the Broadway production of Martin Sherman's Bent. Personal life Gross has been married to casting director Elza Bergeron since June 2, 1984, and he is the stepfather to her two children. Gross remains close friends with his Family Ties co-star Meredith Baxter. Gross is a passionate railfan with an extensive collection of railroad antiques. He is an amateur railroad historian, photographer, modeler, and part-owner in a working railroad, the Santa Fe Southern Railway, a former branch line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway which operates between Lamy and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is also the spokesman for the World's Greatest Hobby campaign sponsored by the Model Railroad Industry Association that promotes the hobby of model railroading. He has also been a spokesperson for Operation Lifesaver, a campaign promoting safety at railroad grade crossings. Since 2009, Gross has been the "celebrity spokesman" for the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the host of the B&O Railroad Museum Television Network on YouTube. He is also a member of the Santa Fe Railway Historical Society. Gross is a fan of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. After the Cubs won the 2016 World Series, Gross suggested his character Burt Gummer switch to a Cubs cap for Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, replacing the Atlanta Hawks cap he had worn in the first five films of the series. Filmography Film Television References External links Michael Gross at Internet Off-Broadway Database Male actors from Chicago American male stage actors American male voice actors American male film actors American male television actors Drama Desk Award winners Living people University of Illinois Chicago alumni Yale School of Drama alumni 1947 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors