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FactWas the subject of an article in the New York Times and a related video report on Times website in which he narrated stories about the seven times (as of June 2009) he has played characters who have died on screen. They include A Loss of Innocence (1996) , Tides of War (2005) , Oz (1997) , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). Doyle said that during his first on-screen death, in A Loss of Innocence (1996) , he was mortified to notice, while watching the finished movie, after his character is supposed to be dead, his eye still twitched a bit. After that, he always died with his eyes open.


Michael Doyle is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the online retail giant Amazon.com, and also the founder of the aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin. He has an estimated net worth of $85.2 billion as of March 2021.

Doyle was born on January 12, 1964, in Seattle, Washington. His parents are Jeff Bezos, a former vice president of D. E. Shaw & Co., and Jackie Siegel, an engineer at Honeywell. He has three siblings: two sisters, Jeff and Mark, and a brother, Christian.

Doyle was educated at Princeton University, where he studied electrical engineering and computer science. He later worked on Wall Street for D. E. Shaw & Co., and then as a senior vice president at the investment bank Lehman Brothers.

In 1994, Doyle and his business partner, Jeff Bezos, founded Amazon.com, an online bookseller that would later become the world’s largest online retailer. Amazon went public in 1997, and Doyle served as its first president and chief operating officer. He left Amazon in 1999 to focus on his other business interests.

In 2000, Doyle founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer that is developing technologies to enable private space travel. He is also a trustee of the Museum of Flight in Seattle and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Doyle is married to MacKenzie Scott, a novelist and philanthropist. They have four children together.

General Info

Full NameMichael Doyle
Height1.75 m
ProfessionPolitician
EducationPennsylvania State University
NationalityAmerican

Family

ChildrenAlexandra Doyle, Michael Doyle, Kevin Doyle, David Doyle
PartnerAndrew Rannells, Andrew Rannells

Accomplishments

MoviesMax Steel, The Invitation, Jersey Boys, Green Lantern, Rabbit Hole, You're Not You, Gayby, P.S. I Love You, Laws of Attraction, Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word, Phantom Below, The Orphan Killer, Union Square, 29th and Gay, Heavy Petting, XX, A Loss of Innocence, 5up 2down, Monday After the Miracle,...
TV ShowsTitanic

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Facts

#Fact
1Appeared as a featured guest in two different first-run, prime-time TV shows on the same night, Wednesday April 14th, 2010: Criminal Minds (2005) at 9:00pm (EDT) on CBS and In Plain Sight (2008) at 10:00pm (EDT) on the USA Network.
2Was the subject of an article in the New York Times and a related video report on Times website in which he narrated stories about the seven times (as of June 2009) he has played characters who have died on screen. They include A Loss of Innocence (1996) , Tides of War (2005) , Oz (1997) , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). Doyle said that during his first on-screen death, in A Loss of Innocence (1996) , he was mortified to notice, while watching the finished movie, after his character is supposed to be dead, his eye still twitched a bit. After that, he always died with his eyes open.

Pictures

Movies

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
XX2017post-productionChet (segment "Her Only Living Son")
Amy Makes Three2016completedGreg Forrest
The Last Word2015post-production
Lucifer2017TV SeriesJohnny Kane
The Accidental Wolf2017TV SeriesBrad
Conviction2016TV SeriesRodney Landon
Max Steel2016Jim McGrath
Odd Mom Out2016TV SeriesPete
Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word2016Adam Redman
The Advocate2015TV MovieDr. Royce Andrews
The Track2015Tom
Blindspot2015TV SeriesNathan Williams
Nocturna2015Harry Ganet
The Invitation2015/ITommy
Bereave2015Steve
You're Not You2014Tom
Unforgettable2014TV SeriesJohn Hibbert
Rush2014TV SeriesGriffin Wagner
Jersey Boys2014Bob Crewe
The Blacklist2014TV SeriesPatrick Chandler
The Mentalist2013TV SeriesMason Braverman
Shameless2013TV SeriesLanier
666 Park Avenue2012TV SeriesFrank Alpern
The Good Wife2012TV SeriesOfficer Mallen
The Exhibitionists2012George Thornton
Gayby2012Scott
A Gifted Man2011-2012TV SeriesVictor Lantz
The Whole Truth2011TV SeriesMichael Dalton
The Onion News Network2011TV SeriesPunch Banker
The Orphan Killer2011Dad Miller
Union Square2011Bill
Green Lantern2011Jack Jordan
Lights Out2011TV SeriesDoctor Brennan
Paul the Male Matchmaker2011TV SeriesFrank
Civil Unions: A Love Story2010Short
Meet My Boyfriend!!!2010Short
Rabbit Hole2010Craig
Alan Wake2010Video GameEmerson (voice)
Criminal Minds2010TV SeriesDeputy Ronald Boyd
In Plain Sight2010TV SeriesWade Guthrie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit2002-2009TV SeriesForensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran / Asst. M.E. Karlan
In Treatment2009TV SeriesBennett Ryan
Taking Chance2009TV Movie uncredited
P.S. I Love You2007Leprechaun
Heavy Petting2007James
Smith2006TV SeriesShawn
5up 2down2006Disco Dave
Waterfront2006TV SeriesVince Russell
Dealbreaker2005Short
Room Service2005ShortStone
29th and Gay2005Andy Griffith
Tides of War2005TV MovieLieutenant Commander Tom E. Palatonio
Laws of Attraction2004Michael Rawson
Shortcut to Happiness2003Luke
Ed2003TV SeriesJoel McHale
Rubout2003TV MovieBrendan
Cutter2003Chet Watson
Oz2002TV SeriesAdam Guenzel
Russo2000
Sex and the City2000TV SeriesMark
ER1999TV SeriesMichael McKenna
Monday After the Miracle1998TV MoviePeter Fagin
Some Girl1998Steven
Bella Mafia1997TV Movie uncredited
Jenny1997TV SeriesDave
Titanic1996TV Mini-SeriesJamie Perse
A Loss of Innocence1996TV MovieJens Eriksen
ABC Afterschool Specials1994TV SeriesMalcolm
Kidô senshi Gandamu1981Additional Voices (English version, voice, as Michael Doyle)

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Shiner2006Short producer
Cutter2003producer

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Shiner2006Short

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Shiner2006Short

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Gayby: Gag Reel2012Video shortHimself / Scott (uncredited)
1st Look2011TV SeriesHerself - Interviewee

Awards

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2006Jury AwardTribeca Film FestivalBest Narrative ShortShiner (2006)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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