Christopher Michael Explained

Christopher Michael is an American actor, director and writer who started his career in the early 1980s, appearing between 1982 and 1987 in five soap operas — One Life to Live, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow and Santa Barbara. He is most famous for portraying Sergeant / Detective / Captain / Chief Michaels on 7th Heaven. He appeared in over 45 episodes throughout the show's 1996–2006 243-episode run.

Filmography

• The Escapist (1983) as Radio Station Executive
• South Bronx Heroes (1985) as Big Zeke
• Heartbreak Ridge (1986) as Marine
• Identity Crisis (1989) as Jailor
• New Jack City (1991) as Bailiff
• (1994) as Commander Atkins
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1995) as Juror #2
• Family Matters, Episode: "My Uncle the Hero" as Police officer who brought in a pick pocket suspect (1995)
• The Cable Guy (1996) as Arresting Officer
• 7th Heaven (1996–2007) as Sergeant/Detective/Captain/Chief Michaels
• ’’Fools Rush In’’ (1997) as Dam Police Officer who delivers baby
• The Wayans Bros., Episode: “Fire!” as Arson Investigator (1998)
• Friends (2001) as Airport Security Officer (deleted scene)
• New Alcatraz (2002) as Captain Thomas
• Drake & Josh (2004) as Doctor, Episode: "Dune Buggy"
• "24" (2008) as security officer at the FBI: Washington, DC branch
• iCarly (2007, 2009) as Officer Carl, Episode: "iWant More Viewers"
• The Young and the Restless (2009) as Jail Guard
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008-2012) as football coach/ interim guidance counselor at fiction Ulysses S. Grant High School
• Hard Flip (2012) as Ralph
• Grey's Anatomy (2012) as Ray
• Castle (2014) as Officer Simms (episode "Driven")
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2014) as Officer Hank
• Community (2015) as Security Guard #2 (episode "Laws of Robotics & Party Rights")