J. Michael Straczynski

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-07-17 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

J. Michael Straczynski

Biography

Joseph Michael Straczynski (/strəˈzɪnski/; born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004) and Sense8 (2015–2018). He is the executor of the estate of Harlan Ellison. Straczynski wrote the psychological drama film Changeling (2008) and was a co-writer on the martial arts thriller Ninja Assassin (2009); he was one of the key writers for (and had a cameo in) Marvel's Thor (2011), as well as the horror fi...

Acting

2011

Thor

as Townie

2014

Toy Masters

as Himself

Production

2011

Thor

as Story

1999

1999

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

as Executive Producer

1998

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

as Executive Producer

1998

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

as Executive Producer

1998

1998

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

as Executive Producer

1993

2012

2013

World War Z

as Screenstory

2009

2023

Babylon 5: The Road Home

as Executive Producer

2024

Watchmen: Chapter I

as Adaptation

2024

-

Shadowman

as Writer

-

Shadowman

as Executive Producer

2008

Changeling

as Writer

1993

Babylon 5: The Gathering

as Executive Producer

2024

© All Rights Reserved 2025