There are also anthroposophical movements to renew speech and drama, the most important of which are based in the work of Marie Steiner-von Sivers ( speech formation, also known as Creative Speech ) and the Chekhov Method originated by Michael Chekhov ( nephew of Anton Chekhov ).

Spader later transferred to Phillips Academy, but dropped out of school in the eleventh grade to pursue acting at the Michael Chekhov School in New York City.

Michael Chekhov took up and extended Steiner's approach in what is now known as the Chekhov method of acting.

These include the philosophers Albert Schweitzer, Owen Barfield and Richard Tarnas ; the writers Saul Bellow, Michael Ende, Selma Lagerlöf, Andrej Belyj, David Spangler, and William Irwin Thompson ; the artists Josef Beuys, Wassily Kandinsky, and Murray Griffin ; actor and acting teacher Michael Chekhov ; cinema director Andrei Tarkovsky ; and conductor Bruno Walter.

* To the Actor by Michael Chekhov

The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll.

One of Hitchcock's characteristic innocent-person-pursued-by-the-police evasions ensues, as Dr. Petersen and the impostor ( who now calls himself ' John Brown ') travel by train to Rochester, to meet Dr. Brulov ( Michael Chekhov ), who had been Dr. Petersen's teacher and mentor.

* Michael Chekhov as Dr. Alexander ' Alex ' Brulov, a teacher of Dr. Peterson

Spellbound won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Michael Chekhov ); Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ; Best Director ; Best Effects, Special Effects ; and Best Picture.

* Michael Chekhov ( 1891 – 1955 ), Russian actor, director, and theorist, Anton's nephew and student of Stanislavski

He is currently one of the patrons of the Michael Chekhov Studio London.

He studied at the Actors Studio in New York and with Michael Chekhov in California.

* Wild Honey ( Michael Frayn adaptation of Chekhov ) 18 December 1986-11 January 1987

It has championed the work of Canadian playwrights David French, Michel Tremblay, Judith Thompson, Jason Sherman, Michael Healey and others, as well as productions of plays by canonical playwrights such as Anton Chekhov and August Strindberg.

The most influential acting teachers, including Richard Boleslavsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Michael Chekhov, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, Robert Lewis, Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagen, Ion Cojar and Ivana Chubbuck all traced their pedigrees to Stanislavski, his theories and / or his disciples.

This was underscored when his talented protégé Michael Chekhov experimented with emotional memory and had a nervous breakdown.

Mikhail Aleksandrovich " Michael " Chekhov (, 29 August 1891 – 30 September 1955 ) was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner.

Michael Chekhov as Erik in the 1921 production of August Strindberg's Eric XIV ( play ) | Erik XIV.

He was a friend and mentor of Michael Chekhov.

She was a master teacher for the past 14 years in the summer program at the University of Southern Maine for the Michael Chekhov Theatre Institute, training actors and teachers of acting.

* 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor

* 1975 – Michael Chaturantabut, Thai-American actor

* 1972 – Michael Sinterniklaas, French-American actor, screenwriter, and director

* 1973 – Michael Ealy, American actor

* 1980 – Michael Urie, American actor and director

* 1965 – Michael Wong Man Tak, Hong Kong actor and director

* 1971 – Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, writer, and director

* 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1963 – Michael Panes, American actor, writer, musician, and composer

* 1977 – Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor

* 1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor ( The Jackson 5 ) ( d. 2009 )

* 1963 – Michael Chiklis, American actor

* 1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor

* 1929 – Michael Forest, American actor

* 1968 – Michael Bivins, American singer, producer, and actor ( New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe )

* 1969 – Michael DeLuise, American actor

* 1955 – Michael O ' Keefe, American actor

* 1963 – Paul Michael Robinson, American actor, photographer, and model

* 1970 – Michael Shanks, Canadian actor

* 1992 – Michael Gothard, English actor ( b. 1939 )

* 1969 – Sean Michael, South African actor

* 1945 – Michael Nouri, American actor

* 1952 – Michael Dorn, American actor

* 1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer, songwriter, actor, and musician ( The Monkees )

* 1954 – Michael Badalucco, American actor