Muse Watson facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Muse Watson
Watson in March 2009
Born	Robert Gravel (1948-07-20) July 20, 1948 (age 75) Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S.
Education	Louisiana Tech University Berea College
Occupation	Actor
Known for	Mike Franks (NCIS) Charles Westmoreland (Prison Break) I Know What You Did Last Summer
Children	1

Muse Watson Gravel (born Robert Gravel; July 20, 1948), commonly known as Muse Watson, is an American actor. He is notable for his recurring roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland / D.B. Cooper in Prison Break and film roles as Hank Corrigan in Something To Talk About and as Ben Willis, the killer in I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

Early life

Watson was born on July 20, 1948, in Alexandria, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana Tech on a music stipend for two years before transferring to Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, where he performed for the first time on stage as Petruchio in a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. During and after his years at Berea, he worked in outdoor dramas, dinner theaters, and small repertory groups.

Career

Watson is credited with appearing in more than 60 movies and 50 television episodes. He is best known for his recurring roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland in Prison Break, and as Ben Willis, the killer in the horror films, I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and as the vampire C. W. Niles in From Dusk Till Dawn 2.

Other notable appearances include: American Outlaws, Austin Powers: The Spy Who ... Me, A Day Without a Mexican, Dead Birds, Down in the Valley, IOWA, Morgan's Ferry and Songcatcher.

When Watson was living in Chattanooga, he was hired to do extras casting for King Kong Lives. He also made connections with people in the North Carolina film industry and became a Teamster, building his own fleet of trucks that he hired out for productions on the East Coast. After a guest appearance on Matlock and his role in Something To Talk About, he moved to Los, Angeles where Marion Dougherty helped him in obtaining an agent. Watson said he considers his appearance in the film Something To Talk About as his "breakout role".

He has also directed theater for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Bessie Smith Foundation, taught acting at the Georgia State Prison, and taught reading and writing at Berea College's literacy outreach program. Before changing his name to Muse Watson, he had credits as Robert Gavel, working as a stunt driver in Steel Magnolias and Mississippi Burning. In the film I Know What You Did Last Summer, Watson performed the majority of his own stunts, which included a very long underwater sequence.

In 2002, he was nominated for best supporting actor for his role in If I Die Before I Wake at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and in 2011, won best actor for his performance in A Christmas Snow, at the Trail Dance Film Festival.

Watson starred in a stage adaptation of the TV movie A Christmas Snow at the Starlite Theater in Branson, Missouri.

Personal life

Watson is married and has a daughter with autism, for which he has become an advocate.

Filmography

See also

In Spanish: Muse Watson para niños