Michael Charles Chiklis (born August 30, 1963 in
Lowell, Massachusetts) is an
American actor,
director, and
television producer. Some of the roles for which he is best known; for include Commissioner Tony Scali on the
ABC police drama
The Commish,
LAPD Detective
Vic Mackey on the
FX police drama
The Shield,
The Thing in the
Fantastic Four film series, and Jim Powell on the ABC science-fiction comedy-drama
No Ordinary Family. He also co-starred as Vincent Savino in the
CBS crime drama
Vegas. In 2014 Chiklis joined the cast of
American Horror Story for its fourth season,
American Horror Story: Freak Show. The following year he was cast as Nathaniel Barnes, in the second season of
Gotham, as a series regular.