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Mike White. Writer: School of Rock. Mike White was born Michael Christopher White on June 28, 1970 in Pasadena, California. He is a writer, director and producer, mostly acknowledged for his award-winning HBO series The White Lotus (2021).
Mike White. Actor: The Fast and the Furious. Prior to becoming an actor, Mike had an 11-year career as a member of the Navy SEALs, the world's most elite military unit, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
- Actor, Additional Crew
- October 21, 1961
- Mike White
Dec 5, 2022 · As the second season of HBO's The White Lotus comes to a close, creator Mike White reflects on how it examines the dark side of sex, and how at its heart is a mix of Laverne & Shirley and...
- Terry Gross
- R of The Dog (2007) - 6.0
- Nge County (2002) - 6.2
- Cking Up (2004) - 6.3
- Good Girl (2002) - 6.4
- D's Status (2017) - 6.5
- CK & Buck (2000) - 6.6
- Ool of Rock (2003) - 7.1
- Ightened (2011) - 7.6
- White Lotus (2021) - 7.7
- Adena (2001) - 7.9
While the scripts White wrote for Dead Man On Campus and Beatriz at Dinner share the exact same IMDb rating, his directorial debut, Year of the Dog, holds a special place on his resume. White not only wrote, directed, and produced the film, but also reunited with his longtime friend, Molly Shannon, who plays the lead role in the superb story about ...
White also wrote the amusing 2002 coming-of-age comedy Orange County, in which Stanford hopeful and aspiring writer Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks) is rejected from the school of his choice when the wrong application is sent by his counselor. Along with the help of his bumbling stoner brother, Lance (Jack Black), Shaun races to file the proper transcri...
White began his long-running working relationship with Molly Shannon onCracking Up, a 12-episode sitcom on Fox he created in 2004. The premise follows a dysfunctional family living under a mirage of perfection in lavish Beverly Hills, where college student Ben Baxter (Jason Schwartzman) returns and feels deeply alienated. Unfortunately, the show wa...
Released the same year as Orange County, The Good Girl is a whimsically moving and underrated romantic comedy written by White. Jennifer Aniston gives one of her most well-received performances as Justine Last, an unhappily married discount store cashier who forges an odd bond with the new stock boy, Holden Worther (Jake Gyllenhaal), who fancies hi...
The third and most recent movie White directed includesBrad's Status, an intimate, affecting, and well-observed tale of a father and son bonding while visiting potential colleges for the boy to attend on the east coast. But when Brad (Ben Stiller) has a run-in with old friends who've become far more successful, Troy's collegiate coming of age turns...
Few projects White created showcases his signature brand of oddball humor than Chuck & Buck, his second feature screenplay. White also stars in the film as Buck O'Brien, an unfathomably obnoxious manchild who aggressively stalks his childhood friend Chuck (Chris Weitz) with the intention of rekindling their bond. With painfully awkward, cringe-indu...
The most commercially successful and critically adored movie White has written to date isSchool of Rock, the rousing crowd-pleaser from director Richard Linklater featuring a star-making turn from Jack Black. As a celebratory ode to outsiders everywhere, the film encourages kids to embrace their inner selves and express themselves outwardly, despit...
Fans of The White Lotus would be wise to revisit Mike White's preceding HBO original series, Enlightened, which features one of the best performances by Laura Dern, who won a Golden Globe for her turn as Amy Jellicoe. Billed as a show about a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Amy embodies so much more as she picks up the pieces of her shat...
In a riveting culmination of all that he's done best in his career - quirky humor, offbeat characters, relatable circumstances, and biting satire - The White Lotusis among White's finest creative moments. The show follows an insufferable collection of affluent hotel guests in Hawaii whose self-involved problems blind them to their life of privilege...
Despite being canceled after one season due to poor ratings, Pasadenaremains the highest-rated project Mike White has created thus far. The story concerns Lily McAllister (Alison Lohman), a young woman embroiled in a murder mystery that may be related to her opulent family in Southern California. The show is named after White's birth city. In addit...
- Jake Dee
Jan 13, 2023 · Mike White's Best Movies & TV Shows, From 'The White Lotus' to 'School of Rock' By Jeffrey Speicher. Published Jan 13, 2023. Mike White has brought us far more than just 'The White...
Jun 23, 2021 · Mike White’s return to television is inching closer. The filmmaker is slated to return to HBO via “The White Lotus,” which will premiere on HBO in July. “The White Lotus” will mark...
