Biografie

Had a falling out with his father and was disinherited from the family fortune when he told his parents he was going into acting professionally. The falling out and disinheritance were written into the background of his character Anthony DiNozzo on NCIS.

Son of Michael Manning Weatherly, Sr., who made millions as the American importer of the Swiss Army Knife, and Patricia, a hospital administrator.

Played "Robert Wagner" in The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004). Robert Wagner plays Michael's character's father on Navy CIS (2003).

When Navy CIS (2003), in which he stars, wanted to release a soundtrack, they invited him to record a song. He recorded "Bitter and Blue". The success of the song led to Michael recording several more songs, including "Pretty Baby", "All Fall Apart", "Lovlihead", and "Suffer for Me".

Played in a band to supplement his acting in the early days of his career. He plays guitar and piano. He also sold shoes, delivered pizzas, dabbled in songwriting and also worked in the videotape library of ABC. A big part of his job there was to log and cart around one-inch reels of videotape.