Michael Emerson – Started At Age 46

Michael Emerson was one of the celebrities who took on retail work when they couldn’t get on-screen projects. He began his acting career later and worked in Florida’s small-scale regional productions in the ’90s.

By 2000, a 46-year-old Michael was cast as a serial murderer in “The Practice,” giving him the break he had been waiting for. Since then, he has won a couple of Emmys for his work in “Lost.”

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