Michael Benyaer Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A character actor with a distinctly menacing and ominous look (and a frequently bald pate), Michael Benyaer parlayed his countenance into an effective movie career, typecast as brutal guards, thugs, terrorists, and all sorts of other seedy and threatening types. Benyaer began his screen career in...Read More

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Postal

Actors: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Christopher Coppola, Michael Benyaer, Jackie Tohn

Synopsis: Notorious, critic-boxing director Uwe Boll takes the helm for this adaptation of the controversial video game that ignited controversy across the globe and is actually illegal to own in Australia and New Zealand. Dude (Zack Ward) is an unemployed slacker currently subsisting on Social Security Read More

5/23/08
The Path to 9/11

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Michael Benyaer, Shirley Douglas, Barclay Hope, Patricia Heaton, Mido Hamada

Synopsis: This five-hour ABC miniseries depicts the events leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, through the scope of a handful of intelligence and counter-terrorism officials in the U.S. government. Harvey Keitel plays John O'Neill, the counter-terrorism chief of the FBI whose belief Read More

2006
The Shield: On Tilt

Synopsis: As the finale of the third season of The Shield opens, Vic (Michael Chiklis), Shane (Walton Goggins), and Ronnie (David Rees Snell) are dealing with the consequences of Lem (Kenny Johnson) torching the money from the "Money Train" heist. Lem will no longer get a cut, but there's still not much Read More

2004
How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Jared Harris, Lynn Redgrave, Peter Riegert

Synopsis: Somewhere in L.A., Peter (Kenneth Branagh), a washed-up British playwright, struggles to duplicate his past glory as he surfs a foul-smelling tide of disenchantment. His wife, Melanie (Robin Wright Penn), manages to maintain an optimistic outlook even as she longs for the baby that her husband is Read More

2/22/02
Dark Angel: Art Attack

Synopsis: Max (Jessica Alba) unexpectedly gets in touch with her "kinder, gentler" side when she agrees to accompany Logan (Michael Weatherly) to a Cale family wedding. Meanwhile, Max's friends are at the mercy of a hostile art smuggler named Duvalier (Master P), who intends to get revenge for a mix-up at Read More

2001
My Mother the Spy

Actors: Jayne Brook, Dyan Cannon, Kevin Kilner, Gloria Stuart, Michael Benyaer

Synopsis: While vacationing in the Azores, attractive young book editor Alison Shaeffer (Jayne Brook) discovers to her dismay that her "absentee" mother Gloria (Dyan Cannon) is a longtime CIA agent. Alison doesn't quite swallow this revelation until both she and Gloria are kidnapped by the villainous Read More

2000
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: To Bardo and Back

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Having sustained serious injuries in a rodeo accident, a comatose Race Bannon is rushed to Questworld to be revived. Unfortunately, the Quest team had reckoned without their old nemesis Jeremiah Surd, who caused the accident in the first place, and who intends to get even with his lifelong enemy Read More

1997
Masterminds

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Vincent Kartheiser, Brenda Fricker, Bradley Whitford, Matt Craven

Synopsis: A criminal genius who has carefully planned the ultimate score runs across an unexpected obstacle -- a 16-year-old computer hacker -- in this youth-oriented action-adventure story. Ozzie Paxton (Vincent Kartheiser) is a teenager with a knack for causing trouble; he's been expelled from the Shady Read More

1997
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: The Spectre of the Pine Barr

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker

Synopsis: Three members of the Quest team go to the Pine Barrens region of New Jersey in search of the legendary Jersey Devil. The heroes find themselves in the middle of a feud between descendants of the Redcoats and Minutemen of the Revolutionary War, with the orginal Declaration of Independence as the Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Heroes

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Dr. Quest utilizes Questworld computer technology to reassemble a shattered statue of the God Apollo. His efforts are interfered with by Quest's perennial foe Jeremiah Surd, who, hacking into the computer system, lures Jonny into a surreal chamber of horrors in which the statue's supernatural Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Besieged in Paradise

