Known For: British actor and singer (born 1948)
Category: Actors
Occupation: singer, film actor, actor
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Date of Birth: Saturday, 24 January 1948
Language English
Also known as Fernando Fernán Gómez
Michael Philip Des Barres, 26th Marquis Des Barres, is an English actor and pop singer. He appeared as Murdoc in the original MacGyver, Lenny Stokes in Lois & Clark, and Murdoc's mentor Nicholas Helman in MacGyver (2016). He replaced Robert Palmer in the band the Power Station, fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert.
| BirthPlace | London |
| Education | Q3933220 |
| Spouses | Pamela Des Barres |
| Website | http://michaeldesbarres.com/ |
| Wikipedia | Michael_Des_Barres |
The only child of Philip and Irene Des Barres (Marquis and Marquise Des Barres), Michael Philip Des Barres was born and brought up in Hove, Sussex. He attended Repton School, a boarding school in Derbyshire, and went on to attend the Corona Academy drama school in London and appeared in several plays. He has some French ancestry. His title of Marquis was bestowed upon a 13th-century ancestor Guillaume II Des Barres, a French knight, after rescuing King Philip II of France during the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.
