FrameThrower · Actors · Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer
4 films · 558 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1987–2008
Born 7 February 1955 · Santa Monica, California, USA · died 19 January 2017
Miguel José Ferrer was an American actor. His breakthrough role was as Bob Morton in the 1987 film RoboCop. Other film roles include Quigley in Blank Check (1994), Harbinger in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Shan Yu in Mulan (1998), Eduardo Ruiz in Traffic (2000) and Vice President Rodriguez in Iron Man 3 (2013). Ferrer's notable television roles include FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield on Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017), Tarakudo on Jackie Chan Adventures (2000–2005), Dr. Garret Macy on Crossing Jordan (2001–2007) and NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles (2012–2017).
How their films are shot
Measured across 558 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Miguel takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 41% natural — the look of the work Miguel takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 558 frames from Miguel Ferrer's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.