Mike Houston

Acting

Mike Houston

Born 1976-02-23 · Denver, Colorado, USA

Acting credits

Bridge of Spies poster
7.2

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Bridge of Spies

2015

Joker: Folie à Deux poster
5.4

While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

Joker: Folie à Deux

2024

The Drop poster
6.8

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

The Drop

2014

She Said poster
7.2

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

She Said

2022

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 poster
6.4

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009

Deliver Us from Evil poster
6.3

When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.

Deliver Us from Evil

2014

Inside Llewyn Davis poster
7.2

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

Inside Llewyn Davis

2013

True Story poster
6.3

A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

True Story

2015

Blood Ties poster
6.1

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

Blood Ties

2013

All Square poster
6.1

A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets on his youth league baseball games; only to realize he’s killed what’s pure about the sport as the games turn ugly when money is on the line.

All Square

2018

The Drowning poster
4.5

A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.

The Drowning

2016

Bury Me When I'm Dead poster
5.2

After failing to fulfill his wife's dying wish, a series of unexplainable, horrific events leads a man to believe she's returned to get revenge on him and his pregnant mistress.

Bury Me When I'm Dead

2025

No artwork available
NR

Cassie thinks she's found the man of her dreams. Unfortunately he's also her therapist.

Perfectly Normal

2014

The Happy House poster
4.8

Their relationship on the rocks, a young Brooklyn couple heads to a remote B&B to work things out. But from the moment they arrive at The Happy House it's one disaster after another, and they soon begin to suspect they've wandered into a real life horror movie. Events escalate from weird to terrifying as they contend with the house's batty owner, her imposing son, a moody Swedish lepidopterist, a pedantic English professor, an extraordinarily rare butterfly, the world's best blueberry muffins, a .44 Magnum, a demented serial killer, and one very strict rulebook.

The Happy House

2013

Weekends at Bellevue poster
NR

Centers on Ellie, the psychiatrist in charge of the weekend shift of Bellevue Hospital psychiatric unit.

Weekends at Bellevue

2011

Rocksteady poster
6.0

A coming of age drama set in the world of stock-car dirt-track racing, against a heavy reggae soundscape. 20-year old BC, the only black kid on a very white track, sees racing as his way out - and up into manhood.

Rocksteady

2010

No artwork available
NR

The gripping story begins after a young altar boy's tragic death by suicide in a local church. Father Frye (Colin Bates) discovers the body, only to face resistance from the church hierarchy, the local police and the surrounding community. His investigation is driven by the grief and distrust of the boy’s older sister, Siobhan (Ella Kennedy Davis), as well as the church’s apparent urgency to bury the truth. Together, Frye and Siobhan—united by their shared loss but divided by Frye’s unwavering loyalty to the institution—uncover dark secrets buried within the church. As they dig deeper, Frye’s faith and career are put to the test, especially as his superior, the bishop, and his former mentor, the Monsignor, will do whatever it takes to stop the truth from surfacing.

These Little Ones Perish

First Samurai in New York poster
7.0

In the late 1800s, a Japanese samurai family, who recently immigrated to New York, clash with local Irish gangsters out for blood.

First Samurai in New York

2018

I'm Not Me poster
7.0

As Josh struggles with the death of his wife Sam, his grief begins to manifest itself in haunting and strange ways. When Josh comes face to face with his dead wife who is somehow alive and well, he slowly realizes that his world consists of two divergent realities. As he journeys between the two realms, hopeful of recreating the life he shared with Sam, tragedy ensues.

I'm Not Me

2011

The Binding poster
NR

In the wake of a failed exorcism, a grieving father does "whatever it takes" to destroy the entity that took his daughter, even if that means committing an unforgivable sin of his own.

The Binding

2025