Law and Order
Register
Advertisement
Michael Boatman
Daveseaver
...as Dave Seaver
Character
Dave Seaver
Date of birth
25 October 1964
Place of birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
IMDb profile

Michael Boatman is an actor who played Dave Seaver in several Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes.

He is known for his roles as New York City mayoral aide Carter Heywood in the ABC sitcom Spin City (with Barry Bostwick, Alexander Chaplin, Victoria Dillard, Jennifer Esposito and Richard Kind), as U.S. Army Specialist Samuel Beckett in the ABC drama series China Beach (with Dana Delany and Chloe Webb), as 101st Airborne soldier Motown in the Vietnam War movie Hamburger Hill, and as sports agent Stanley Babson in the HBO sitcom Arli$$.

More recently he has appeared as attorney Julius Cain in The Good Wife (with Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles and Christine Baranski). In 2011, Boatman guest-starred as Russell Thorpe on Gossip Girl, along with Tika Sumpter, who played his daughter Raina. In 2012, Boatman became a recurring character in the FX original series Anger Management, reuniting with his former Spin City co-star Charlie Sheen as Sheen's next door neighbor Michael. Beginning in late September 2013, he began co-starring in Nick at Nite's new series Instant Mom, alongside Tia Mowry-Hardrict. In 2016 Boatman recurred on the CBS All Access drama The Good Fight, reuniting with Baranski and reprising the role of attorney Julius Cain, the character he played on The Good Wife. He was promoted to series regular in the second season.

Appearances[]

Advertisement