Michael Stoyanov

American actor (born 1966)

Carolyn Lawrence

(m. 1988; div. 2005)

Michael Edward Stoyanov (born December 14, 1966)^[1] is an American actor and writer. Best known as Tony Russo on Blossom (1991-1995)

Biography

Stoyanov was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is of Bulgarian and Ukrainian descent.^[2] He is best known for his role in the situation comedy Blossom as eldest sibling Anthony "Tony" Russo.^[3] He left the show during the show's final season to write for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, a move he later said he regretted.^[4]

Stoyanov left Late Night within a year and went on to briefly write for Mad TV and Mr. Show. Stoyanov trained with the Chicago improvisational group Second City. He also guest starred in the second season Quantum Leap episode "Another Mother", as Kevin Buckner, an aspiring teenage comedian who is kidnapped. He had a cameo as “Dopey”, one of the Joker's henchmen in the opening scene of the 2008 film The Dark Knight.

Select filmography

Big Shots (1987)
Out on the Edge (1989) (TV)
Gross Anatomy (1989)
Married... with Children (1990) (TV) as Pizza Boy - episode – "You Gotta Know When to Hold 'Em:" Part 1
Exile (1990) (TV)
Quantum Leap (1991) (TV) as Kevin Bruckner - episode – "Another Mother"
Blossom (1991-1995) as Anthony Russo, main cast
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (1993) (TV)
Freaked (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1997), writer, 10 episodes
Mr. Show with Bob and David (1997), writer, 5 episodes
Beverly Hills 90210 (1996) – Jimmy Gold on episodes "Mate for Life" and "Disappearing Act".
The Dana Carvey Show (1996) writer, full series
Almost Forever (1996) (TV)
Chicago Sons (1997) (TV series)
Restaurant (1998)
Mr. Show and the Incredible, Fantastical News Report (1998), writer, TV movie
MADtv (1999–2000) (writer, season 5)
Safe Harbor (1999) (TV series)
Girls Will Be Girls (2003)
Prison Break (2005) (TV series)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Mentalist: Scarlet Fever (2009) (TV series)
Justified (2013) (TV Series)
Space Station 76 (2014)
Gotham (2016) (TV Series)
Kingdom (2016) (TV Series)
Billions (2017-2020) (TV Series)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) (Videogame)
Call Me Kat (2022) – Himself^[5]

References

^ "Blossom family reunion: Mayim Bialik interviews TV brother Mike Stoyanov". 7 June 2017.
^ "Michael Stoyanov on Twitter". Twitter. November 18, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
^ "WITH AN EYE ON . . . : Samaria Graham: Is she what 'Blossom' needs to stay fresh?". Los Angeles Times. 1994-03-13.
^ "Blossom: 1991-1995". People.com. June 26, 2000. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
^ Schwartz, Ryan (November 15, 2021). "Call Me Kat Staging Blossom Reunion in Season 2 — Watch a Very Meta Promo". TVLine.