Best Known As: Music Performer

Gist:  Michael Bolton (born on February 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a former heavy metal singer. He is best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals.

His achievements include selling many albums, eight top ten albums, two number one singles on the Billboard charts, and awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammy Awards.

Life Facts:  On May 9, 2000, a U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a jury's 1994 decision that Bolton's 1991 pop hit, "Love Is a Wonderful Thing", infringed on the copyright of the 1964 Isley Brothers song of the same name, and let stand the jury's award of $5.4 million against the singer, his co-author, Andrew Goldmark, and their record company, Sony Music Entertainment. See Three Boys Music Corp. v. Bolton, 212 F.3d 477 (9th Cir. 2000). This was the biggest payout in musical copyright infringement to date.

Career Facts:  Bolton appeared as an extra in the theatrical release of Frank Herbert's Dune featuring Sting and Kyle MacLachlan. In their final fight scene, he plays a "spice-eyed" drummer.

In a scene from the 1999 film Office Space, a character named Michael Bolton (a computer programmer) makes disparaging remarks about the singer, calling him a "no-talent ass clown." When asked about this scene in an interview, the real-life Bolton replied that he has never seen the film but has autographed many copies of the DVD.

He made a cameo appearance in the 2002 film Snow Dogs as himself during a dream sequence.

In December 2007, Bolton took part in NBC's Clash of the Choirs. He led "Team Bolton." However, they were eliminated in the second round.

He often sings the national anthem before New York Yankees games at Yankee Stadium.

Mentioned from time to time by Sarah Nade when caught by a gumshoe on the game show version of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?