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Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 - March 30, 2003) was a American actor.

Born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, Jeter was a student at Memphis State University when his interests changed from medicine to acting. He pursued his initial stage career in Baltimore, Maryland, as he had heard it was hard to get work in New York without an equity card.

His woebegone look, extreme flexibility and high energy led Tommy Tune to cast him in the Off-Broadway Cloud 9 and, on Broadway, in a memorable role in the musical Grand Hotel, for which he won a Tony Award in 1990.

He was open about his troubles with drug and alcohol addiction, and for a time decided to retire from entertainment, but was eventually enticed back with roles on television and in movies.

When he was diagnosed with HIV, he discussed it openly at a time when there was still much unreasoned fear about the disease.

He had been thought to be in good health, but was found dead in his home in Los Angeles, California, aged 50, in 2003.

Numerous websites have indicated that the cause of death was AIDS-related, but these were based on his HIV status.

He is survived by his partner, Sean Blue.

Theatre

Once in a Lifetime
G. R. Point
Cloud 9
Grand Hotel (Tony award for his portrayal of Otto Kringelein, a dying man with a thirst for life, his song "We'll Take a Glass Together" was revelatory.)

Television

Evening Shade
Gypsy
(1993 TV version)
Sesame Street: as Elmo's friend "Mr. Noodle's Brother, Mr. Noodle"
Hothouse
From Here to Eternity
Taken

Movies

The Polar Express (2004
), Smokey/Steamer (released posthumously)
Open Range (2003
), Percy
Welcome to Collinwood (2002
), Toto
Jurassic Park III
(2001
), Mr. Udesky
The Green Mile
(1999
), Eduard Delacroix
Jakob the Liar
(1999
), Avron
True Crime
(1999
), Dale Porterhouse

Patch Adams (1998
), Rudy

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(1998
), L. Ron Bumquist

Mouse Hunt (1997
), Quincy Thorpe

Air Bud
(1997
), Norman F. 'Norm' Snively/Clown the Hound

The Boys Next Door (1996
), Arnold Wiggins

Waterworld
(1995
), Old Gregor

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
(1993
), Father Ignatius

The Fisher King (1991
), homeless cabaret singer

Tango & Cash
(1989
), Skinner

Dead Bang
(1989
), Dr. Krantz

The Money Pit
(1986
), Arnie

Zelig
(1983
), Freshman #2

Ragtime (1981
), Special Reporter

Hair'' (1979
), Sheldon

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