Michael Berryman is best known for portraying Pluto in Wes Craven’s 1977 horror film The Hills Have Eyes and the 1985 sequel The Hills Have Eyes Part II. He has also made appearances in the science fiction and fantasy movies My Science Project (1985), Weird Science (1985), Armed Response (1986), Evil Spirits (1990), The Guyver(1991), and Brutal (2007).
He appeared in the 1975 Academy Award-winning drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
He had a role in The Crow (1994) as “The Skull Cowboy”, Eric Draven’s guide to the land of the living. Berryman’s scenes were cut from the original theatrical release, but can be found on some DVD releases under “Deleted Scenes”.
He has also appeared in Star Trek and The X-Files. He appeared in the 1985 Mötley Crüe video for “Smokin’ In the Boys Room”, as well as the introduction to the band’s song “Home Sweet Home”. He also portrayed the devil in two episodes of Highway to Heaven: “The Devil and Jonathan Smith” (1985) and “I Was a Middle-Aged Werewolf” (1987).
He also appeared in Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects and starred in the British-Canadian horror film Below Zero (2012), directed by Justin Thomas Orstensen.