
Michael Torpey
Biography
Michael Torpey is an actor and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. He is best known for his work on Orange Is The New Black, VEEP, and Inside Amy Schumer, as well as frequent appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Known For & Full Filmography27 Titles

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as Nick Brown
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as Dr. Gary Schwartz
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Drew Stommer
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Manager
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Self
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Steve
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Lenny
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Voice of the Company 1
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as CO Thomas Humphrey
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Josh Bryson
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.

Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Gaylord Felcher
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Late Night Host
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.

Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Jason
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.

Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Ken Dandridge
Follows the elite agents of the FBI's International Fly Team headquartered in Budapest as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.

Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Eugene
It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown talent - one that will take her all the way from the comedy clubs of Greenwich Village to a spot on Johnny Carson’s couch.

Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Drench Thunderman
When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn't think even existed anymore.

Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Robert
A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.

Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.

Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Male Realtor
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Derek
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins. David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red Oaks Country Club in suburban New Jersey in 1985, is both reeling from his father's heart attack and conflicted about what major to declare in the fall. While there, he meets a colorful cast of misfit co-workers and wealthy club members including an alluring art student named Skye and her corporate raider father Getty.

Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Virgil Muir
Phoebe is a podcast star navigating her messy, but amazing life. When her brother Jayden emerges as a leading politician, she's forced to grow up, so she relies on her friends and family to help her figure out adulthood.

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Norm
Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The sightings set off an international Bigfoot media spectacle and a windfall of tourism dollars for a simple American town hit by hard times. When Brock Masterson, reality TV’s “Monster Hunter,” arrives to hunt the beast, Maynard agonizes over whether to come clean, destroying the rebirth of his beloved town, or perpetuate the inadvertent hoax.

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Shelly's Brother
Cynical and intelligent Arnold Mosk, a known drug user, is put into a disciplinary program at his high school meant for the seriously disturbed where he becomes the main target of the psychopathic Doug Van Housen and his gang.

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Michael Waltze
A soldier returns home to meet his daughter, who transitioned while he was on tour.

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Government Agent
A fatalistic woman is being stalked by an incoming, four mile-wide (talking) asteroid who has fallen in love with her.

Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Hose
Student loan debt is out of control and comedian Michael Torpey (Orange is the New Black) has the foolish idea he can do something about it. Paid Off with Michael Torpey gives three lucky college grads – saddled with student debt – the chance to test the depth of their degrees in a fun, fast paced trivia game show. In the end, one lucky winner will get the chance to have their student debt wiped out.