Résumé
Michael is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA
| TELEVISION | ||
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| East Los High | Co-Star | Hulu / Dir. Carlos Reza |
| Tactless | Guest Star | All-Def-Digital / Dir. Jason White |
| The Tonight Show (with Jay Leno) | Co-Star | NBC / Universal |
| Strong Medicine | Co-Star | Lifetime / Dir. Allison Liddi |
| Angel | Co-Star | Paramount / Dir. Bill Norton |
| Two Guys & A Girl | Co-Star | Fox / Dir. Michael Lembeck |
| Day Jobs (Pilot - Fully Improvised) | Lead | Dir. Rob Roy Thomas |
| Jeopardy! | Category Performer (Reduced Shakespeare) | Sony / Dir. Andrew Price |
| FILM | ||
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| Pledge of Innocence (feature) | Lead | Diamond Mosaic / Dir. Ben Louis |
| Hollywood Sign (feature) | Lead | Identify Film / Dir. David Greenberg |
| Postman Clive (short) | Supporting | Chapman University / Dir. Matt Brailey |
| Agent X (short) | Lead | NYFA / Dir. Youssef Marzouk |
| The Last Hymn (short) | Supporting | USC Grad Thesis / Dir. Sara Hagerty |
| Ocean Shark (short) | Lead | Lit Match Films / Dir. Chris Whetstone |
| Some of Us Had Been Threatening Colby (short) | Lead | Amadeus Film / Dir. John Emery |
| Bliss (short) | Lead | Amadeus Film / Dir. John Berczeller |
| Exemplary Behavior | Lead | Kwality Flix / Dir. Bryan Boyce |
| Sidewalk Express | Lead | Reel Life / Dir. Elizabeth Thomas |
| LIVE PERFORMANCE (Legit Stage - partial list) | ||
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| THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | Touring Company Member since 2001 | Partial List of places performed (All directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor): |
| The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare (Abridged) | Self | Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Public Theater |
| The Complete History of America (Abridged) | Self | Alabama Shakespeare Fest., ACT (Seattle), |
| The Bible; The Complete Word of God (Abridged) | Self | Cincinnati Playhouse, Studio Arena (NY), |
| All The Great Books (Abridged) | Self | St. Louis Rep., San Diego Rep., San Jose Rep., |
| Completely Hollywood (Abridged) | Self | Virginia Stage Co., Merrimack Rep. (MA), |
| The Complete World of Sports (Abridged) | Self | Center Rep. (CA), Edinburgh Fringe, on NPR, Jeopardy!, and national and international tours including Belgium, Holland & Barbados |
| 12th Night | "Malvolio" | La Cañada Shakespeare Fest / Dir. Sam Ross |
| The Gingerbread Man | "Salt" | Main Street Theater Company / Dir. Craig Belknap |
| Measure for Measure | "Elbow" | A Noise Within / Dir. Michael Murray |
| Stinky Cheese Man | "Giant" | South Coast Repertory / Dir. Anne D'zmura |
| Tis Pity She's A Whore | "Bergetto" | The Odyssey Theater / Dir. James Gale |
| The Imaginary Invalid | "Cleante" | Parson's Nose Productions / Dir. Mary Chalon |
| Six Degrees of Separation | "Doug" | South Coast Repertory / Dir. David Emmes |
| Rhubarb Jam | "Big Wig" | South Coast Repertory / Dir. J.D. Keller |
| Little Murders | "Kenny" | The Odyssey Theater / Dir. Ron Sossi |
| The Miser | "Valere" | Parson's Nose Productions / Dir. Ivar Brogger |
| School for Wives | "Alain" | Parson's Nose Productions / Dir. Mary Chalon |
| The Mischief of Scapin | "Valere" | Parson's Nose Productions / Dir. Ivar Brogger |
| The Wind and The Willows (2 Seasons) | "Mole" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Paul Whitworth |
| Taming of the Shrew (Tour) | "Petruchio" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Paul Whitworth |
| A Winter's Tale (Tour) | "Leontes" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Danny Scheie |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | "Starveling" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Danny Scheie |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | "Demetrius" | Folio Theater (Chicago) / Dir. Jack Sanderson |
| Tartuffe | "Damis" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Anthony Powell |
| Twelfth Night | "Fabian" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Tim Ocel |
| Macbeth | "Witch, Murderer, Seyton" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Mark Rucker |
| Macbeth (at age 14) | "Donalbain" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Audrey Stanley |
| A Winter's Tale | Various | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Sarah Pia Anderson |
| Bertie and Jeeves and the Code of the Woosters | "Gussie Fink-Nottle" | City Lit Theater (Chicago) / Dir. Mark Richards |
| The Foreigner | "Ellard" | Villa Montalvo / Dir. Greg Fritsch |
| Loot | "Hal" | Santa Cruz Actor's Theater / Dir. Danny Scheie |
| Merry Wives of Windsor (at age 14) | "William Page" | Shakespeare Santa Cruz / Dir. Mark Rucker |
| COMEDY / NEW MEDIA | ||
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| Top Story Weekly! | Sketch Performer | IO West / Various Directors |
| Issue Cafe (series - 1 season) | Host | PIC.TV / Dir. Allen Sowele / Robert Townsend |
| The Hawke and Dove Political Punditry Program Podcast | "Dove," Co-creator, writer, producer | hawkeanddove.com |
| An Evening with Hawke and Dove | "Dove," Co-creator, writer, performer | Second City Los Angeles |
| Mike & Shannon in Bed (sketch show) | Co-creator, writer, performer | Second City / Dir. Michael John Ross |
| The Kid's Table | Improv Ensemble Member | Second City / Dir. Dave Razowsky |
| DIRECTING | |
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| The Pied Piper of Hamlin (A Musical) (Twice) | Parson's Nose Productions; Tour of LA Unified and performances at the Geffen and Pasadena Playhouses |
| A Comedy of Errors | Parson's Nose Productions; Tour of LA Unified and performances at the Geffen and Pasadena Playhouses |
| A Taming of the Shrew | Troy Repertory; At the Actor's Workout Lab, Hollywood, CA |
| A Comedy of Errors | South Coast Repertory Young Conservatory |
| Twelfth Night | South Coast Repertory Young Conservatory |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | South Coast Repertory Young Conservatory |
| Amanda Banana; The Obsessive DogWalker (video podcast) | amandabanana.net |
| TRAINING | ||
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| University of California Santa Cruz | BA Theater (Meisner, Method, Shakespeare, Voice/Text, Movement) | Instructors included: Andy Doe, Marcia Taylor-Cross, Greg Fritsch, Michael Donald Edwards, Danny Scheie, Paul Whitworth, Jack Zerbe |
| The Second City Training Center LA | Graduate (Improvisation) | Mark Beltzman, Tom Green, Mike McCarthy, Dave Razowsky, Mike Ross, Holly Wartell |
| The Antaeus Academy | Classical Styles (Monologues, Scene Study) | Jeannie Hackett, Dakin Matthews |
| The Amadeus Company | Monologue / Scene Study | Tony Abatemarco, Steve Albrazzi, Ron Canada, Marie Chambers, Sabin Epstein |