Michael Stoyanov

Michael Stoyanov was born in Chicago, Illinois to Macedonian parents. He is probably best known for his role in the situation comedy Blossom as oldest brother Anthony Russo. He left the show after several years to write for Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Stoyanov left Late Night and went on to write for Mad TV and Mr. Show. Stoyanov trained with the Chicago improvisational group Second City. He was cast as one of the Joker’s goons in the 2008 film The Dark Knight. He’s also been in CSI, Billions, Gotham, Call Me Cat, Reno 911, The Blacklist, The Mentalist, Justified on FX and the TV series Monk to name a few.