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Michael Chiklis stars as the world's strongest man Dell Toledo in the fourth installment of American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Career Highlights

Michael Chiklis stars opposite Jim Caviezel as football coach “Terry Eidson” in Sony’s inspirational drama, When the Game Stands Tall.A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, Chiklis has been acting professionally since earning his equity card at age 13, and went on to graduate from Boston University’s School of Performing Arts. Known for his portrayal of “Detective Vic Mackey” in the groundbreaking series The Shield, Chiklis has earned numerous awards and accolades for his performance, including the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama in 2002, the Golden Globe® and Emmy® Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2003, and the declaration from Time magazine that Chiklis “gave TV’s performance of the year.”&nbsp;In addition to his critically acclaimed acting in The Shield, he also assumed the role of producer and director for many of the show’s episodes. Chiklis’s other television credits include starring roles in the Greg Berlanti series No Ordinary Family and the Nick Pileggi period drama Vegas, both of which he also executive produced, as well as The Commish, Daddio, and the television movie The Three Stooges.&nbsp;A notable actor on the big screen, Chiklis starred in the films Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as “Ben Grimm,” aka Marvel Comics’ popular The Thing, as well as Eagle Eye, Rise, The Tax Man, Last Request, Body and Soul, and the controversial Wired, in which he played John Belushi, a role he auditioned for days after his college graduation.&nbsp;He also co-starred opposite Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez in the action feature Parker, directed by Taylor Hackford; and in Pawn, a crime thriller produced under his Extravaganza Films banner, with Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta and Nikki Reed.

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Michael Chiklis stars as the world's strongest man Dell Toledo in the fourth installment of American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Michael Chiklis as Dell Toledo in FX's AHS: Freak Show

Michael Chiklis as Dell Toledo | AHS: Freak Show | FX

American Horror Story: Freak Show

Michael Chiklis

Career Highlights

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Wes Bentley
as Edward Mordrake

Jessica Lange
as Elsa Mars

Michael Chiklis as Dell Toledo | AHS: Freak Show | FX

Michael Chiklis

Wes Bentleyas Edward Mordrake

Jessica Langeas Elsa Mars

Wes Bentley
as Edward Mordrake

Jessica Lange
as Elsa Mars