Best-known as the lead singer of Australia's most popular rock band, INXS, slinky, sexy-voiced Michael Hutchence played Percy Shelley in Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound (1990). On November 23, 1997, Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room. The coroner's report ruled his death a suicide.
Michael Hutchence
Active - 1986 - 2003 |
Born - Jan 22, 1960 in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Died - Nov 22, 1997 |
Genres - Music, Thriller, Science Fiction
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- As a youth, lived in various Pacific Rim cities, including Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
- Recorded first song at age 8 for a Hong Kong toy company.
- Swam competitively as a youth until a broken arm ended his aquatic aspirations.
- Performed in Mexico with INXS in the early '90s, making INXS the first international rock act to play in Mexico since the Doors.
- Appeared in two films, Dogs in Space (1986) and Frankenstein Unbound (1990).