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Jeremiah Surd is back for more deviltry in this episode of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. Having gained control of the Cetacean Internet bandwith, Surd provokes Cetaceans from all over the world to mount an attack against Questworld. This time, the good guys must put their lives in the hands Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: In the Wake of Mary Celeste

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer

Synopsis: Though the mysterious "disappearance" of the 19th century cargo ship Mary Celeste was merely an invention of author Arthur Conan Doyle, it is treated as fact in this entertaining Real Adventures of Jonny Quest installment. While in search of the Mary Celeste's gold cargo in the Sargasso Sea, Dr. Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Amok

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: In Borneo on an archaeological expedition, the Quest team confront the legendary Amok creatures, so named for their ability to attack from several directions at the same time. But there's even more danger at hand in the form of a band of mercenaries, who, hired to destroy a native tribe, add the Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: The Ballad of Belle Bonnet

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Belle Bonnet was a notorious but basically well-intentioned female outlaw, who, in the 19th century, stole a wagonload of gold in order to finance a Native American school. Lost in the caverns of the Southwestern desert, Belle's ghost still stands guard over her purloined gold. Psychically Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Future Rage

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: In his never-ending efforts to destroy all Mankind, Ezekial Rage hatches a scheme to destroy the polar ice caps. To this end, Rage steals a tiny but super-powerful nuclear device. To thwart the villain, the Quest team must harness the hitherto untapped powers of the Aurora Borealis. An Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Alligators and Okeechobee Vikings

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: A major oil company intends to drill in the Florida Everglades, but its efforts are stymied by a band of unseen saboteurs who leave behind an ancient Viking sword. The Quest team investigates the possibility that a hidden community of ancient Norse warriors is responsible, but the bad guys are a Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Ice Will Burn

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: While flying to Northern Siberia to join the rest of the Quest Team, Jessie is forced to make an emergency landing. Exploring the area, she comes across a ancient colony of Russians, living in a subterranean ice fissure -- and, of course, completely unaware that many centuries have passed since Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: In the Darkness of the Moon

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: The Quest team heads to Northern Canada to investigate a series of attacks, allegedly perpetrated by a werewolf. They discover that the elusive lycanthrope is an attactive outback physician named Marie Metier, whom Dr. Quest hopes to cure of her family curse. A new spin on an old story, "In the Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: The Secret of the MOAI

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: The Quest team arrives on Easter Island, where they come across the remnants of an ancient alien aircraft. All evidence indicates that the alien occupant was the "missing link" who accelerated the evolutionary process. Enter the team's ubiquitious adversary Jeremiah Surd, who intends to conduct an Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: In the Realm of the Condor

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker

Synopsis: Estella Scheele asks the Quest team (minus Jessie) to locate her missing grandfather, a famed ornithologist. The heroes are unaware that Estella actually hopes to locate the legendary "city of gold" El Dorado, and she doesn't care who perishes in the attempt. A startling finale caps this Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Rage's Burning Wheel

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: First telecast August 29, 1996, "Rage's Burning Wheel" served to introduce "apocalyptist" villain Ezekial Rage to The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (voiced by both David Ackroyd and Michael Bell, who took over the role). Hijacking a space capsule, Rage intends to use the vehicle to destroy the Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Ndovu's Last Journey

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: In Tanzania, Quest team members Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji receive a summons from "beyond" to protect a pachyderm named Ndovu as it makes its final journey to the elephant's graveyard. En route, our heroes run afoul of poachers who intend to rob the sacred burial site of its rich ivory deposits. Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Escape to Questworld

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Jeremiah Surd, one of the Quest team's most persistent antagonists, makes his first appearance in "Escape to Questworld." Bearing a grudge against team member Race Bannon, whom he holds responsible for his present paralyzed condition, Surd takes over Questworld and prepares to release a deadly Read More

