MIKE FARRELL | 83

Mike Farrell is popularly known as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the hit television series M*A*S*H. He was also the producer of the 1998 film, Patch Adams, which starred the late Robin Williams. In 2014, the Sundance TV Network produced a criminal drama series, The Red Road, and Mike is one of the supporting cast members. Before he got attached to his acting career, he was part of the military and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1957-1959. In recent years, Farrell appears in TV shows, including in the 10 episodes crime-lawyer drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

But outside show business, he’s an activist for social and political causes. He served as the co-chair of the California Human Rights Watch and was the president of Death Penalty Focus. In 2001, he was awarded PETA’s Humanitarian Award. We can say that Mike Farrell, now 81 years old, is living his purpose.