Michael Esper

Acting

Michael Esper

Born 1976-12-01 · New York, New York, USA

Michael Esper was born on December 1, 1976 in New York, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Outsider (2020), Ben Is Back (2018) and Trust (2018).

Acting credits

A Beautiful Mind poster
7.9

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

A Beautiful Mind

2001

The Creator poster
7.0

Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and mankind itself.

The Creator

2023

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

Beau Is Afraid poster
6.7

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.

Beau Is Afraid

2023

All Good Things poster
6.1

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.

All Good Things

2010

Runner Runner poster
5.6

When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.

Runner Runner

2013

Frances Ha poster
7.3

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

Frances Ha

2013

Resurrection poster
6.0

A woman's carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns, forcing her to confront the monster she's evaded for two decades.

Resurrection

2022

Ben Is Back poster
6.6

19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.

Ben Is Back

2018

Pavements poster
6.7

'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underway, surreal tributes emerge: an off-Broadway musical adaptation of their songs, a museum devoted entirely to the band’s legacy, and a shamelessly awards-baiting Hollywood biopic.

Pavements

2025

Griffin in Summer poster
6.8

Griffin is the most ambitious playwright of his generation. He's also fourteen years old. When his mom hires a handsome 25-year-old handyman, Griffin's life and his new play take an inspired turn.

Griffin in Summer

2025

No artwork available
NR

Paul’s independent life crumbles, forcing him to retreat to his childhood home. Once there, he confronts the erasure of a life he thought he’d be able to return to.

Old Soul

Loggerheads poster
5.9

A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly draws out their secret losses and desires.

Loggerheads

2005

Broadway Idiot poster
6.9

Broadway Idiot follows Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong from a punk rock concert at Madison Square Garden to the opening of his musical American Idiot on Broadway - only ten blocks away, but worlds apart. From behind the curtain share in the crazy journey of turning the mega-hit album into a punk rock musical - and ultimately see how the world of theater transformed Billie Joe.

Broadway Idiot

2013

Light and the Sufferer poster
4.7

Realism and fantasy collide in Jonathan Lethem's genre-bending coming-of-age story, which follows two estranged brothers as they try to leave New York City for a new life in California only to find their plans--and lives--being forever changed by the appearance of a mysterious alien.

Light and the Sufferer

2008

Bittersweet Place poster
8.5

The story of the Schaffer family, made up of terminally ill father Jack and his two daughters, bipolar Pappy, and Susannah, who tries to keep the family together despite it taking a strain on her romantic life.

Bittersweet Place

2005

No artwork available
NR

In this unaired TNT TV pilot, a Charlestown native returns to his hometown from serving in Afghanistan to join the Boston Police force like his father and brother before him. Now he must confront his mysterious past which includes his dead brother's widow with whom he has very strong feelings. He is also confronted with his first case on the force which involves the brutal murder of a woman and her unborn child in a town that doesn't talk about its own and within a police force where some people may not be who they seem.

Bunker Hill

2009

To Kill a Wolf poster
7.3

In a modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway in the Oregon Wilderness and does his best to help her find a way home - a troubling exploration of trauma and redemption.

To Kill a Wolf

2025

Watching TV with the Red Chinese poster
NR

In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.

Watching TV with the Red Chinese

2011

Pittsburgh poster
NR

It’s 1979, and the plane on which nine year old Mints is traveling – unaccompanied – gets rerouted to Pittsburgh, where she must spend one chaotic night with a boozy stewardess who abandons her to party with the pilot. Mints sets out to find a reliable adult in a world that seems to lack them.

Pittsburgh

2026

For George on His 30th Birthday poster
NR

In the suburban South of the not-so-distant past, former MySpace-famous musician George spends a strange night with Deena, an old flame.

For George on His 30th Birthday

2018

Lazarus poster
10.0

Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Lazarus focuses on Thomas Newton, as he remains still on Earth - a 'man' unable to die, his head soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. We follow Newton during the course of a few days where the arrival of another lost soul - might set him finally free.

Lazarus

2018