1996
Underworld

Actors: Denis Leary, Joe Mantegna, Annabella Sciorra, Larry Bishop, Abe Vigoda

Synopsis: In this Quentin Tarantino-style blood-drenched pseudo-film noir, Denis Leary plays a hood named Johnny who, after getting out of prison, dedicates himself to exacting revenge on mobsters who brutally injured his father. Ned Lynch (Larry Bishop, who wrote the screenplay) attacked Johnny's father Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest [Animated Series]

Actors: Quinton Flynn, J.D. Roth, John deLancie, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Robert Foxworth, Michael Benyaer, Rob Paulsen, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas, Jennifer Hale

Synopsis: The old Hanna Barbera cartoon adventure series Jonny Quest was given a new coat of paint -- and infinitely better animation -- in this daily, half-hour cable-TV offering, co-produced by Japan's Pacific Animation and several Korean cartoon firms. The basic characters -- spunky teenager Jonny Quest Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: The Darkest Fathoms

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: An oil expedition in Bermuda is terrorized by what seems to be band of phantom pirates. Sent to investigate, the Quest Team comes face to face with ghostly buccaneer Black Jack Lee, whose galleon, the Ivory Web, sank near the expedition site centuries before. As it turns out, however, Black Jack Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Manhattan Maneater

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: New York City is held in the grip of terror when a white tiger escapes from its underground home -- an abandoned subway tunnel -- and goes on a rampage. In their efforts to capture the beast, the Quest team must also contend with a slimy tabloid-TV host named Vince Vance, who intends to milk this Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Return of the Anasazi

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Dr. Quest receives a strange package from his old friend, Native American mystic Alice Starseer, containing a curious quartz statue. In turn, the statue contains a rod that acts as a beacon to summon extraterrestrials. Transporting the statue to New Mexico (conveniently close to "Area 51" near Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: The Alchemist

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: The Philosopher's Stone, which is said to have the power to turn base metals into gold, is located by Dr. Quest, only to be stolen by Quest's duplicitous partner. The villain then kidnaps Jonny, Jessie, and Hadji, intending to use their Purity of Heart to activate the precious Stone. Those Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Trouble on the Colorado

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Having returned from her journey through space with the Anasazi, Dr. Quest's mystical friend Alice Starseer arrives on earth armed with the Secrets of the Universe. Intending to lay her grandfather to rest, Alice is targetted for abduction by the Quest team's perennial adversary, Jeremiah Surd Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Alien in Washington

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: The Questworld computer system picks up extraterrestrial warnings to stop a series of American space-defense experiments before they begin. Unfortunately, the Quest team learns all too late that the experiments have already been set in motion by the Vice President of the United States -- actually Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: East of Zanzibar

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer

Synopsis: Several ships have vanished without a trace in the Indian ocean, near Christie Island in the Republic of Seychelles. The Quest team investigates the phenomenon, hoping to disprove rumors of a huge sea monster in the region. Inevitably, however, both Jonny and Hadji find themselves in the grip of Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Assault on Questworld

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Frank Welker, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Benton Quest and Race Bannon are invited to attend a phenomenology conference in the Himalayas, little suspecting that the conference is a sham created by their old enemy Jeremiah Surd. With Quest Compound apparently unprotected by adults, Surd leads his henchmen on an assault of the Quest team's Read More

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Ezekial Rage

Actors: J.D. Roth, George Segal, Robert Patrick, Michael Benyaer, Jesse Douglas

Synopsis: Although the villainous Ezekial Rage first appeared in "Rage's Burning Wheel," episode four of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, the character was introduced in the episode that ended up as the series' ninth telecast, the appropriately titled "Ezekial Rage." A horribly disfigured former Read More

1996
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Actors: Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Mark Richman, Barbara Bingham, V.C. Dupree

Synopsis: The worst in a string of increasingly pointless sequels to Sean S. Cunningham's crude slasher hit, this installment provided clear evidence that the "slasher" subgenre, already creatively dead, was no longer financially viable. This time around, unstoppable supernatural thug Jason Voorhees Read More

7/28/89
Higher Ground

Synopsis: When a retired FBI agent takes on the job of pilot for a friend's Alaskan air charter service he discovers a drug smuggling operation. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1988

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