 18, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2017.