Michael Boatman

Michael Patrick Boatman is an American actor and writer known for his roles in various TV shows and movies. He gained recognition for portraying New York City mayoral aide Carter Heywood in the ABC sitcom Spin City and U.S. Army Specialist Samuel Beckett in the ABC drama series China Beach. Boatman also appeared as 101st Airborne soldier Motown in the Vietnam War film Hamburger Hill and as sports agent Stanley Babson in the HBO sitcom Arli$. He has recently starred in The Good Fight, the Paramount+ spinoff of The Good Wife. Boatman was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and raised in Chicago. He is a graduate of Western Illinois University and has received the university's 'Alumni Achievement Award' in 1997.