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For Aquarius: Beauty and the Beast (Prince/Beast)
Other Theatre: Most recently, Michael was seen as The Player in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Mirvish/Neptune); 10 seasons at Stratford Festival of Canada having played Othello, Edmund, Caliban, MacDuff, Don John and Sebastian among many others. Michael has worked across Canada from Bard on the Beach in Vancouver to Stephenville Festival in Stephenville, NFLD. He has played Adult Simba in Disney’s The Lion King at Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. He was an inaugural member of English Theatre Acting Company at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa where he played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet among others. He was seen as MLK in The Mountaintop at Theatre Kingston. He was also an inaugural member of the Soulpepper Academy where he was seen as George in Raisin in the Sun and Orlando in As You Like It.
Film/Television, selected credits: Slumberland (Netflix); The Lost Symbol (Universal); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); The Expanse (Syfy); Degrassi (CBC).
Training: National Theatre School of Canada Acting Program; Soulpepper Academy; Claude Watson Program at Earl Haig S.S.
Michael was born and raised in Toronto and now calls Hamilton home. He is honoured to be a part of this 24/25 season at Theatre Aquarius.