Michael Southworth

Released in theaters on April 12th, 2024, The Long Game is a historical drama starring Dennis Quaid, Jay Hernandez, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Julian Works, Cheech Marin and Oscar Nuñez. Southworth portrays the antagonist, Tim Cox - the privileged son of country club big Judge Cox (Brett Cullen).

Mucho Mas Media, Endeavor Content, and Bonniedale produced. The film took home the Narrative Spotlight Audience Award at SXSW and eventually reached #1 on Netflix.

The film is based on a true story set in 1957 Texas, which was described in Humberto G. Garcia’s novel “The Mustang Miracle.” The feature tells the story of five Mexican-American high schoolers who caddy at an exclusive golf club. Due to a discriminatory era that forbids them from playing at local courses, they create their own homemade course in the desert; with the help of a determined Latino coach, the boys take on the prejudiced, all-white teams in pursuit of the Texas State High School Golf Championship.

Written by Southworth, The Diamondback is an action-packed western inspired by one of Arizona’s most notorious outlaws. The project is currently in development with Thunder Road Films.

Logline: A young marine veteran with nothing to lose decides to rob a trio of banks with his two best friends, but a tenacious cop makes catching him his personal mission, setting up a collision-course cat-and-mouse game that careens in and out of jail.

Based on a true story, The Lonesome Soldier is a war drama produced by Malachi Pictures and directed by Nino Aldi (Who Killed Cooper Dunn?). Southworth starred alongside Alexander Randazzo, John Ashton, Jesse James, and Allison McAtee, and the film had its theatrical release in November of 2023.

Set in Nashville, the film tells the story of Jackson Harlow (Randazzo), a troubled car mechanic and musician who leaves his bandmates (Southworth and James) to enlist in the Afghanistan War. After several deployments, Harlow begins suffering from severe PTSD and loses his way during the height of the opioid crisis. The story centers around themes of trauma, addiction, love, and the painful repercussions of serving one’s country.

Love in Country is a 2023 Vietnam War epic directed by Kurt Braun and starring Michael Southworth, David Garber and Vincent Van Hinte. The film revolves around a forbidden relationship between two US Army Rangers as they are forced to lead their squad into a suicide mission.

1968. A few days before Tet the Lunar New Year, a squad of 1st Cavalry Army Rangers prepare for leave away from war in Vietnam. The squad’s leave is abruptly cancelled when they are given a Phoenix Program mission to kidnap a village official thought to be a Viet Cong operative and agent of the NVA.

Sgt. Ian Alexander (Garber) and Sgt. John Reese (Southworth), two highly trained Rangers, lead their squad in a desperate attempt to survive a botched mission. Ian and Reese have fallen in love with each other during the intimacy of combat, trauma and survival. They struggle with a taboo relationship in a time before “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” relentless PTSD, and a merciless commander who will use any means necessary to complete their mission.

You’ll Live is a short horror film directed by Brian Lipko and produced by production studio Meanwhile. The film has won several awards, including Best Horror at the LA Under the Stars Film Festival.

After Monica (Carolina Kenney) overdoses on heroin, a close group of college friends decide it’s time to intervene. They rope in Nick (Southworth), Monica’s older brother, to come to Monica’s aid and help her recover. Once they arrive at their secluded lodge, the group stumbles upon a board game that leads to the longest night of their lives…

Southworth played the New Comic in Sweeney Killing Sweeney, a comedy directed by Lisa Aimola and produced by the Regency Film Group.

Starring Steve Sweeney, the film chronicles the life of a comedian who dreams of landing a cable TV special in LA. When he changes his routine in hopes of gaining national popularity, things take a turn for the worse.

Directed and co-written by Kristen Batko, A Love Story is an award-winning short film starring Casey Knisely and Michael Southworth. The film is a coming of age story about young love and the cyclical nature of abusive relationships.

Dominick and Nicole are two teenagers with a passionate love for one another, their intense bond stemming from traumatic upbringings and cynical views on life. But as their relationship deepens, Nicole discovers that there’s more to Dominick than his charming surface.

Southworth’s directorial debut was an adaptation of Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth, which originally premiered off-Broadway in 1996. He co-starred and co-directed the project with Thomas Marin.

Set in an action-packed 1980s Manhattan, the show is full of comedy, pain, and an abundance of all-too-familiar coming-of-age moments that connect with any audience. The story revolves around Warren, a dejected 19-year-old who steals $15,000 from his abusive father; Dennis, his charismatic drug-dealing friend who helps put the money to good use; and Jessica (Selin Onar), an insecure, insightful woman who Warren yearns for.

Currently in development, Franconia Notch is a feature film adapted from the best-selling Bad Blood: Freedom and Death in the White Mountains. The film is written by Casey Sherman (The Finest Hours) and produced by H9 Films and Fort Point Media. The film revolves around a long-standing feud between policeman Bruce Mckay and small town local Liko Kenney (Southworth).

