Michael Ray Bower


Michael Bower is an American actor best known for his role as Eddie "Donkeylips" Gelfen on the television program Salute Your Shorts, which aired from 1991 to 1992 on Nickelodeon and for which he won a Young Artist Award.

Career

Born in Tarzana, California, Bower made his film debut in Michael Jackson's 1988 Moonwalker. He had appearances in episodic television series such as Webster, Tales from the Crypt, Empty Nest, Superior Court, Hull High, The Wonder Years, and Doogie Howser, M.D., before being brought into Salute Your Shorts for 20 episodes as the major character Eddie 'Donkeylips' Gelfen. After that series, he continued with guest roles on well-known television series, including that of Monica Geller's prom date on an episode of Friends. He has also appeared in movies such as Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School and Ivan Reitman's Evolution. Bower had a small role in an episode of the FOX series Dark Angel, and played in the indie film Social Misfits, and the comedy short film Dinner with Raphael.
Bower appeared as a contestant on the game show Fun House in the late 1980s as well as Nick Arcade in the early 1990s. He also appears in the music video for "Download This Song" by MC Lars. He has also appeared as a contestant on Singled Out and had a guest role on The Wonder Years as Peter Armbruster in 3 episodes in the early 1990s. He provides the voice of "Eugene Reaper" in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Bower can also be seen on commercials for Mountain Dew's Amp Energy Drinks as a high-voltage, dancing mechanic.

Awards

  • 1992 - Young Artist Award winner - Best Young Actor in a Cable Series - ''Salute Your Shorts''

    Selected filmography

Television

  • Webster as Mayor
  • Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All as Velda's Nephew
  • Tales from the Crypt as Junior
  • Empty Nest as Josh
  • Superior Court as Joey
  • Hull High as Big Boy
  • The Wonder Years, as Peter Armbruster, Kid, Joe
  • Doogie Howser, M.D., as Boy Nerd, Josh
  • Salute Your Shorts, as Eddie 'Donkeylips' Gelfen
  • Running the Halls as Super George
  • The Day My Parents Ran Away as Richie
  • Weird Science as Kyle
  • California Dreams, TV as Tommy
  • Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills as Alex
  • Friends as Roy Gublik
  • Rescue 77 as Party Guy
  • Chicken Soup for the Soul as Henry
  • The X-Files
  • Dark Angel
  • Monk as Peter
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Bones as Sam Nozik
  • Raising Hope as Kevin

    Film

  • Moonwalker
  • She's Out of Control as Kid at Beach
  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School as Glen Tanksley
  • The Willies as Gordy Belcher
  • Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as Frank Pescoe
  • High School High as Heckler
  • Dude, Where's My Car? as Big Cult Guard
  • Social Misfits as Edgar
  • Evolution as Danny Donald
  • Wishcraft as Tony
  • Sex and the Teenage Mind as Dwayne
  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School as Tommy Tanksley
  • Dinner with Raphael as Raphael, Jimmy
  • Perfect Combination as Tony
  • Dumbbells as Erwin
  • Cocked as Technician
  • ''The Bread of Wickedness''

    Video games

  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories as Commercial Voice, People of Vice City
  • Bully as Mr. Buckingham
  • Grand Theft Auto IV as Eugene Reaper, The Crowd of Liberty City, Commercial
  • Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony as Eugene Reaper
  • Halo 3: ODST as Additional Voices
  • Red Dead Redemption as The Local Population
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic as Additional Voices