Named by New City as one of the top 50 people in Chicago's booming film industry, Mike McNamara is an actor and producer in independent film. Mike is also the co-founder and executive director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival and serves on the screening committees for the Sundance and Austin Film Festivals. Acting credits include Matt Casey's questionable brother-in-law Jim Jordan in the NBC series Chicago Fire and festival winners Qwerty, The Lake Effect and The Alley Cat. Producer credits include Cannes Film Festival 2017 selection They.
Deputy U.S. Marshal, and brother of Parnell McNamara. They helped instigated the nationwide manhunt that led to the arrest of Kenneth McDuff in 1992.
Uncle of writer-director Taylor Sheridan and John Gibler.
