Is held back from

The man at the other end of the bar shouts at Michael again.

Man: Hey you! Didn't I just tell you to leave, huh?! You ugly *!

Michael is held back from running at/toward/over to the man.

Hi teachers. I have some problems with the highlighted sentence.

1) Is "held back" OK if someone physically prevents him from running over to the man?

2) I'm writing the script in present tense. Is there a way to write the line in present tense if I want to keep Michael as the subject or would you keep it in past tense?

3) What would you write if the intention is that Michael is running toward the man to attack him? "running at the man"? "running toward the man"? "running over to the man"? or some fourth option?