- Went to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, on a football scholarship. Graduated with a degree in Economics.
- Played quarterback for his college football team.
- Was nominated for two Razzie Awards, Worst Actor in 1981 for Xanadu (1980). And Worst Supporting Actor in 1983 for Megaforce (1982).
- Starred as Chance Wayne opposite Lauren Bacall in a production of "Sweet Bird of Youth" in London in 1985.
- His wife Cari is a songwriter. They have two children: son, Jesse Michael Taylor (B. February 16, 1983); daughter, Ashley Rebecca Taylor (B. June 3, 1986) who died of unspecified causes on June 22, 2009.
- Was one of 30 (out of 2,500) applicants chosen for London's Central School of Speech and Drama, following his college graduation.
- His stage credits, beginning with college, include: "Of Mice And Men" (he was George); "Romeo & Juliet" (he was Tybalt); "Camelot" (he was King Arthur); and "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof".
- Read (provided the voice for) the Books-On-Tape version of John Grisham's "Runaway Jury". (2004)
- Is originally from a tiny Delta city in eastern Arkansas surrounded by cotton fields - a small school powerhouse in football and basketball.
- Tried out for, but did not get, the role of "Sir Lancelot of the Lake" in John Boorman's movie Excalibur (1981).
- The third of nine children, he has four brothers and four sisters.
- His hobbies include reading, music and cooking.
- Not to be confused with another actor named Michael Beck, a New York-based stage actor who is a founding member of two theatre companies: 16 Tons Theater Company, a Brooklyn based ensemble which is devoted to creating original and multidisciplinary works, and the Ontik Ensemble, a Manhattan based theater company.
- Born two days after Brent Spiner, in the same month of the same year.
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