Celebrity Biographies
Mike Hagerty
His face is familiar to series fans, for giving life to Mr. Treeger in the series “Friends”. Mike Hagerty passed away on April 29, 2022, at the age of 67 without the cause being disclosed in Los Angeles. “‘A beloved actor, known for his characters, his love of his native Chicago and his affection for his family, the cornerstones of his life. Mike, a devoted husband, is survived by his wife Mary Kathryn, his sister Mary Ann Hagerty, his sister-in-law Kathleen O’Rourke and his daughter Meg”, Bridget Everett, his co-star in the HBO series “Somebody Somewhere”, has written on social networks, who has released the news.
Born on May 10, 1954, in Chicago (Illinois) Michael Gerard Hagerty –his full name– began his journey in 1973, as a secondary in Alaska Trappers , a low-budget adventure film. From that moment, he chained secondary characters in film and television.
Throughout the 1980s, Mike Hagerty undertook Walter Hill twice, for The Great Waste (starring Richard Pryor and John Candy) and Danko: Red Heat (with Arnold Schwarzenegger). He also appeared in the 1985 comedy A Sea of Troubles , with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, consolidating his facet as a character actor in highly successful series this decade.
On television he made appearances in Cheers , The crime story, Married with children, Those wonderful years, Family ties or Star Trek: The next generation and Seinfeld . By the 1990s, Mike Hagerty lavished himself on secondary roles, almost always comic, in titles such as Wayne’s World, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me or Disney’s Inspector Gadget . In 1995 he gave life to Mr. Teeger from Friends for the first time . Mike Hagerty actually appeared in only five episodes, but his portrayal of the reclusive landlord of the building where the leads lived led to some memorable moments.
Since then he has not left television, Mike Hagerty appearing in other famous series such as Boston Legal, CSI, Glee, Grey’s Anatomy, Shameless or Brooklyn Nine-Nine.