Michael Nouri

Tall, handsome leading man who shot to prominence as the romantic interest of Jennifer Beals in the 1983 box office hit "Flashdance". Nouri began his career on the New York stage and paid his TV acting dues toiling on the longrunning soap "Search For Tomorrow", for which he received an Emmy nomination. He landed a succession of TV roles, notably in "Contract on Cherry Street" (1977), in support of Frank Sinatra. Nouri had the title role in the TV series "The Curse of Dracula" (1979) and played gangster Lucky Luciano in the acclaimed but short-lived series "The Gangster Chronicles" (1981).