Michael Terry Weiss (born February 2, 1962)  is an American actor known for his role as Jarod in the television series The Pretender. Weiss began acting when he was a child, where he appeared in local TV commercials in Chicago In 1980, at the age of 18, he appeared as an extra in the movie Ordinary People. Shortly after his college graduation, he was cast as Mike Horton on Days of Our Lives. Weiss also starred in the NBC-TV prime time drama The Pretender for four seasons as the lead character Jarod. Weiss also had roles in the 1991 remake of "Dark Shadows (1991 TV series)," as well as in the movie Jeffrey, the animated series The Legend of Tarzan, and a recurring role on Crossing Jordan. He voiced "The Nameless One", the protagonist of computer game Planescape: Torment. In February 2006, Weiss attended a benefit with his former Pretender co-stars Andrea Parker and James Denton for Cure Autism Now. Weiss joined the cast of Impressionism, a play by Michael Jacobs and directed by Jack O'Brien. It opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 12, 2009. Weiss appeared in A Perfect Future, Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. The production was directed by Wilson Milam.