Michael was born in London, England and grew up in both England and Canada.
In Georgetown, Ontario, he chose theater arts as an elective and it is there that
Michael says "He found his tribe'. Inspired by his Theater Arts teacher
Michelle Mole, he was soon voicing all the school announcements and
heavily involved in the high school theatrical productions. He would
soon write, produce and perform his own show. He then joined and
performed with the Georgetown Little Theater Company and Bramalea
theater company The New Generation Players. He later created the
curriculum and taught an after school theater program to grade seven
and eights. Eventually Michael would move west to Victoria B.C. where
he studied performing arts and art history at The University of
Victoria. During this period he auditioned and became a member of The
Corner Store Theater Company and Edna Browns Dinner Theater Company
where he performed in several productions to great reviews! It was in
Victoria where Michael was approached by the Creative Director Chris
Ogilvie at CJVI and he first began voicing radio commercials, as well as
comedy sketches for the station. In the mid 80s the film industry
was getting a foot hold in Vancouver, B.C. So, Michael made the move to
Vancouver to pursue a film career. He continued to hone his craft at
The Gastown Actors Studio and attended regular classes with veteran
actor Claire Kaplan. Eventually he would guest star on TV Series such
as , The X-Files, Stargate, Viper, Seven Days and many others as well
as feature films. It was a chance meeting with fellow actor and now
close friend Scott McNeil that Michael learned of the growing voice
over industry in Vancouver and some advice to attend a workshop by
renowned voice actor and director Sue Blu in Los Angeles who was coming
to Vancouver to scout new talent by means of a workshop. Michael took
the workshop and had a blast! Later Sue Blu would be back in town to
cast GI Joe Extreme and Michael would land the role of Sgt. Savage.
Many roles and many shows would follow... He's played more Super
Villains and Super Heroes than you can shake Batman's Utility Belt
at. From, Leonardo in the Mutant Ninja Turtles, Starscream
in Transformers Armada, Energon and Cybertron, Cobra Commander in GI
Joe, Niles Van Roekel in The Marvel Nemesis video game Rise of The
Imperfects, Nappa in Dragon Ball Z, The Blob in X-Men Evolution, Ronan the
Accuser in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, Kazuki Fuse in Jin Roh, and yes he's
played Batman as well as the Joker in Warner Premier's Batman Black &
White!
With a career that now spans 30 years he's a multi award winning actor
who has voiced everything from animation, video games, motion
comics, radio and television commercials to movie trailers, audio
books, documentaries, as well as Television & Radio Id's in the U.S., Canada & the U.K.
Michael resides in Vancouver, B.C. with his wife and four children.
He is represented by Caroline Gilmour of The Characters Talent Agency in Vancouver B.C. and
Roberta Romano of ELEMENT Artist Management in Toronto, Ontario.