It’s May of 2007 in Franconia, New Hampshire, and Bruce and Liko’s chilling rivalry has led to murder. Liko has killed Bruce in cold blood, and a mysterious passerby has shot and killed Liko. When a detective with a troublesome history in Franconia gets assigned to the case, mysterious aspects of the case begin to unravel.

A Peter Berg film, Patriot’s Day tells the story of the horrific Boston Marathon Bombing through the lens of Boston Police Department Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg).

The crime-drama-thriller was met with critical acclaim, becoming the third movie that Berg and Wahlberg worked on together. Michael plays an MIT student in the film.

His first role in a major feature film, Michael played “Homeless Man” in Paramount Picture’s Same Kind of Different As Me. The film is based upon the 2006 New York Times best selling novel “Same Kind of Different As Me,” written by Ron Hall and Denver Moore.

The film tells the story of Ron Hall (Greg Kinnear), a successful art dealer who admits to cheating on his wife, Deborah (Renee Zellwegger). After she forces him to volunteer at a homeless shelter, he befriends a wise, troubled homeless man named Denver Moore (Djimoun Hounsou), a man who ultimately changes Ron’s life.

Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Giovanni Pugliese (The Tailor Shop), The Hotel is an upcoming psychological thriller starring Michael Southworth.

Struggling writer Roman Murphy checks into a secluded hotel in hopes of overcoming his writer’s block, but when he bumps into an ex-girlfriend who doesn’t recognize him and learns that his reservation is under a different name, he realizes that his identity has been stolen…

Suburban Dad tells the story of, well…a not-so-suburban dad. When Jessica (Selin Cuhadaroglu) brings her boyfriend Tyler (Southworth) home to meet her father (Trent Walker), things don’t exactly go according to plan.

The film was written and directed by Taylor Willis, edited by TJ Ryan, and produced by Noelle Hanson.

Lucius is a short psychological thriller directed by Ian Rothweiler. Southworth stars as David, a college student who begins questioning the loyalty of his girlfriend (Elena Valastro). As David investigates his suspicions, reality begins to blur, especially when he starts getting visits from a man named Lucius (Thomas Marin).

Written and directed by Wenqin Ni, Daemon is an award-winning short film starring Michael Southworth.

This provocative film tells the story of John Carlisle (Southworth), a man with a heroin addiction that consistently changes his reality. When a mysterious figure pays him a visit, he is forced to face his demons.

The Melodramatics Theater Company presented the 1950s classic West Side Story in the spring of 2016 at Cornell’s Flexible Theater. Directed by Andrea Fiorentini ‘16, the production was edgy and bold, undoubtedly fueled by the turmoil sparked by 2016’s presidential election. Michael played Action in the performance, the eventual leader of the jets and a brutal instigator.

Whether it was Fiorentini’s emphasis on police brutality through her version of “Gee, Officer Krupke,” or her unmistakable emphasis on uniting races and genders, the show delivers through a modern, innovative lens. Sold out every performance, the production succeeded on giving the audience much more to focus on than the tragic love story of Tony (Sean Doolittle) and Maria (Daniella Liotta).

After Michael finished his roles as both a performer and a dance captain, he was elected President of the Melodramatics Theater Company in 2016.

Heathers: The Musical is a musical based off of the 1988 cult classic Heathers, a black comedy film written by Daniel Waters. The musical’s lyrics, music and book are all by Lawrence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy, and it debuted Off Broadway in 2014.

The show was put on by Enter Stage Left Theater, the resident theater of the Hopkinton Center for the Arts in Hopkinton, MA. Directed by Rachel Mackenzie, the show ran in August of 2016, with complete sell-outs for every performance.

The show tells the love story between Veronica (Taylor Karin) and JD (Chet Davino). Veronica is a new girl at school who tries her best to fit in with the vicious “Heathers,” and JD is a rebellious social outsider. Veronica and JD’s relationship becomes much more complicated after JD murders two high school bullies, Kurt (Southworth) and Ram (Sam Keith).

Written by Sarah Ruhl, Eurydice is a 2003 play that retells the myth of Orpheus through the perspective of Eurydice. The show was performed in the fall of 2016 at the Flexible Theatre at Cornell University.

The performance featured Priscilla Olympio as Eurydice, Michael as Orpheus, and Jorge Guevara as Eurydice’s father. Directed by Pulitzer Prize Finalist David M. Feldshuh, the show marked the second collaboration between Michael and Feldshuh.

When Orpheus loses Eurydice in a bad fall to the Underworld, he embarks on a journey to bring her back to earth. However, Eurydice finds strange comfort in the underworld as she is joined by her father, forcing her to make a life-changing decision when Orpheus finally arrives.

What would you do if you knew you only had ten minutes to live?

When government worker Isaac (Southworth) returns from work, he knows the end is near. Well aware that a nuclear bomb is minutes away from decimating the entire city, Isaac wrestles with how to tell his wife, Eva (Sarah Withers).

The End is a film about life, death, and what it means to be happy. The film marks Michael’s second collaboration with writer & director Rhys Kroehler.