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Beach in 2018, photo by DFree /bigstock.com
Birth Name: Michael Anthony Beach
Place of Birth: Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 30, 1963
Ethnicity: Cape Verdean, African-American
Michael Beach is an American actor. His roles include the films The Abyss (1989), Internal Affairs , Short Cuts , Soul Food (1997), First Sunday , Red Dawn (2012), Broken City , Insidious: Chapter 2 , If Beale Street Could Talk , Aquaman (2018), Rim of the World , Inheritance (2020), Superintelligence , The Harder They Fall , Saw X , and Shelby Oaks ; and the shows The Street , South Central , NYPD Blue , Under Suspicion , ER , Todd McFarlane’s Spawn , Third Watch , Justice League Unlimited , Brothers & Sisters , Stargate Atlantis , Soul , The Cleaner , Sons of Anarchy , The Game , The Client List , Crisis , The Blacklist , Secrets and Lies , Pitch , The 100 , Dynasty , S.W.A.T. , Animal Kingdom , For the People , The Rookie , Swamp Thing , Chicago P.D. , All Rise , Truth Be Told , Cherish the Day , SEAL Team , Mayor of Kingstown , Law & Order , Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story , Tulsa King , Kingdom Business , Dead Boy Detectives , and The Perfect Couple .
He has said , “My family is #capeverdean but kept the languages from us when we were kids.”
He is married to Elisha Wilson.
Michael’s maternal grandfather was Roy B. Gomes (who likely was the son of José “Joseph” Gomes and Maria “Mary” Correia). Roy was born in Massachusetts, to parents from Cape Verde.
Michael’s maternal grandmother was Julia Marie Lopes (the daughter of Inocêncio “Enos” Lopes and Isabelle Fernandes). Julia was born in Massachusetts, to parents from Cape Verde.
Sources: Obituary of Michael’s mother – https://www.chapmanfuneral.com
Death record of Michael’s maternal grandmother, Julia Marie (Lopes) Gomes – https://findagrave.com