Miguel was a oldest of 5 tikes born to Oscar winner Jose Ferrer and singer Rosemary Clooney-Ferrer. Miguel was raised amongst all the splendor & glamor of Hollywood. As a little one, his hero was Batman, and as a teenager his interests shifted towards music. He began carving the path as a studio musician. Miguel played a drums in Keith Moon's Two Sides of the Moon. Band mate Billy Mumy ("Will Robinson" on the T.V. classic Lost In Space) cast Miguel as a drummer in his 1st television role, in the series Sunshine. Miguel simply took a role because Mumy talked him into it.

Within 1983, Miguel was given a little section as a waiter in the movie ''The Man Who Wasn't There. He was besides given the little a share within Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as the Wood shavings helm officer. Since so, Miguel has been cast around several major moving picture, unremarkably in the role of villain. Among a bit of of the moving picture he has performed around come: Robocop (1987); Valentino Returns (1988), where he plays the sinister biker; Deep Star Six (1989) as a mad scientist; Revenge (1990) where he plays brother to Kevin Costner; Night Flier (1997), a Stephen King thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004) in which he plays an Army officer who challenges the lead character (Denzel Washington).

Among a several tv show where Miguel has manufactured guest appearances come: Miami Vice, CHiPs, Will & Grace, Superman, Tales from the Crypt and Twin Peaks. He likewise starred in the mini series The Stand''. Miguel played a role of Dr. Garret Macy around NBC's drama Crossing Jordan. Within 1999, at the 41st Grammy Awards, Miguel was nominated for "Best Spoken Word Album for Children" around Disney's The Lion King II, "Simba's Pride Read-Along". He besides provided a voice of "Tarakoto" in Jackie Chan Adventures when you took Year Four. Inside 2003, Miguel made his New York stage debut in the Off-Broadway production of The Exonerated. He is presently starring in the film A Human, referable exist as freed around 2005.

Miguel loves to golf and ski, and yearly he aids to organize the golf game tournament fundraiser for the UCLA Children's Hospital. He as well finds period to play club dates using Mumy & Bill Murray and their band The Jenerators.

Miguel is divorced and has two sons. His cousin-german is actor George Clooney. His brother Gabriel Ferrer is married to singer Debby Boone. Miguel was close friends by having actress Dominique Dunne and served as a pallbearer in her funeral.