{{short description|American screenwriter and actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Bacall | image = | caption = | birth_name = Michael Stephen Bucellato | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Actor, screenwriter | years_active = 1985–present }} '''Michael Bacall''' (born '''Michael Stephen Bucellato''';<ref>{{cite news|last=Praudeau|first=Michel|title=Sur le tournage de "Bandini": L'enfance de John Fante|work=Le Monde|location=France|date=April 6, 1989|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/642005.html|accessdate=August 26, 2009}}: "Le petit Michael Bucellato qui a choisi le pseudo de Michael Bacall..."</ref> April 19, 1973)<ref>{{cite web |title=California Birth Index, 1905-1995 |website=ancestry.com |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLRG-YGX?lang=en |access-date=October 30, 2025 |url-access=registration}}</ref> is an American screenwriter and actor, known for having co-written the films ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010), ''Project X'' (2012), ''21 Jump Street'' (2012), and its sequel ''22 Jump Street'' (2014).
==Career== Bacall co-wrote and co-starred in ''Manic''. As of 2007, Bacall has sold a number of scripts to major studios, including ''Psycho Funky Chimp'' and ''In Search of Captain Zero''.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 Screenwriters to Watch: Michael Bacall|work=Variety|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967391.html?categoryid=2607&cs=1|accessdate=June 25, 2007|first=Matthew|last=Ross|date=June 21, 2007}}</ref>
In June 2007, New Line announced that Bacall would be writing a feature adaptation of the documentary ''The King of Kong''.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Line moves forward on 'Kong'|work=Variety|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966274.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|accessdate=June 25, 2007|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=June 4, 2007}}</ref> He co-wrote the adaptation of the Canadian graphic novel series ''Scott Pilgrim'', ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', with its director, Edgar Wright.<ref name=date>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967391.html?categoryid=2607&cs=1|title=Michael Bacall – 10 Screenwriters to Watch|work=Matthew Ross|accessdate=April 4, 2008|date=June 21, 2007}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Acting=== *1985: ''Highway to Heaven'' as Jimmy Patterson *1989: ''Columbo'': "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine" as Tommy *1989: ''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' as Arturo Bandini *1991: ''Shout'' as Big Boy *1993: ''Irresistible force'' as Jesse Delvechio *1993: ''Free Willy'' as Perry *1993: ''This Boy's Life'' as Terry Taylor *1993: ''The Nanny'' as Tommy *1997: ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'': "Some Assembly Required" as Eric Gittleson *2000: ''Urban Legends: Final Cut'' as Dirk Reynolds *2001: ''Manic'' as Chad * 2002: ''Pumpkin'' as Casey Whitner * 2002: ''Speakeasy'' as Gene *2004: ''Undertow'' as Jacob *2007: ''Grindhouse'' – ''Death Proof'' as Omar *2009: ''Inglourious Basterds'' as Pfc. Michael Zimmerman *2012: ''Django Unchained'' as Smitty Bacall (uncredited) * 2013: ''The End of Love'' as himself * 2013: ''Gangster Squad'' as Comanche *2018: ''Spivak'' as Wally Spivak
===Screenwriting=== *2001: ''Manic'' *2003: ''Bookies'' *2010: ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' *2012: ''Project X'' *2012: ''21 Jump Street'' *2014: ''22 Jump Street'' *2025: ''The Running Man''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=February 19, 2021 |title=Edgar Wright To Direct Stephen King's 'The Running Man' At Paramount Pictures; Simon Kinberg's Genre Films Producing |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/edgar-wright-direct-the-running-man-stephen-king-paramount-pictures-simon-kinbergs-genre-films-1234697279/ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> *TBA: ''Weird Science''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0045209|Michael Bacall}}
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